[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15442-15443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05583]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 15-62-LNG]


Texas LNG Brownsville LLC; Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term 
Authorization To Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade 
Agreement Nations

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Record of decision.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) gives notice of a Record of Decision (ROD) published under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and implementing 
regulations. This ROD supports DOE/FE's decision in DOE/FE Order No. 
4489, an opinion and order authorizing Texas LNG Brownsville LLC to 
export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free 
trade agreement countries under section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Sweeney, 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) 
586-2627, [email protected].
Kari Twaite, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76), Office of the Assistant 
General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 
1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-6978, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 10, 2020, DOE/FE issued Order 
No. 4489 to Texas LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) under NGA section 
3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). This Order authorizes Texas LNG to export 
domestically produced LNG to any country with which the United States 
has not entered into a free trade

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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). Texas LNG is authorized to export LNG in a volume 
equivalent to 204.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas 
(0.56 Bcf/day) from the proposed Texas LNG Brownsville LLC Liquefied 
Natural Gas Export Project (Project), to be located at the Port of 
Brownsville, Texas.
    DOE/FE participated as a cooperating agency with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission in preparing an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) analyzing the potential environmental impacts of the proposed 
Project that would be used to support the export authorization sought 
from DOE/FE. DOE adopted the EIS and prepared the ROD, which is 
attached as an appendix to the Order. The ROD can be found here: 
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/02/f71/ord4489.pdf.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Oil 
and Natural Gas.
[FR Doc. 2020-05583 Filed 3-17-20; 8:45 am]
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