Department of Energy January 10, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an application (Application), filed on December 3, 2021 (as corrected on December 10, 2021), by Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC (Calcasieu Pass). In relevant part, Calcasieu Pass requests a limited amendment of its existing authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries, issued in Order No. 4346. The amendment would increase Calcasieu Pass's approved non-FTA export volume from 620 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) to 640.666 Bcf/yr of natural gasan increase of 20.666 Bcf/ yr. Calcasieu Pass filed the Application under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an Application (Application), filed on December 2, 2021, and supplemented on December 17, 2021, by Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC (CP2 LNG). CP2 LNG requests long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a volume equivalent to 1,446 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) of natural gas from the proposed CP2 LNG Project (Project), to be located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. CP2 LNG filed the Application under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

The Department of Energy (``DOE'') publishes this final rule to adjust DOE's civil monetary penalties (``CMPs'') for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as ``the Act''). This rule adjusts CMPs within the jurisdiction of DOE to the maximum amount required by the Act.