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1 Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

4312, Docket No. 18–70–LNG, Opinion and Order 

Granting Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization 

to Export U.S.-Sourced Natural Gas by Pipeline to 

Mexico for Liquefaction and Re-export in the Form 

of Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Nations (Dec. 14, 2018). 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 18–70–LNG] 

Mexico Pacific Limited LLC; 

Application To Amend Export Term 

Through December 31, 2050, for 

Existing Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Authorization 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

and Carbon Management (FECM) 

(formerly the Office of Fossil Energy) of 

the Department of Energy (DOE) gives 

notice (Notice) of receipt of an 

application (Application), filed on 

January 24, 2022, by Mexico Pacific 

Limited LLC (MPL). MPL seeks to 

amend the export term set forth in its 

current authorization, DOE/FE Order 

No. 4312, to a term ending on December 

31, 2050. Under Order No. 4312, MPL 

is authorized to re-export U.S.-sourced 

natural gas in the form of liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) from the proposed 

MPL Facility to be located in Mexico to 

non-free trade agreement countries. 

MPL filed the Application under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and DOE’s 

policy statement entitled, ‘‘Extending 

Natural Gas Export Authorizations to 

Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries 

Through the Year 2050’’ (Policy 

Statement). Protests, motions to 

intervene, notices of intervention, and 

written comments on the requested term 

extension are invited. 

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene, or 

notices of intervention, as applicable, 

and written comments are to be filed 

electronically as detailed in the Public 

Comment Procedures section no later 

than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, March 15, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email: fergas@

hq.doe.gov. 

Although DOE has routinely accepted 

public comment submissions through a 

variety of mechanisms, including postal 

mail and hand delivery/courier, DOE 

has found it necessary to make 

temporary modifications to the 

comment submission process in light of 

the ongoing Covid–19 pandemic. DOE is 

currently accepting only electronic 

submissions at this time. If a commenter 

finds that this change poses an undue 

hardship, please contact Office of 

Resource Sustainability staff at (202) 

586–4749 or (202) 586–7893 to discuss 

the need for alternative arrangements. 

Once the Covid–19 pandemic health 

emergency is resolved, DOE anticipates 

resuming all of its regular options for 

public comment submission, including 

postal mail and hand delivery/courier. 

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, (202) 586– 

9793, cassandra.bernstein@

hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 14, 2018, in Order No. 4312, 

DOE authorized MPL to re-export U.S.- 

sourced natural gas in the form of LNG 

in a volume equivalent to 621 billion 

cubic feet per year of natural gas, 

pursuant to NGA section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 

717b(a).1 MPL is authorized to re-export 

this LNG by vessel from the proposed 

MPL Facility, to be located in the State 

of Sonora, Mexico, to any country with 

which the United States has not entered 

into a free trade agreement (FTA) 

requiring national treatment for trade in 


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2Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, Application to 

Amend Export Term for Existing Long-Term 

Authorization Through December 31, 2050, Docket 

No. 18–70–LNG (Jan. 24, 2022). MPL is currently 

authorized under a separate order (DOE/FE Order 

No. 4248) to export domestically produced natural 

gas to Mexico and to re-export the natural gas in 

the form of LNG to FTA countries. MPL’s request 

regarding its FTA authorization is not subject to this 

Notice. See 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). 

3U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Extending Natural Gas 

Export Authorizations to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050; 

Notice of Final Policy Statement and Response to 

Comments, 85 FR 52237 (Aug. 25, 2020) 

[hereinafter Policy Statement]. 

4See id., 85 FR 52247. 

5See id., 85 FR 52247. 

6 Id., 85 FR 52247. 

7See NERA Economic Consulting, 

Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined 

Levels of U.S. LNG Exports (June 7, 2018), available 

at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/ 

06/f52/Macroeconomic%20LNG%20Export%20

Study%202018.pdf. 

8U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Study on Macroeconomic 

Outcomes of LNG Exports: Response to Comments 

Received on Study; Notice of Response to 

Comments, 83 FR 67251 (Dec. 28, 2018). 

