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1Alaska LNG Project LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

3643–A, FE Docket 14–96–LNG, Final Opinion and 

Order Granting Long-Term Authorization to Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Nations (Aug. 20, 2020), available at: https://

www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2020/08/f77/ 

ord3643a.pdf [hereinafter Alaska LNG Order]. 2 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). The authority to regulate the 

imports and exports of natural gas, including 

liquefied natural gas, under section 3 of the NGA 

(15 U.S.C. 717b) has been delegated to the Assistant 

Secretary for FE in Redelegation Order No. S4– 

DEL–FE1–2021, issued on March 25, 2021. 

3See Alaska LNG Project LLC, DOE/FE Order No. 

3643–B, FE Docket 14–96–LNG, Order on Rehearing 

(Apr. 15, 2021), available at: https://

www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/ 

ord3643b.pdf [hereinafter Rehearing Order]. 

4Alaska Gasline Dev. Corp., Order Granting 

Authorization Under Section 3 of the Natural Gas 

Act, 171 FERC ¶ 61,134, ¶¶ 1–2 (May 21, 2020) 

[hereinafter FERC Order]. 

5Rehearing Order at 3. 

6See Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep’t of Energy, Petition 

for Review, Case No. 20–1503 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 16, 

2020); Center for Biological Diversity, et al., v. 

Federal Energy Regulatory Comm’n, Petition for 

Review, Case No. 20–1379 (D.C. Cir. Sept. 21, 2020); 

see also Rehearing Order at 5–6. 

7 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

8See Alaska LNG Order at 23, 32. 

9Federal Energy Regulatory Comm’n, Alaska LNG 

Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, 

Docket No. CP17–178–000 (Mar. 6, 2020), available 

at: https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/final-environmental-impact-statement-0 

[hereinafter final EIS]. 

10Letter from Amy Sweeney, DOE/FE, to Julie 

Roemele, U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency (Mar. 16, 2020) 

(adoption of final EIS), available at: https://

www.energy.gov/nepa/downloads/doeeis-0512- 

notice-adoption. 

11See Alaska LNG Order at 42 (Ordering Para. H). 

Abstract: This is a request for a new 

information collection. The Rural, 

Insular, and Native Achievement 

Programs (RINAP) administers Section 

1121 of Title I, Part A of the ESEA; Title 

II of Public Law 108–118 (Supplemental 

Education Grant (SEG)), CARES Act— 

Outlying Areas; Title III of CRRSA— 

Outlying Areas, Sections 2005 and 

11006(2–3) of the ARP; Title V, Part B 

of the ESEA (Rural Education 

Achievement Program), Title VI, Part B 

of the ESEA (Native Hawaiian 

Education); and Title VI, Part C of the 

ESEA (Alaska Native Education). 

Periodic progress updates, phone, 

virtual, or in-person conversations 

during a fiscal year with authorized 

representatives and project directors 

help ensure grantees are making 

progress toward meeting program goals 

and objectives. The information shared 

with RINAP helps inform the selection 

and delivery of technical assistance to 

grantees and aligns structures, 

processes, and routines so RINAP can 

monitor the connection between grant 

administration and intended outcomes. 

Dated: June 29, 2021. 

Kate 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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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Alaska LNG Project 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: On April 15, 2021, the U.S. 

Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil 

Energy (DOE/FE) granted a request for 

rehearing of a final order issued to 

Alaska LNG Project LLC (Alaska LNG) 

for the export of liquefied natural gas 

(LNG) produced from Alaskan sources 

to non-free trade agreement countries, 

pursuant to the Natural Gas Act (NGA). 

In the Rehearing Order, DOE stated that 

it was granting rehearing for the purpose 

of conducting two Alaska-specific 

environmental studies (collectively, the 

Alaska environmental study 

proceeding). To this end, DOE intends 

to prepare a supplemental 

environmental impact statement (SEIS) 

for the Alaska environmental study 

proceeding (DOE/EIS–0512–S1), 

consistent with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

SEIS will include analysis of potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

natural gas production on the North 

Slope of Alaska and a life cycle analysis 

(LCA) calculating the greenhouse gas 

(GHG) emissions for LNG exported from 

the proposed Alaska LNG Project. 

