Department of Energy March 2020 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an application (Application), filed on January 31, 2020, and supplemented on February 7, 2020, by Cameron LNG, LLC (Cameron LNG). Cameron LNG requests blanket authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a volume equivalent to 254 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas on a cumulative basis over a two-year period commencing on June 30, 2020. Cameron LNG seeks to export this LNG from the Cameron LNG Terminal located in Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana. Cameron LNG filed the Application under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Protests, motions to intervene, notices of intervention, and written comments are invited.

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. 4492, an opinion and order authorizing Rio Grande 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).

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).

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. 4491, an opinion and order authorizing Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, 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).

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-153, ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Commission Service Delivery''.

On March 2, 2020, the Department of Energy published a notice of open meeting, announcing meetings on March 24 and March 25, 2020, of the Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee, in Arlington, VA. This document makes a correction to that notice.

This notice announces a meeting of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register. This document makes a correction to that notice.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department) publishes this final rule to implement DOE's critical electric infrastructure information (CEII) designation authority under the Federal Power Act (FPA). In this final rule, DOE establishes administrative procedures intended to ensure that stakeholders and the public understand how the Department would designate, protect, and share CEII.

Del Norte Energy LLC (Applicant or DNE) has applied to renew its authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.