9The Addendum and related documents are 

available at: http://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendumenvironmental-review-documents-concerningexports-natural-gas-united-states. 

10The 2014 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is 

available at: http://energy.gov/fe/life-cyclegreenhouse-gas-perspective-exporting-liquefiednatural-gas-united-states. 

11U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Life Cycle Greenhouse 

Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas 

From the United States: 2019 Update—Response to 

Comments, 85 FR 72 (Jan. 2, 2020). The 2019 

Update and related documents are available at: 

https://fossil.energy.gov/app/docketindex/docket/ 

index/21. 

natural gas, and with which trade is not 

prohibited by U.S. law or policy (nonFTA countries) for a 20-year term. In the 

Application,2 MPL asks DOE to extend 

its current export term to a term ending 

on December 31, 2050, as provided in 

the Policy Statement.3 Additional 

details can be found in the Application, 

posted on the DOE website at: https:// 

www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/ 

2022-01/2022.01.24%20MPL%20

DOE%20Term%20Extension%20

Application.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

In the Policy Statement, DOE adopted 

a term through December 31, 2050 

(inclusive of any make-up period), as 

the standard export term for long-term 

non-FTA authorizations.4 As the basis 

for its decision, DOE considered its 

obligations under NGA section 3(a), the 

public comments supporting and 

opposing the proposed Policy 

Statement, and a wide range of 

information bearing on the public 

interest.5 DOE explained that, upon 

receipt of an application under the 

Policy Statement, it would conduct a 

public interest analysis of the 

application under NGA section 3(a). 

DOE further stated that ‘‘the public 

interest analysis will be limited to the 

application for the term extension— 

meaning an intervenor or protestor may 

challenge the requested extension but 

not the existing non-FTA order.’’ 6

Accordingly, in reviewing MPL’s 

Application, DOE will consider any 

issues required by law or policy under 

NGA section 3(a), as informed by the 

Policy Statement. To the extent 

appropriate, DOE will consider the 

study entitled, Macroeconomic 

Outcomes of Market Determined Levels 

of U.S. LNG Exports (2018 LNG Export 

Study),7 DOE’s response to public 

comments received on that Study,8 and 

the following environmental 

documents: 

• Addendum to Environmental 

Review Documents Concerning Exports 

of Natural Gas From the United States, 

79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 9

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 

Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 

Natural Gas From the United States, 79 

FR 32260 (June 4, 2014); 10 and 

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 

Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 

Natural Gas From the United States: 

2019 Update, 84 FR 49278 (Sept. 19, 

2019), and DOE/FE’s response to public 

comments received on that study.11

Parties that may oppose the 

Application should address these issues 

and documents in their comments and/ 

or protests, as well as other issues 

deemed relevant to the Application. 

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 Application. Interested parties will 

be provided 15 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 MPL’s long-term non-FTA 

application. Therefore, DOE will not 

consider comments or protests that do 

not bear directly on the requested term 

extension. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene or notice of intervention. The 

filing of comments or a protest with 

respect to the Application will not serve 

to make the commenter or protestant a 

party to the 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 

Application. All protests, comments, 

motions to intervene, or notices of 

intervention must meet the 

requirements specified by the 

regulations in 10 CFR part 590. 

As noted, DOE is only accepting 

electronic submissions at this time. 

Please email the filing to 

fergas.hq.doe.gov. All filings must 

include a reference to ‘‘Docket No. 18– 

70–LNG’’ or ‘‘Mexico Pacific Limited 

LLC Term Extension’’ in the title line. 

Please Note: 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. Any hardcopy filing submitted 

greater in length than 50 pages must 

also include, at the time of the filing, a 

digital copy on disk of the entire 

submission. 

The Application and any filed 

protests, motions to intervene, notices of 

interventions, and comments will also 

be available electronically by going to 

the following DOE web address: https:// 

www.energy.gov/fecm/division-naturalgas-regulation. 

A decisional record on the 

Application 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 

Opinion and Order may be issued based 

on the official record, including the 

Application and responses filed by 

parties pursuant to this Notice, in 

accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 22, 

2022. 

Amy Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

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