Notice2025-12762
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, LLC; Amendment to Application for Long-Term Authorization To Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations
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Published
July 9, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an amendment (Amendment), filed on June 6, 2025, by Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, LLC (collectively, Sabine Pass). Sabine Pass is amending its pending application requesting long-term authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) filed on March 1, 2024, and later supplemented (together, 2024 Application), to change the requested export volume and export term. No other part of the 2024 Application is affected. Sabine Pass filed the Amendment under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 9, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30221-30222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12762]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. 24-27-LNG]
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage
V, LLC; Amendment to Application for 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: Notice of amended application.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of
the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice (Notice) of receipt of an
amendment (Amendment), filed on June 6, 2025, by Sabine Pass
Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass Liquefaction Stage V, LLC
(collectively, Sabine Pass). Sabine Pass is amending its pending
application requesting long-term authorization to export liquefied
natural gas (LNG) filed on March 1, 2024, and later supplemented
(together, 2024 Application), to change the requested export volume and
export term. No other part of the 2024 Application is affected. Sabine
Pass filed the Amendment under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
DATES: Protests, motions to intervene, or notices of intervention, as
applicable, requests for additional procedures, and written comments
are to be filed as detailed in the Public Comment Procedures section no
later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, on August 8, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing by email (strongly encouraged):
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5b3b0a7b2b4a695bda4fbb1bab0fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0d6d5c2d7d1c3f0d8c19ed4dfd59ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
Postal Mail, Hand Delivery, or Private Delivery Services (e.g.,
FedEx, UPS, etc.): U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of
Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy and
Carbon Management, Forrestal Building, Room 3E-056, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
Due to potential delays in DOE's receipt and processing of mail
sent through the U.S. Postal Service, we encourage respondents to
submit filings electronically to ensure timely receipt.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Wade or Peri Ulrey, 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) 586-4749 or (202) 586-7893,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1dbd4dfdfd8d7d4c39fc6d0d5d4f1d9c09fd5ded49fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a202f2424232c2f38643d2b2e2f0a223b642e252f642d253c">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d7a7b2a5bef9a2bba5b2ae97bfa6f9b3b8b2f9b0b8a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d6c3d4cf88d3cad4c3dfe6ced788c2c9c388c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.
Cassandra S. 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, (240) 780-1691, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cdaeacbebeaca3a9bface3afa8bfa3beb9a8a4a38da5bce3a9a2a8e3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0b3b1a3a3b1beb4a2b1feb2b5a2bea3a4b5b9be90b8a1feb4bfb5feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the pending 2024 Application, as
supplemented,\1\ Sabine Pass requests long-term, multi-contract
authorization to export domestically produced LNG in a volume
equivalent to 899.46 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) of natural
gas from the proposed Sabine Pass Stage 5 Expansion Project (Stage 5
Project). The Stage 5 Project will be added to the existing Sabine Pass
LNG facility on the Sabine-Neches Waterway in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
(SPLNG Terminal). In the portion of the 2024 Application relevant here,
Sabine Pass is seeking to export this LNG to any country with which the
United States does not have 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), under section
3(a) of the NGA.\2\
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\1\ Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass Liquefaction
Stage V, LLC, Application for Long-Term Authorization to Export
Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement Nations and Non-Free
Trade Agreement Nations, Docket No. 24-27-LNG (Mar. 1, 2024). On
March 21, 2024, Sabine Pass supplemented the Application with
documentation of site ownership.
\2\ 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). On October 17, 2024, in DOE/FECM Order
No. 5181, DOE granted the portion of the Application requesting
authorization to export LNG to FTA countries under section 3(c) of
the NGA, 15 U.S.C. 717b(c). That FTA authorization is not subject to
this Notice.
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In the non-FTA portion of the Amendment filed on June 6, 2025,\3\
Sabine Pass provides notice of the following two amendments to the 2024
Application:
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\3\ Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass Liquefaction
Stage V, LLC, Amendment to Pending Application for Authorization to
Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations and
Request for Amended Authorization for Exports to Free Trade
Agreement Nations, Docket No. 24-27-LNG (June 6, 2025) [hereinafter
Amendment]. Sabine Pass also requests an amendment to its FTA
authorization (Order No. 5181), but that request is not subject to
this Notice.
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(1) Sabine Pass is increasing the requested LNG export volume in
the 2024 Application by 50.54 Bcf/yr of natural gas, for a total
requested export volume of 950.0 Bcf/yr of natural gas to non-FTA
countries. Sabine Pass states that, on June 6, 2025, it submitted to
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) an amendment to its
pending application for the Stage 5 Project facilities. Sabine Pass
states that its FERC amendment redesigns the Stage 5 Project with three
liquefaction trains (instead of two) and will increase the maximum LNG
production capacity of the SPLNG Terminal at peak operations under
optimal conditions by the equivalent of 950.0 Bcf/yr of natural gas.
