Main Pass Energy Hub, LLC - FE Dkt. No. 12-114-LNG

The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of an Application filed September 11, 2012, by Main Pass Energy Hub, LLC (Main Pass), seeking a long-term multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) up to the equivalent of 1,175.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries.  Authorization is for a 30-year period commencing on the earlier of the date of first export or eight years from the date the authorization is issued. Main Pass proposes to export LNG from its proposed deepwater LNG terminal site 16 miles offshore from the southeast Louisiana coast to any country that has, or in the future will have, the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier, with which the United States has, or in the future enters into, an FTA requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas.  A federal register notice will not be issued. Order 3220 was issued 01/04/13.