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1 Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC, DOE/FE Order 

No. 3978, Docket No. 12–156–LNG (Apr. 25, 2017), 

reh’g denied, DOE/FE Order No. 3978–A (Mar. 30, 

2018), amended by DOE/FE Order No. 3978–B (Mar. 

4, 2020) (transferring authorization from Golden 

Pass Products LLC to Golden Pass LNG Terminal 

LLC), further amended by DOE/FE Order No. 3978– 

C (Mar. 24, 2020) (extending export commencement 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 4C210, 

Washington, DC 20202–1200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Beth 

Grebeldinger, 202–570–8414. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the 

general public and Federal agencies 

with an opportunity to comment on 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the public’s reporting burden. 

It also helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The 

Department is soliciting comments on 

the proposed information collection 

request (ICR) that is described below. 

The Department is especially interested 

in public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Multi-purpose 

Financial Information Statement. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW. 

Type of Review: A new ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 415,542. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 261,791. 

Abstract: This is a request for a new 

collection. The information collected 

through this new form will support both 

involuntary collection and voluntary 

resolution of defaulted Federal student 

loans in the following categories: 

Involuntary collection where the 

Department of Education (ED) and 

guaranty agencies utilize two methods 

to involuntarily collect defaulted 

student loans: the Treasury Offset 

Program (TOP) and Administrative 

Wage Garnishment (AWG). And 

voluntary resolution: defaulted 

borrowers can resolve their loan balance 

by making voluntary payments or 

through the loan rehabilitation program 

authorized by the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended, and described in 

regulations at 34 CFR 682.405(b)(1)(iii) 

and 34 CFR 685.211(f). ED will use the 

new form in place of the existing Loan 

Rehabilitation: Income and Expense 

Information form (OMB No. 1845–0120) 

and will allow schools and guaranty 

agencies to use the new form for the 

same purposes for which ED will use it. 

Note that guaranty agencies may 

continue to use the current form in lieu 

of the new form if they choose. 

Dated: September 23, 2024. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 12–156–LNG] 

Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC; 

Request for Extension of 

Commencement Deadline 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of request. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

and Carbon Management (FECM) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE), formerly 

the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), gives 

notice (Notice) of receipt of a request 

(Request) filed by Golden Pass LNG 

Terminal LLC (GPLNG or Golden Pass 

LNG) on August 28, 2024. GPLNG 

requests an extension of the deadline in 

its current authorization to export 

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement 

countries, set forth in DOE/FE Order No. 

3978, as amended, to allow GPLNG to 

commence commercial export 

operations from the proposed GPLNG 

Export Terminal by March 31, 2027. 

This modification would extend 

GPLNG’s existing commencement 

deadline by eighteen months. GPLNG 

filed the Request under the Natural Gas 

Act (NGA) and pursuant to DOE’s Policy 

Statement on Export Commencement 

Deadlines in Authorizations to Export 

Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Countries (Commencement 

Extension Policy). Protests, motions to 

intervene, notices of intervention, and 

written comments are invited. 

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene, or 

notices of intervention, as applicable, 

requests for additional procedures, and 

written comments are to be filed as 

detailed in the Public Comment 

Procedures section no later than 4:30 

p.m., Eastern time, October 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Wade or Peri Ulrey, 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– 

4749 or (202) 586–7893, 

jennifer.wade@hq.doe.gov or 

peri.ulrey@hq.doe.gov 

Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of 

Energy (GC–76), Office of the 

Assistant General Counsel for Energy 

Delivery and Resilience, Forrestal 

Building, Room 6D–033, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20585, (240) 780– 

1691, cassandra.bernstein@

hq.doe.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 25, 2017, in DOE/FE Order 

No. 3978 (as amended),1 DOE 


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deadline), further amended by DOE/FE Order No. 

3978–D (Dec. 10, 2020) (extending export term), 

further amended by DOE/FECM Order No. 3978–E 

(Apr. 27, 2022) (increasing authorized volume), 

reh’g denied, DOE/FECM Order No. 3978–F (June 

24, 2022). In addition, GPLNG’s export 

authorization was amended by DOE/FE Order No. 