Sabine Pass further states that it intends to construct the Stage 5
Project in two phases: Phase 1 (Train 7), and Phase 2 (Trains 8 and 9).
According to Sabine Pass, the amended non-FTA export volume of natural
gas will reflect the proposed design and operational refinements to the
Stage 5 Project facilities.\4\
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\4\ See id. at 4 n.8, 6-8, 10.
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(2) In the 2024 Application, Sabine Pass had requested a term for
its non-FTA export authorization extending through the later of (i) the
end of 2050 or (ii) 20 years after the commencement of commercial
exports under the requested authorization. Sabine Pass is now amending
the 2024 Application to request a ``term of twenty-five (25) years from
the first commercial exports from the Phase 5 Project for non-FTA
exports.'' \5\ Sabine Pass states that, because it is proposing to
phase construction of the Stage 5 Project with three new liquefaction
trains added sequentially, its initial request for a term ending on
December 31, 2050, would result in an authorization of less than 20
years for exports sourced from the later constructed liquefaction
trains (Trains 8 and 9). Sabine Pass states that a 25-year non-FTA
export term will address this issue.
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\5\ Id. at 12.
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Sabine Pass states that this Amendment does not affect any other
part of the 2024 Application. Additional details can be found in the
Amendment, posted on the DOE website at <a href="https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/SPL%20Stage%205%20Amendment%20to%20DOE%20Export%20Application%20%286-6-25%29.pdf">https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/SPL%20Stage%205%20Amendment%20to%20DOE%20Export%20Application%20%286-6-25%29.pdf</a>.
DOE Evaluation
In reviewing Sabine Pass's Amendment to the 2024 Application, DOE
will consider any issues required by law or policy under NGA section
3(a), DOE's regulations, and any documents deemed appropriate. Parties
that may oppose this Amendment should comment in their responses on any
issues relevant to the Amendment.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq., requires DOE to give appropriate consideration to the
environmental effects of its proposed decisions. No final decision will
be issued in this
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proceeding until DOE has met its NEPA responsibilities.
Public Comment Procedures
In response to this Notice, any person may file a protest,
comments, or a motion to intervene or notice of intervention, as
applicable, addressing the Amendment. Interested parties will be
provided 30 days from the date of publication of this Notice in which
to submit comments, protests, motions to intervene, or notices of
intervention. The public previously was given an opportunity to
intervene in, protest, and comment on Sabine Pass's 2024 Application in
this docket. Therefore, DOE will not consider comments or protests that
do not bear directly on the proposed amendments to the 2024 Application
described above.
Any person wishing to become a party to the proceeding evaluating
Sabine Pass's Amendment must file a motion to intervene or notice of
intervention. The filing of comments or a protest with respect to the
Amendment will not serve to make the commenter or protestant a party to
this proceeding, although protests and comments received from persons
who are not parties will be considered in determining the appropriate
action to be taken on the Amendment. All protests, comments, motions to
intervene, or notices of intervention must meet the requirements
specified by the regulations in 10 CFR part 590, including the service
requirements.
Filings may be submitted using one of the following methods:
(1) Submitting the filing electronically at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#016764736660724169702f656e642f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="13757661747260537b623d777c763d747c65">[email protected]</span></a>;
(2) Mailing the filing to the Office of Regulation, Analysis, and
Engagement at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section; or
(3) Hand delivering the filing to the Office of Regulation,
Analysis, and Engagement at the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section.
For administrative efficiency, DOE prefers filings to be filed
electronically. All filings must include a reference to ``Docket No.
24-27-LNG'' or ``Sabine Pass Stage 5 Amendment'' in the title line.
For electronic submissions: Please include all related documents
and attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the original email correspondence.
Please do not include any active hyperlinks or password protection in
any of the documents or attachments related to the filing. All
electronic filings submitted to DOE must follow these guidelines to
ensure that all documents are filed in a timely manner.
The Amendment and any filed protests, motions to intervene, notices
of intervention, and comments will be available electronically on the
DOE website at <a href="http://www.energy.gov/fecm/regulation">www.energy.gov/fecm/regulation</a>.
A decisional record on the Amendment will be developed through
responses to this Notice by parties, including the parties' written
comments and replies thereto. Additional procedures will be used as
necessary to achieve a complete understanding of the facts and issues.
If an additional procedure is scheduled, notice will be provided to all
parties. If no party requests additional procedures, a final Order may
be issued based on the official record, including the Amendment and
responses filed by parties pursuant to this Notice, in accordance with
10 CFR 590.316.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2025.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of
Resource Sustainability.
[FR Doc. 2025-12762 Filed 7-8-25; 8:45 am]
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