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1Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, Application for 

Additional Long-Term, Multi-Contract 

Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Mexico and 

to Re-Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 22–167–LNG] 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Mexico Pacific Limited Facility 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) has prepared a Draft 

Environmental Assessment (EA) to 

determine how to review the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

authorizing Mexico Pacific Limited LLC 

(MPL) to export natural gas to Mexico 

and, after liquefaction in Mexico, to 

other countries from the proposed MPL 

Facility. DOE is also announcing a 

public comment period to receive 

comments on the Draft EA. DOE 

prepared the Draft EA in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA), to inform its 

decision on authorization under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA). 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period extends from the date of 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register through December 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Questions concerning the 

Draft EA or requests for a paper copy 

should be directed to: Brian Lavoie via 

email to brian.lavoie@hq.doe.gov or 

phone at (202) 586–2459. 

Electronic Filing by email (Strongly 

encouraged): fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Postal Mail, Hand Delivery, or Private 

Delivery Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, 

etc.): U.S. Department of Energy (FE– 

34), Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Forrestal Building, 

Room 3E–056, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

Due to potential delays in DOE’s 

receipt and processing of mail sent 

through the U.S. Postal Service, we 

encourage respondents to submit filings 

electronically to ensure timely receipt. 

An electronic copy of the Draft EA 

may be found online on the following 

website: https://www.energy.gov/sites/ 

default/files/2023-11/MPL_

Draft%20Environmental%20

Assessment_Final_11.21.23.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Lavoie, U.S. Department of Energy 

(FE–34) Office of Regulation, Analysis, 

and Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability, Office of Fossil Energy 

and Carbon Management, Forrestal 

Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585, (202) 586–2459, 

brian.lavoie@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 28, 2022, MPL filed an 

application (Application) 1 with DOE’s 


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Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, 

Docket No. 22–167–LNG (Dec. 28, 2022) 

[hereinafter MPL App.]. 

2 15 U.S.C. 717b. The authority to regulate the 

imports and exports of natural gas, including 

liquefied natural gas, under section 3 of the NGA 

has been delegated to the Assistant Secretary for 

FECM in Redelegation Order No. S4–DEL–FE1– 

2023, issued on April 10, 2023. 

3Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, Supplement to 

Application, Docket No. 22–167–LNG (Jan. 24, 

2023) [hereinafter MPL App. Supp.]. 

4See MPL App. at 4, 6. 

5 Id. at 4. 

6 Id. at 1. 

7 Id. at 3. 

8For purposes of this proceeding, ‘‘re-export’’ 

means to ship or transmit U.S.-sourced natural gas 

in its various forms (gas, compressed, or liquefied) 

subject to DOE’s jurisdiction under the NGA, 15 

U.S.C. 717b, from one foreign country (i.e., a 

country other than the United States) to another 

foreign country. 

9 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). The United States currently 

has FTAs requiring national treatment for trade in 

natural gas with Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, 

Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, 

Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, Republic of Korea, 

and Singapore. FTAs with Israel and Costa Rica do 

not require national treatment for trade in natural 

gas. 

10 15 U.S.C. 717b(a); see MPL App. at 3, 4, 10. 

11MPL App. at 10. Additionally, MPL requests 

these authorizations on its own behalf and as agent 

for other entities that hold title to the U.S.-sourced 

natural gas at the time it is exported to Mexico and/ 

or at the time it is re-exported as LNG from Mexico. 

Id. at 11. 

12 Id. at 3, 8–9. 

13 Mexico Pac. Ltd. LLC, DOE/FECM Order No. 

4995, Docket No. 22–167–LNG, Order Granting 

Long-Term Authorization to Export Natural Gas to 

Mexico and to Other Free Trade Agreement Nations 

(Apr. 28, 2023). 

14See id. at 5, 13. 

15See MPL App. at 9; see also MPL App. Supp. 

at 1–2. 

16See MPL App. at 9. 

17See id. 

18MPL App. Supp. at 2. 

19 DOE finds that the requirement for public 

notice of applications, as well as other hearing-type 

procedures in 10 CFR part 590, apply only to 

applications seeking to export natural gas, 

including LNG, to non-FTA countries. 

20See Mexico Pacific Limited LLC; Application 

for Additional Long-Term, Multi-Contract 

Authorization to Export U.S.-Sourced Natural Gas 

to Mexico and to Re-Export Liquefied Natural Gas 

from Mexico to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Countries; Notice of Application, 88 FR 6716 (Feb. 