4641 (Dec. 18, 2020) to include short-term export 

authority on a non-additive basis. 

2The initial order authorized exports from the 

‘‘existing Golden Pass LNG Terminal.’’ The facility, 

with later modifications—and including those 

currently under construction—is now known as the 

GPLNG Export Terminal. 

3 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). 

4 DOE/FE Order No. 3978, as amended in DOE/ 

FECM Order No. 3978–E (Ordering Para. A). 

5 Golden Pass Prods. LLC & Golden Pass Pipeline 

LLC, 157 FERC ¶ 61,222 (2016). 

6 Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC, Request for 

Extension of Commencement Deadline, Docket Nos. 

12–156–LNG and 12–88–LNG, at 2 n.6 (Aug. 28, 

2024) [hereinafter Request]. The ‘‘in-service 

deadline’’ refers to the date by which the Project’s 

facilities must be operational under FERC’s 

authorization, rather than the date by which 

commercial exports must begin under DOE’s 

authorization. 

7 DOE/FECM Order No. 3978–E, at 53 (Ordering 

Para. A). Additionally, GPLNG asks DOE to amend 

its existing FTA authorization (DOE/FE Order No. 

3147, as amended). DOE will address the FTA 

portion of the Request separately pursuant to NGA 

section 3(c), 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). 

8Request at 2. 

9 Id. 

10U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Policy Statement on 

Export Commencement Deadlines in Authorizations 

to Export Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Countries, 88 FR 25,272 (Apr. 26, 2023), https://

www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/

Policy%20Statement%20on%20Export%20

Commencement%20Deadlines%20

in%20Authorizations%20to%20Export%20

Natural%20Gas%20to%20Non-Free%20Trade

%20Agreement%20Countries.pdf [hereinafter 

Commencement Extension Policy]. 

11See Request at 2. 

12 Id. 

13 Id. at 3. 

14 Id. at 4. 

15 Id. at 5–6. 

16 Id. at 8. 

17See Request at 9. 

18 Id. at 10. 

19 Id. 

20 Id. at 12. 

21See supra note 1. 

authorized GPLNG to export 

domestically produced LNG by vessel 

from the proposed GPLNG Export 

Terminal 2 in Sabine Pass, Texas, to any 

country with which the United States 

does not have a free trade agreement 

(FTA) requiring national treatment for 

trade in natural gas, which currently has 

or in the future develops the capacity to 

import LNG, and with which trade is 

not prohibited by U.S. law or policy 

(non-FTA countries).3 GPLNG is 

authorized to export this LNG in a 

volume equivalent to 937 billion cubic 

feet per year of natural gas for a term 

extending through December 31, 2050.4

GPLNG notes that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) initially 

approved its Project facilities, including 

the Terminal, in 2016.5 GPLNG has also 

asked FERC to extend the in-service 

deadline associated with the Project 

facilities—currently November 30, 

2026.6

As relevant here, Order No. 3978, as 

amended, requires GPLNG to make its 

first export of LNG from the Terminal 

no later than September 30, 2025.7

Request for Extension 

In its Request, GPLNG asks DOE to 

extend the deadline for commencement 

of commercial LNG export operations 

from the GPLNG terminal by 18 months 

to March 31, 2027.8 GPLNG states that 

the additional 18-month period would 

account ‘‘for both the delays caused by 

the bankruptcy filing of the lead 

construction contractor, Zachry 

Industrial Inc. [(Zachry)], remaining 

uncertainties regarding the transition to 

a new lead contractor, possible 

unpredictable delays that may occur 

during the remaining construction 

activities such as potential hurricane 

impacts, and for commissioning and 

start-up activities.’’ 9 GPLNG maintains 

that its Request is consistent with DOE’s 

April 2023 Policy Statement on Export 

Commencement Deadlines,10 and that 

its proposed exports remain consistent 

with the public interest under NGA 

section 3(a).11

In support of its Request, GPLNG 

asserts that good cause exists to grant 

the requested conditional extension of 

time, and that GPLNG’s authorized 

exports remain in the public interest. 

