[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 15444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05586]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 16-28-LNG]


Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, 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. 
4446, an opinion and order authorizing Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, 
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 October 16, 2019, DOE/FE issued Order No. 
4446 to Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC (Plaquemines LNG) under NGA 
section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). This Order authorizes Plaquemines LNG 
to export domestically produced LNG 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). 
Plaquemines LNG is authorized to export LNG in a volume equivalent to 
1,240 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas (3.40 Bcf/day) 
from the proposed Plaquemines LNG Project (Project), to be located in 
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
    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/2019/10/f67/ord4446.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. 2020-05586 Filed 3-17-20; 8:45 am]
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