1, 2023) [hereinafter Notice of App.]. 

21 Id. 

22 Institute for Energy Economics and Financial 

Analysis, Comments Regarding the Application to 

Expand Export and Re-Export Operations by 

Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, Docket No. 22–167– 

LNG (Mar. 29, 2023). 

23Public Citizen, Inc., Motion to Intervene and 

Protest, Docket No. 22–167–LNG (Apr. 3, 2023); 

Sierra Club, Motion to Intervene and Protest, Docket 

No. 22–167–LNG (Apr. 3, 2023). For additional 

procedural history, including but not limited to 

Supplemental Comments subsequently filed by 

Sierra Club and opposed by MPL, see Docket No. 

22–167–LNG. 

24 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

25E.O. 14008 sets forth policies to address climate 

change, specifically to ‘‘organize and deploy the full 

Continued 

Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon 

Management (FECM) under section 3 of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA).2 MPL 

supplemented its Application on 

January 24, 2023.3 MPL stated that it 

was seeking additional export authority 

in connection with the continuing 

development of its proposed liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) production and 

offtake facility, referred to as the MPL 

Facility, to be located on the Gulf of 

California, in the State of Sonora, 

Mexico.4 Previously, in Docket No. 18– 

70–LNG, DOE authorized MPL to export 

U.S.-sourced LNG from the MPL Facility 

in a total volume equivalent to 621 

billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year (Bcf/yr) 

of natural gas. MPL also stated that it 

has since advanced and refined the 

Facility’s design to ‘‘enhance the 

efficiency and optimize the operational 

capabilities of the MPL Facility.’’ 5

MPL requests long-term, multicontract authorization to export an 

additional quantity of U.S.-sourced 

natural gas to Mexico, and after 

liquefaction in Mexico, to other 

countries, in a total volume equivalent 

to 425.57 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per 

year (Bcf/yr) of natural gas (1.17 Bcf per 

day (Bcf/d)),6 as follows: 

(i) To use approximately 134.35 Bcf/ 

yr (0.37 Bcf/d) in Mexico as ‘‘fuel for 

pipeline transportation or liquefaction 

in Mexico;’’ 7

(ii) To use approximately 291.22 Bcf/ 

yr of natural gas (0.80 Bcf/d) of natural 

gas in the proposed MPL Facility, where 

the U.S.-sourced natural gas would be 

liquefied, then re-exported 8 as LNG by 

vessel to: 

(a) Any country with which the 

United States has entered into a free 

trade agreement (FTA) requiring 

national treatment for trade in natural 

gas (FTA countries), under NGA section 

3(c); 9 and 

(b) Any other country with which 

trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or 

policy (non-FTA countries), under NGA 

section 3(a).10

MPL requests these FTA and non-FTA 

authorizations on a non-additive basis 

for a term to commence on the earlier 

of the date of first export or seven years 

from the date of the final order granting 

export authorization, and extending 

through December 31, 2050.11 MPL 

states that the total volume of 425.57 

Bcf/yr that it is seeking authorization to 

export, when added to the 621 Bcf/yr 

that MPL is currently authorized to 

export in Docket No. 18–70–LNG, 

would equal a total of 1,046.57 Bcf/yr to 

be exported from the MPL Facility.12

On April 28, 2023, in Order No. 4995, 

DOE granted the FTA portion of the 

Application, as required by NGA section 

3(c).13 MPL is thus authorized to export 

natural gas to Mexico in the total 

requested additional volume of 425.57 

Bcf/yr of natural gas—which includes 

export by pipeline for use as a fuel for 

pipeline transportation or liquefaction 

(134.35 Bcf/yr) and re-export after 

liquefaction in Mexico to FTA countries 

(291.22 Bcf/yr).14 The requested nonFTA volume, if approved, would not be 

additive to this FTA volume. 

According to MPL, the U.S-sourced 

natural gas would be exported to 

Mexico at the United States-Mexico 

border via existing and, potentially, 

future cross-border natural gas 

transmission pipelines.15 MPL adds that 

it would not source natural gas for the 

MPL Facility from Mexico.16 MPL plans 

initially to receive the natural gas 

produced in the United States and 

exported to Mexico through existing 

cross-border natural gas transmission 

pipelines, including an interstate 

pipeline owned by Sierrita Gas Pipeline 

LLC, and intrastate natural gas pipelines 

owned by Comanche Trail Pipeline, 

LLC, Roadrunner Gas Transmission, 

LLC and Trans Pecos Pipeline, LLC.17

MPL asserts that, if the proposed border 

crossing pipeline owned by Saguaro 

Connector Pipeline, L.L.C. obtains 

authorization and the related 

Presidential Permit from the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), 

