[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26534-26535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09161]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. 13-132-LNG]


Magnolia LNG LLC; Order Amending 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: 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. 3909-C, an order that amends the 
previously-issued DOE/FE Order No. 3909, an opinion and order 
authorizing Magnolia 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: 
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 27, 2022, DOE issued Order No. 
3909-C to Magnolia LNG LLC (Magnolia LNG) under NGA section 3(a), 15 
U.S.C. 717b(a). This Order further amends Order No. 3909, previously 
issued to Magnolia LNG on November 30, 2016, under NGA section 3(a). 
Order No. 3909, as amended, authorized Magnolia LNG to export 
domestically-produced LNG 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).
    Order No. 3909-C authorizes an increase in the volume of exports 
previously authorized in the amended Order No. 3909. Under Order No. 
3909-C, Magnolia LNG is authorized to export LNG in a volume equivalent 
to 449 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of natural gas (approximately 
1.23 Bcf per day) to non-FTA countries from the proposed Magnolia LNG 
Terminal, to be located near Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    DOE participated as a cooperating agency with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (FERC) in preparing a supplemental

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environmental impact statement (SEIS) analyzing the potential 
environmental impacts of the proposed increase in authorized export 
capacity. DOE adopted the SEIS and reviewed FERC's order authorizing 
the volume increase, under NEPA. DOE also supplemented FERC's 
environmental review with its own additional environmental studies, as 
well as the Marine Transport Technical Support Document prepared by DOE 
to consider the potential effects associated with transporting natural 
gas, including LNG, on marine vessels. On the basis of this record, DOE 
issued an Amended ROD, which is attached as an appendix to the Order. 
The Amended ROD can be found here: www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-04/ord3909c.pdf.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on April 26, 2023.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of 
Resource Sustainability.
[FR Doc. 2023-09161 Filed 4-28-23; 8:45 am]
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