[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26533-26534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09159]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. 14-96-LNG]


Alaska LNG Project LLC; Order Affirming and Amending DOE/FE Order 
No. 3643-A Following Partial Grant of Rehearing

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Amended record of decision.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of 
the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of an Amended Record of 
Decision (ROD) published under the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (NEPA) and implementing regulations. This Amended ROD is an 
Appendix to DOE/FECM Order No. 3643-C, an order that affirms and amends 
the previously-issued DOE/FE Order No. 3643-A, an order authorizing 
Alaska LNG Project 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: 
Brian Lavoie, 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) 586-2459, 
[email protected]
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, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 13, 2023, DOE issued Order No. 
3643-C to Alaska LNG Project LLC (Alaska LNG) under NGA section 3(a), 
15 U.S.C.

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717b(a). This Order affirms and amends Order No. 3643-A, previously 
issued to Alaska LNG on August 20, 2020, under NGA section 3(a). Order 
No. 3643-A authorized Alaska LNG to export LNG produced from Alaskan 
sources 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). On April 15, 2021, DOE issued 
Order No. 3643-B, which granted rehearing of Order No. 3643-A for the 
purpose of conducting two Alaska-specific environmental studies. DOE 
issued Order No. 3643-C following its evaluation of the additional 
studies.
    Under Order No. 3643-C, Alaska LNG is authorized to export LNG in a 
volume equivalent to 929 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural 
gas (2.55 Bcf/day) to non-FTA countries from the proposed Alaska LNG 
Project (Project) to be located in the Nikiski area of the Kenai 
Peninsula, Alaska. The Order reaffirms and maintains all obligations, 
rights, responsibilities, and deadlines established in Order No. 3643-
A. In addition, it requires Alaska LNG to certify monthly to DOE that, 
except under strictly limited circumstances, the natural gas produced 
for export in the form of LNG in the prior month did not result in the 
venting of byproduct carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
    DOE conducted the additional environmental studies in the rehearing 
process through preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (SEIS). DOE had 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 (including an LNG export terminal, along with the 
associated facilities and pipeline) that would be used to support the 
export authorization Alaska LNG sought from DOE. DOE adopted the EIS 
and prepared a ROD, which is attached as an appendix to Order No. 3643-
A. The Amended ROD is based on the SEIS and is attached as an appendix 
to Order No. 3643-C. The Amended ROD can be found here: www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/ord3643-C.pdf.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of 
Resource Sustainability.
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