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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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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

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, 

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

2 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). 

Information, 1 Science.gov Way, Oak 

Ridge, Tennessee 37831. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Alternate Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office 

of Environmental Management (OREM), 

P.O. Box 2001, EM–942, Oak Ridge, TN 

37831; Phone (865) 241–3315; or e-mail: 

Melyssa.Noe@orem.doe.gov. Or visit the 

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

orem/services/community-engagement/ 

oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Comments from the Alternate Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer (DDFO) 

• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation, and Environmental 

Protection Agency Liaisons 

• Presentation: Discussion on 

Groundwater Remedies 

• Public Comment Period 

• Motions/Approval of May 8, 2022 

Meeting Minutes 

• Status of Outstanding 

Recommendations 

• Alternate DDFO Report 

• Subcommittee Reports 

Public Participation: The in-person/ 

virtual hybrid meeting is open to the 

public. In addition to participation in 

the live public comment period, written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

via email either before or after the 

meeting. Public comments received by 

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

Wednesday, June 1, 2022, will be read 

aloud during the meeting. Comments 

will be accepted after the meeting, by no 

later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, 

June 13, 2022. Please submit comments 

to orssab@orem.doe.gov. The Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make live public comments 

will be provided a maximum of five 

minutes to present their comments. 

Individuals wishing to submit written 

public comments should email them as 

directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

emailing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at 

the email address and telephone 

number listed above. Minutes will also 

be available at the following website: 

https://www.energy.gov/orem/listings/ 

oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-boardmeetings. 

Signed in Washington, DC on May 9, 2022. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 22–39–LNG] 

New Fortress Energy Louisiana FLNG 

LLC; Application for Long-Term 

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) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) gives 

notice (Notice) of receipt of an 

application (Application), filed by New 

Fortress Energy Louisiana FLNG LLC 

(New Fortress Energy) on March 30, 

2022, and supplemented on April 22, 

2022. New Fortress Energy requests 

long-term, multi-contract authorization 

to export domestically produced 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a volume 

equivalent to 145 billion cubic feet per 

year (Bcf/yr) of natural gas from its 

proposed deepwater port export 

terminal project, the New Fortress 

Energy Louisiana FLNG Project 

(Project), to be located off the southeast 

coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana. New 

Fortress Energy 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: New 

Fortress Energy requests authorization 

to export domestically produced LNG 

from its proposed Project to be located 

in West Delta Block 38 off the southeast 

coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana. New 

Fortress Energy seeks to export this LNG 

in a volume equivalent to 145 Bcf/yr of 

natural gas (equivalent to approximately 

2.8 million metric tons per annum) on 

a non-additive basis to: (i) Any nation 

with which the United States has 

entered into a free trade agreement 

(FTA) requiring national treatment for 

trade in natural gas (FTA nations), and 

(ii) any other nation with which trade is 

not prohibited by U.S. law or policy 

(non-FTA nations). This Notice applies 

only to the portion of the Application 

requesting authority to export LNG to 

non-FTA countries pursuant to section 

3(a) of the NGA.1 DOE will review New 

Fortress Energy’s request for a FTA 

export authorization separately 

pursuant to NGA section 3(c).2

New Fortress Energy seeks to export 

this LNG on its own behalf and as agent 

for other entities that hold title to the 

LNG at the point of export. New Fortress 

Energy requests the authorization for a 

term to commence on the date of first 

export following the commencement of 

commercial operation of the Project, and 

to extend through December 31, 2050. 

New Fortress Energy states that the 

Project will be a deepwater port under 

the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as 

amended (DWPA). New Fortress Energy 

states that it is concurrently filing an 


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