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

2 Lake Charles LNG Export Co., LLC, DOE/FE 

Order No. 3868, Docket No. 13–04–LNG, Opinion 

and Order Granting Long-Term, Multi-Contract 

Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by 

Vessel From the Lake Charles Terminal in Calcasieu 

Parish, Louisiana, to Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Nations (July 29, 2016), amended by Order No. 

3868–A (Oct. 6, 2020) (amending the 

commencement of operations deadline). 

3 Lake Charles LNG Export Co., LLC, DOE/FE 

Order No. 4010, Docket No. 16–109–LNG, Opinion 

and Order Granting Long-Term, Multi-Contract 

Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by 

Vessel From the Lake Charles Terminal in Lake 

Charles, Louisiana, to Free Trade and Non-Free 

Trade Agreement Nations (June 29, 2017), amended 

by Order No. 4010–A (Oct. 6, 2020) (amending the 

commencement of operations deadline). The 

portion of this order authorizing Lake Charles LNG 

Export to export LNG to FTA countries is not 

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

4Lake Charles LNG Export Co., LLC, Application 

to Amend Export Term for Existing Long-Term 

Authorizations Through December 31, 2050, Docket 

Nos. 13–04–LNG and 16–109–LNG (May 24, 2022). 

Lake Charles LNG Export’s request regarding its 

FTA authorization, Order No. 3252 (Docket No. 13– 

04–LNG), is not subject to this notice. See 15 U.S.C. 

717b(c). 

5U.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]. 

6See id., 85 FR 52247. 

7See id., 85 FR 52247. 

8 Id., 85 FR 52247. 

9See NERA Economic Consulting, 

Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined 

Signed in Washington, DC, on June 14, 

2022. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket Nos. 13–04–LNG and 16–109–LNG] 

Lake Charles LNG Export Company, 

LLC; Application To Amend Export 

Term Through December 31, 2050, for 

Existing Non-Free Trade Agreement 

Authorizations 

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 May 

24, 2022, by Lake Charles LNG Export 

Company, LLC (Lake Charles LNG 

Export). Lake Charles LNG Export seeks 

to amend the export term set forth in its 

current authorizations to export 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free 

trade agreement countries, DOE/FE 

Order Nos. 3868 and 4010 (both as 

amended), to a term ending on 

December 31, 2050. Lake Charles LNG 

Export 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, July 6, 

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: Lake 

Charles LNG Export is authorized to 

export domestically produced LNG by 

vessel from the Lake Charles Terminal, 

located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, 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), 

pursuant to NGA section 3(a),1 under 

the following orders and their 

amendments: 

• DOE/FE Order No. 3868 (Docket 

No. 13–04–LNG), in a volume 

equivalent to 730 billion cubic per year 

(Bcf/yr) of natural gas.2

• In DOE/FE Order No. 4010 (Docket 

No. 16–109–LNG), in a volume 

equivalent to 121 Bcf/yr of natural gas.3

In the Application,4 Lake Charles 

LNG Export asks DOE to extend the 20- 

year export term set forth in both Order 

No. 3868 and the non-FTA portion of 

Order No. 4010 to a term ending on 

December 31, 2050, as provided in the 

Policy Statement.5 Additional details 

can be found in the Application, posted 

on the DOE website at: www.energy.gov/ 

sites/default/files/2022-06/ 

Lake%20Charles

%20LNG%20Export%20Company

%20LLC%20DOE%20

Application%20Re%202050.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.6 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.7 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.’’ 8

Accordingly, in reviewing Lake 

Charles LNG Export’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),9 DOE’s 


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

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

Macroeconomic%20LNG%20

Export%20Study%202018.pdf. 

10U.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). 

11The Addendum and related documents are 

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

12The 2014 Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Report is 

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

13U.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. 

response to public comments received 

on that Study,10 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); 11

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 

Perspective on Exporting Liquefied 

Natural Gas From the United States, 79 

FR 32260 (June 4, 2014); 12 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.13

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 Lake Charles LNG Export’s 

long-term non-FTA applications. 

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, 

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 Nos. 13– 

04–LNG and 16–09–LNG’’ or ‘‘Lake 

Charles LNG Export Company, 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: 

www.energy.gov/fecm/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 June 14, 

2022. 

Amy Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

DOE/NSF Nuclear Science Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open virtual meeting of the DOE/NSF 

Nuclear Science Advisory Committee 

(NSAC). Due to the COVID–19 

pandemic, this meeting will be held 

virtually for members of the public. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, July 13, 2022; 9:00 

a.m.–3:30 p.m. (eastern time). 

ADDRESSES: Information to participate 

virtually can be found on the NSAC 

website closer to the meeting at https:// 

science.osti.gov/np/nsac/meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda L. May, Committee Manager, 

NSAC, Email: Brenda.May@

science.doe.gov or Telephone: (301) 

903–0536. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

guidance on a continuing basis to the 

Department of Energy and the National 

Science Foundation on scientific 

priorities within the field of basic 

nuclear science research. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Call to Order, Introductions, Review 

of the Agenda 

• Perspectives from the Department of 

Energy and National Science 

Foundation 

• Update from the Department of 

Energy and National Science 

Foundation’s Nuclear Physics Office 

• Presentation of new Charge for the 

Long-Range Plan 

• Discussion of the Long-Range Plan 

Charge 

• Update on DNP planning for 

Community Workshops 

• NSAC Business/Discussions 

• Public Comment 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Please check the 

website below for updates and 


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