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1 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). 

2 Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC, DOE/FE 

Order No. 4446, Docket No. 16–28–LNG, Opinion 

and Order Granting Long-Term Authorization to 

Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade 

Agreement Nations (Oct. 16, 2019), amended by 

DOE/FE Order No. 4446–A (Oct. 21, 2020) 

(extending export term). 

3 Id. 

4This Notice applies only to the portion of the 

Application requesting an amendment to 

Plaquemines LNG’s non-FTA order. DOE will 

review separately the portion of the Application 

requesting an amendment to its existing 

authorization to export LNG to FTA countries, 

pursuant to section 3(c) of the NGA, 15 U.S.C. 

717b(c). 

and one copy of the document marked 

‘‘non-Proprietary’’ deleting all 

information believed to be business 

proprietary. DOE will make its own 

determination about the business 

proprietary status of the information 

and treat it according to its 

determination. Factors of interest to 

DOE when evaluating requests to treat 

submitted information as business 

proprietary include: (1) A description of 

the items; (2) whether and why such 

items are customarily treated as 

business proprietary within the 

industry; (3) whether the information is 

generally known by or available from 

other sources; (4) whether the 

information has previously been made 

available to others without obligation 

concerning its business proprietary 

nature; (5) an explanation of the 

competitive injury to the submitting 

person which would result from public 

disclosure; (6) when such information 

might lose its business proprietary 

character due to the passage of time; and 

(7) why disclosure of the information 

would be contrary to the public interest. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on May 6, 2022, by 

Patricia A. Hoffman, Acting Director of 

the Grid Deployment Office, 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. The 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2022. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 16–28–LNG] 

Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, 

LLC; Application for Limited 

Amendment to Existing Long-Term, 

Multi-Contract Authorization To Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free 

Trade Agreement Nations 

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 

March 11, 2022, by Venture Global 

Plaquemines LNG, LLC (Plaquemines 

LNG). In relevant part, Plaquemines 

LNG requests a limited amendment of 

its existing authorization to export 

domestically produced liquefied natural 

gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement 

(non-FTA) countries, issued in Order 

No. 4446 (as amended in Order No. 

4446–A). The amendment would 

increase Plaquemines LNG’s approved 

non-FTA export volume from 1,240 

billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) to 

1,405.33 Bcf/yr of natural gas—an 

increase of 165.33 Bcf/yr. Plaquemines 

LNG filed the Application under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA). 

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, July 11, 

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: In Order 

No. 4446–A, Plaquemines LNG is 

currently authorized under NGA section 

3(a) 1 to export domestically produced 

LNG in a volume equivalent to 1,240 

Bcf/yr of natural gas from the 

Plaquemines LNG Project (the Project), 

which Plaquemines LNG states is 

currently under construction in 

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.2

Plaquemines LNG is authorized to 

export this LNG by vessel 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 (non-FTA countries), 

for a term extending through December 

31, 2050.3

In the Application, as relevant here,4

Plaquemines LNG asks DOE to amend 

Order No. 4446 (as amended) to increase 

its non-FTA export volume from 1,240 

Bcf/yr to 1,405.33 Bcf/yr of natural gas. 

According to Plaquemines LNG, this 

increase reflects a refinement in the 

final design of the Project. Plaquemines 

LNG states that it is contemporaneously 

filing an application with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 


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5See NERA Economic Consulting, 

Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined 

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

at: www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2018/06/f52/

Macroeconomic%20LNG%20Export%20Study

%202018.pdf. 

6U.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). 

7The Addendum and related documents are 

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

8The 2014 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is 

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

9U.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. 

to amend its NGA section 3 

authorization to increase the Project’s 

authorized peak liquefaction capacity 

under optimal conditions to 27.2 

million metric tons per annum of LNG, 

or approximately 1,405.33 Bcf/yr of 

natural gas. Plaquemines LNG states 

that it seeks to increase its authorized 

export volume to align with the 

increased peak liquefaction capacity 

proposed to FERC. 

Plaquemines LNG states that the 

proposed increase in its non-FTA export 

volume will not require the construction 

of any new facilities or the modification 

of the previously authorized Project 

facilities. 

Additional details can be found in 

Plaquemines LNG’s Application, posted 

on the DOE website at: https://

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

2022-03/Plaquemines%20LNG%20DOE

%20Amendment%20Application%20re

%20Peak%20Liquefaction.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

In reviewing the Application, DOE 

will consider any issues required by law 

or policy. DOE will consider domestic 

need for the natural gas, as well as any 

other issues determined to be 

appropriate, including whether the 

arrangement is consistent with DOE’s 

policy of promoting competition in the 

marketplace by allowing commercial 

parties to freely negotiate their own 

trade arrangements. As part of this 

analysis, DOE will consider the study 

entitled, Macroeconomic Outcomes of 

Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG 

Exports (2018 LNG Export Study),5 and 

DOE’s response to public comments 

received on that Study.6

Additionally, DOE will consider the 

following environmental documents: 

• Addendum to Environmental 

Review Documents Concerning Exports 

of Natural Gas From the United States, 

79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 7

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 

Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 

Natural Gas From the United States, 79 

FR 32260 (June 4, 2014); 8 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’s response to public 

comments received on that study.9

Parties that may oppose this 

Application should address these issues 

and documents in their comments and 

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. Interested 

parties will be provided 60 days from 

the date of publication of this Notice in 

which to submit comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or notices of 

intervention. 

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, 

including the service requirements. 

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. 16–28–LNG’’ 

or ‘‘Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, 

LLC’’ 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 May 6, 2022. 

Amy Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement Office of Resource Sustainability. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid open meeting of 

the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Oak Ridge. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, June 8, 2022; 6:00 

p.m.–7:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be open 

to the public in-person at the 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

Information Center (address below) or 

virtually. To attend virtually, please 

send an email to: orssab@orem.doe.gov 

by no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on 

Wednesday, June 1, 2022. 

The meeting will be held, strictly 

following COVID–19 precautionary 

measures, at: DOE Information Center, 

Office of Science and Technical 


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