ADDRESSES: Documents related to the 

SEIS process will be posted at: https:// 

energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0512-s1- 

supplemental-environmental-impactstatement-alaska-lng-project. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions concerning the SEIS or 

requests to be placed on the SEIS 

distribution list should be sent to: Brian 

Lavoie, U.S. Department of Energy (FE– 

34), Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, 

Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585; (202) 586–2459; 

brian.lavoie@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 20, 2020, DOE issued 

DOE/FE Order No. 3643–A (the Alaska 

LNG Order) 1 to Alaska LNG Project LLC 

(Alaska LNG) under section 3(a) of the 

NGA.2 DOE/FE authorized Alaska LNG 

to export LNG produced from Alaskan 

sources to any country with which the 

United States has not entered into a free 

trade agreement (FTA) requiring 

national treatment for trade in natural 

gas, and with which trade is not 

prohibited by U.S. law or policy (nonFTA countries). Alaska LNG is 

authorized to export LNG in a volume 

equivalent to 929 billion cubic feet per 

year (Bcf/yr) of natural gas (2.55 Bcf per 

day), for a term of 30 years, with export 

operations required to commence 

within 12 years of the date that the 

Alaska LNG Order was issued. Exports 

will occur by vessel from a liquefaction 

facility to be constructed in the Nikiski 

area of the Kenai Peninsula in south 

central Alaska (Liquefaction Facility), 

which will be part of the proposed 

Alaska LNG Project.3

Alaska Gasline Development 

Corporation (AGDC), an independent, 

public corporation of the State of 

Alaska, applied to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) for 

authorization to site, construct, and 

operate the Alaska LNG Project. As 

approved by FERC on May 21, 2020,4

the Alaska LNG Project includes the 

following three elements: 

(i) Producing natural gas from stranded 

resources on the North Slope of Alaska at a 

proposed natural gas treatment plant to be 

located on the North Slope; 

(ii) Transporting the natural gas on a 

proposed 800-mile long pipeline; and 

(iii) Liquefying the natural gas for export 

from the proposed Liquefaction Facility, 

which has a planned liquefaction capacity of 

20 million metric tons per year of LNG 

(equivalent to approximately 929 Bcf/yr of 

natural gas).5

In sum, AGDC holds the FERC 

authorization for the Alaska LNG 

Project, and Alaska LNG holds the DOE 

authorization to export LNG from the 

Alaska LNG Project. Both the DOE and 

FERC authorizations have been 

challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals 

for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. 

Circuit).6 Those lawsuits are ongoing 

and are currently subject to various 

pending procedural motions. 

To fulfill its obligations under NEPA,7

DOE/FE participated as a cooperating 

agency in FERC’s review of the Alaska 

LNG Project.8 FERC issued the final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Alaska LNG Project on March 6, 

2020,9 and DOE/FE adopted the final 

EIS on March 16, 2020 (DOE/EIS– 

0512).10 Subsequently, DOE/FE issued 

the Alaska LNG Order, conditioning it 

on Alaska LNG’s compliance with the 

165 environmental conditions adopted 

in the FERC Order (see supra note 4), 

among other requirements.11


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12See Rehearing Order at 5–6 (providing 

additional background on DOE’s rehearing 

proceeding). Sierra Club’s and AGDC’s arguments 

on rehearing are summarized in the Rehearing 

Order at 6–10. 

13See id. at 2. 

14Exec. Order 13990 of Jan. 20, 2021, Protecting 

Public Health and the Environment and Restoring 

Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis, 86 FR 7037 

(Jan. 25, 2021), available at: https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/ 

2021-01765/protecting-public-health-and-theenvironment-and-restoring-science-to-tackle-theclimate-crisis. E.O. 13990 directs agencies to 

‘‘immediately review’’ all regulations, orders, and 

other actions issued after January 20, 2017, that may 

increase GHG emissions or have other impacts on 

climate change. 

15Exec. Order No. 14008 of Jan. 27, 2021, 

Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, 

86 FR 7619 (Feb. 1, 2021), available at: https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/01/ 

2021-02177/tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-homeand-abroad. E.O. 14008 sets forth additional 

policies to address climate change—specifically to 

‘‘organize and deploy the full capacity of [Federal] 

agencies to combat the climate crisis’’—and 

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. 

16See Rehearing Order at 12–13. 

17 DOE/FE previously has explained that a LCA 

is a method of accounting for cradle-to-grave GHG 

emissions over a single common denominator. DOE 

considers GHG emissions from all processes in the 

LNG supply chains—from the ‘‘cradle’’ when 

natural gas is extracted from the ground, to the 

‘‘grave’’ when electricity is used by the consumer. 

See U.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, 76 (Jan. 2, 2020); see also 

Rehearing Order at 14 n.90. 