GPLNG also states that it meets the 

criteria established by DOE in the 

Commencement Extension Policy for 

such requests. Specifically, GPLNG 

argues that ‘‘an extension of the 

commercial operations deadline is 

necessary due to extenuating 

circumstances outside of [its] 

control,’’ 12 and that it ‘‘has been 

continuously and steadily engaged in 

construction’’ of the export facilities for 

over five years.13 GPLNG represents that 

at the time it filed its Request, ‘‘the LNG 

Facility [was] approximately 80% 

complete, including design and 

engineering work, and 65% complete in 

terms of physical construction.’’ 14

GPLNG executed an engineering, 

procurement, and construction (EPC) 

contract in January 2019, with Zachry as 

lead contractor.15 GPLNG states that 

Zachry was not able to complete the 

Project following a series of problems, 

and that Zachry notified GPLNG of its 

plan to exit the Project in April 2024, 

then filed for bankruptcy in May 2024.16

Although another party to the EPC 

contract has taken over as lead 

construction contractor, GPLNG is not 

confident that the Project can be 

completed by the current 

commencement deadline.17

Additionally, GPLNG contends not 

only that its proposed exports are 

consistent with the public interest 

regardless of its commencement 

deadline, but also that ‘‘cancelling the 

Project at this stage would be 

affirmatively contrary to the public 

interest.’’ 18 GPLNG states that it has 

already invested billions of dollars in 

the Project, has over one thousand 

active operations contracts, and ‘‘has 

sold 100% of the LNG production.’’ 19

GPLNG concludes that ‘‘the public 

interest is served by this request to 

avoid the tremendous loss of jobs, 

economic activity, tax revenue 

benefiting state, regional and local 

governments, and billions of dollars of 

sunk private investment.’’ 20

Additional details can be found in the 

Request, posted on the DOE website at: 

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

files/2024-08/Binder1.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

In reviewing GPLNG’s Request, DOE 

will consider any issues required by law 

or policy under NGA section 3(a), DOE’s 

regulations, DOE’s Commencement 

Extension Policy, and any other 

documents deemed appropriate. 

Parties that may oppose the Request 

should address these issues and 

documents in their comments and/or 

protests, as well as other issues deemed 

relevant to the Request. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 

requires DOE to give appropriate 

consideration to the environmental 

effects of its proposed decisions. No 

final decision will be issued in this 

proceeding until DOE has met its 

environmental responsibilities. 

Public Comment Procedures 

In response to this Notice, any person 

may file a protest, comments, or a 

motion to intervene or notice of 

intervention, as applicable, addressing 

the Request. Interested parties will be 

provided 30 days from the date of 

publication of this Notice in which to 

submit comments, protests, motions to 

intervene, or notices of intervention. 

The public previously was given an 

opportunity to intervene in, protest, and 

comment on GPLNG’s non-FTA 

application in Docket No. 12–156– 

LNG.21 Therefore, DOE will not 

consider comments or protests that do 

not bear directly on this Request. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

to this proceeding evaluating GPLNG’s 


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22Status as an intervenor in prior proceeding(s) 

in this docket does not continue to this proceeding 

evaluating GPLNG’s Request, and therefore any 

person interested in intervening to address the 

Request must file a new motion to intervene (or 

notice of intervention, as applicable). 10 CFR 

590.303. 

Request must file a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention.22 The filing of 

comments or a protest with respect to 

the Request will not serve to make the 

commenter or protestant a party to this 

proceeding, although protests and 

comments received from persons who 

are not parties will be considered in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken on the Request. All protests, 

comments, motions to intervene, or 

notices of intervention must meet the 

requirements specified by DOE’s 

regulations in 10 CFR part 590, 

including the service requirements. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Submitting the filing electronically 

at fergas@hq.doe.gov; 

(2) Mailing the filing to the Office of 

Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section; or 

(3) Hand delivering the filing to the 

Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

For administrative efficiency, DOE 

prefers filings to be filed electronically. 