MPL would expect to add that pipeline 

to the several existing pipeline routes 

over which MPL and its customers may 

transport natural gas from the United 

States to Mexico for delivery to the MPL 

Facility.18

For the non-FTA portion of MPL’s 

request,19 DOE published a notice of the 

Application in the Federal Register 

(Notice of Application) on February 1, 

2023.20 The Notice of Application 

called on interested persons to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, and comments by April 3, 

2023.21 On March 29, 2023, the Institute 

for Energy Economics and Financial 

Analysis filed comments opposing 

MPL’s Application.22 On April 3, 2023, 

Public Citizen, Inc. and Sierra Club each 

filed a motion to intervene and protest, 

with Sierra Club’s filing including 

additional exhibits.23

Before reaching a final decision on a 

non-FTA application under NGA 

section 3(a), DOE must also comply 

with NEPA.24 In evaluating applications 

for re-export authorization similar to 

MPL’s Application, DOE has used 

recent guidance to inform its 

environmental analysis. On January 27, 

2021, the President issued Executive 

Order (E.O.) No. 14008, Tackling the 

Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.25


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capacity of [Federal] agencies to combat the climate 

crisis.’’ Exec. Order No. 14008 of Jan. 27, 2021, 

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, 

86 FR 7619 (Feb. 1, 2021), www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2021/02/01/2021–02177/tackling-theclimate-crisisat-home-and-abroad. E.O. 14008 

further requires the ‘‘Federal Government [to] drive 

assessment, disclosure, and mitigation of climate 

pollution and climate-related risks in every sector’’ 

of the U.S. economy. Id. 

26See Council on Envtl. Quality, National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Regulations Revisions; Final Rule, 87 FR 23453 

(Apr. 20, 2022). 

27 Mexico Pac. Ltd. LLC, Notice of Environmental 

Assessment, Docket No. 22–167–LNG (Oct. 23, 

2023). 

Additionally, on April 20, 2022, the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) issued a final rule for 

implementing CEQ’s NEPA regulations, 

including the definition of 

environmental ‘‘effects.’’ 26 DOE has 

determined that, consistent with E.O. 

14008 and its obligations under NEPA, 

it is appropriate to evaluate the 

potential environmental impacts— 

including the greenhouse gas 

emissions—of exporting (or reexporting) U.S.-sourced LNG from the 

proposed MPL Facility to non-FTA 

countries. Therefore, on October 23, 

2023, DOE issued a ‘‘Notice of 

Environmental Assessment’’ 

announcing that it is undertaking an 

environmental assessment (EA) under 

NEPA to analyze MPL’s requested 

exports of U.S.-sourced LNG to nonFTA countries.27

The Draft EA examined the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

unconventional natural gas exploration 

and production activities in the lower48 states; the utilization of the crossborder pipelines that interconnect the 

United States and Mexico and that MPL 

may utilize for its U.S. natural gas 

supply; descriptions of Mexico’s 

environmental review process for the 

construction and operation of 

liquefaction terminals and related 

facilities; marine transport of LNG 

exported from the proposed MPL 

Facility; and the global nature of GHG 

emissions associated with re-exporting 

U.S.-sourced LNG from Mexico from a 

life cycle perspective. 

NEPA Process and Public Involvement 

DOE prepared the Draft EA in 

accordance with the CEQ regulations at 

Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, 

parts 1500–1508 (40 CFR 1500–1508) 

and DOE’s NEPA implementing 

procedures at 10 CFR part 1021. DOE 

published a Notice of Environmental 

Assessment to Docket No. 22–167–LNG 

on October 23, 2023, announcing its 

intent to prepare an EA. DOE is 

providing opportunities for public 

review and comments on this Draft EA 

(see DATES and ADDRESSES sections of 

this notice). 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 

21, 2023. 

Amy Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

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Docket Numbers: EG24–32–000. 

Applicants: Jade Meadow LLC. 

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/8/23. 

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Solar, LLC, Imperial Valley Solar 

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LLC, RE Columbia Two LLC, Selmer 

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Thermo, LLC, SWG Arapahoe, LLC, 

EnergyMark, LLC, Palouse Wind, LLC, 

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Electric Company, Marina Energy, LLC, 

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/11/23. 

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of Change in Status and Request for Cat 

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effective 10/20/2023. 

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