Sierra Club filed a Request for 

Rehearing of the Alaska LNG Order, and 

AGDC filed a Motion for Leave to 

Answer and Answer to Sierra Club’s 

Request for Rehearing.12 On April 15, 

2021, DOE/FE issued the Rehearing 

Order in which DOE/FE: (i) Granted 

AGDC’s Motion for Leave to Answer; (ii) 

granted Sierra Club’s Rehearing Request 

for the purpose of conducting the 

Alaska environmental study proceeding; 

and (ii) denied Sierra Club’s request for 

DOE/FE to withdraw the Alaska LNG 

Order, without prejudice to Sierra 

Club’s ability to request relief in the 

future, should circumstances change.13

DOE/FE explained that, since the 

issuance of the Alaska LNG Order and 

while DOE/FE’s action on Sierra Club’s 

Rehearing Request was pending, the 

President had issued two Executive 

Orders (E.O.) relevant to the Alaska LNG 

proceeding: E.O. 13990, Protecting 

Public Health and the Environment and 

Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate 

Crisis,14 and E.O. 14008, Tackling the 

Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.15

Consistent with these Executive Orders 

and to address Sierra Club’s arguments 

on rehearing, DOE stated that it was 

appropriate to further evaluate the 

environmental impacts of exporting 

LNG from the proposed Alaska LNG 

Project to non-FTA countries. Therefore, 

DOE/FE announced that it was 

commissioning the Alaska 

environmental study proceeding.16

Supplemental EIS (SEIS) 

DOE/FE intends to prepare a SEIS for 

the Alaska environmental study 

proceeding. The SEIS will include an 

upstream analysis of potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

natural gas production on the North 

Slope of Alaska. This analysis will 

examine potential upstream impacts 

associated with incremental natural gas 

production on the North Slope of Alaska 

due to Alaska LNG’s exports of LNG. 

In addition, the SEIS will include a 

LCA calculating the GHG emissions for 

LNG exported from the proposed Alaska 

LNG Project, taking into account unique 

issues relating to production, pipeline 

transportation, and liquefaction in 

Alaska.17 Specifically, the LCA will 

examine the life cycle GHG emissions 

for LNG exported from Alaska by vessel 

to import markets in Asia (the markets 

targeted for exports from Alaska) and 

potentially in other regions. 

DOE/FE has commissioned DOE’s 

National Energy Technology Laboratory 

(NETL) to conduct both studies. 

Potential Areas of Environmental 

Analysis 

For the upstream production study, 

DOE/FE has tentatively identified the 

following resource areas for analysis 

(although the following list is not 

intended to be comprehensive or to 

predetermine the potential impacts to be 

analyzed): Land use and visual 

resources; geology and soils; water 

resources; air quality and noise; 

ecological resources; cultural and 

paleontological resources; 

infrastructure; waste management; 

occupational and public health and 

safety; socioeconomics; transportation; 

and environmental justice. For the LCA, 

DOE/FE will examine the global nature 

of GHG emissions associated with 

exports of LNG from Alaska from a life 

cycle perspective, as stated previously. 

NEPA Process and Public Participation 

in the SEIS 

DOE/FE will prepare the SEIS in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508 

and DOE NEPA implementing 

procedures at 10 CFR part 1021. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 1021.311(f), a 

public scoping process is not required 

for a DOE-issued SEIS. DOE/FE will 

issue a notice in the Federal Register 

detailing the release of the draft SEIS, 

dates of one or more internet-based 

public hearings, and instructions for 

submitting public comments. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on June 28, 2021, by 

Jennifer Wilcox, Ph.D., Acting Assistant 

Secretary for Fossil Energy, pursuant to 

delegated authority from the Secretary 

of Energy. That document with the 

original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on June 29, 

2021. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL21–83–000] 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of 

Filing 

Take notice that on June 10, 2021, 

pursuant to section 206 of the Federal 

Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e, and Rule 206 

of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) Rules of 

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), made 

a filing identifying an unjust and 

unreasonable aspect of the formula for 

determining the Regulation market 

performance-clearing price credit, as 

stated in PJM Open Access 

Transmission Tariff Attachment KAppendix, section 3.2.2(g) and the 

Amended and Restated Operating 

Agreement of PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C., Schedule 1, section 3.2.2(g). PJM 

submitted this filing to establish a 

refund effective date for the replacement 

calculation of the formula, which is 

currently under development in the PJM 

stakeholder process, as more fully 

explained in the filing. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 


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