All filings must include a reference to 

‘‘Docket No. 12–156–LNG’’ or ‘‘GPLNG 

Request’’ in the title line. 

For electronic submissions: Please 

include all related documents and 

attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the 

original email correspondence. Please 

do not include any active hyperlinks or 

password protection in any of the 

documents or attachments related to the 

filing. All electronic filings submitted to 

DOE must follow these guidelines to 

ensure that all documents are filed in a 

timely manner. 

The Request, and any filed protests, 

motions to intervene, notices of 

intervention, and comments will be 

available electronically on the DOE 

website at www.energy.gov/fecm/ 

regulation. 

A decisional record on the Request 

will be developed through responses to 

this Notice by parties, including the 

parties’ written comments and replies 

thereto. Additional procedures will be 

used as necessary to achieve a complete 

understanding of the facts and issues. If 

an additional procedure is scheduled, 

notice will be provided to all parties. If 

no party requests additional procedures, 

a final Order may be issued based on the 

official record, including the Request 

and responses filed by parties pursuant 

to this Notice, in accordance with 10 

CFR 590.316. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on September 

23, 2024. 

Amy R. Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22053 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy 

Act of 1974 and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circulars A–108 and A–130, the 

Department of Energy (DOE or the 

Department) is publishing notice of a 

new Privacy Act system of records. DOE 

proposes to establish System of Records 

DOE–47 Reasonable Accommodation 

Requests Records. The purpose of this 

system of records is to assemble under 

a single, focused system the 

Department’s collection and treatment 

of information concerning records on 

employees and applicants for 

employment who seek and receive 

medical and non-medical reasonable 

accommodations. 

DATES: This System of Records Notice 

(SORN) will become applicable 

following the end of the public 

comment period on October 28, 2024 

unless comments are received that 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the DOE Desk Officer, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 

735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503, and to Ken Hunt, Chief Privacy 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 

8H–085, Washington, DC 20585, by 

facsimile at (202) 586–8151, or by email 

at privacy@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Hunt, Chief Privacy Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Rm. 8H– 

085, Washington, DC 20585, by 

facsimile at (202) 586–8151, by email at 

privacy@hq.doe.gov, or by telephone: 

(240) 686–9485. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice proposes the establishment of a 

new system of records, DOE–47 

Reasonable Accommodation Requests 

Records, to collect, maintain, and 

disseminate records on employees and 

applicants for employment who seek 

and receive medical and non-medical 

accommodations. The purpose of this 

System of Records is to assemble the 

Department’s collection and treatment 

of this information together under a 

single, focused system. Information 

collected and maintained in this system 

includes data elements on: applicants 

for Federal employment who have 

disabilities; Federal employees with 

disabilities who seek accommodations 

to allow them to perform the essential 

functions of their job; Federal 

employees with disabilities who request 

or receive reasonable accommodation as 

required by the Department as the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, as 

amended by the Americans with 

Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 

(ADAAA); individuals who receive 

medical and non-medical 

accommodations under Title VII of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964; and Federal 

employees or applicants for 

employment requesting accommodation 

based on a ‘‘sincerely held’’ religious 

belief, practice, or observance under the 

Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This 

system includes requests for a medical 

or religious accommodation. Another 

purpose of this system is to track and 

report the processing of Departmentwide requests for reasonable 

accommodation while ensuring 

compliance with applicable laws and 

regulations, including confidentiality 

requirements protecting personally 

identifiable information individuals 

submit in support of accommodation 

requests. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

DOE–47 Reasonable Accommodation 

Requests Records. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Systems leveraging this SORN may 

exist in multiple locations. All systems 

storing records in a cloud-based server 

are required to use governmentapproved cloud services and follow 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) security and privacy 

standards for access and data retention. 

Records maintained in a governmentapproved cloud server are accessed 

through secure data centers in the 

continental United States. 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

the General Counsel, 1000 


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