Cove Point LNG, LP - FE Dkt. 11-128-LNG (NFTA)

The Office of Fossil Energy gives notice of receipt of an Application filed on October 3, 2011, by Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP, (Dominion), requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to any country with which the United States does not have a Free Trade Agreement requiring the national treatment for trade in natural gas and LNG, that has or in the future develops the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier, and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy.

Dominion is seeking authority to act as agent for others who themselves hold title to the LNG
and is proposing to export LNG in an amount up to the equivalent of 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (approximately 7.82 million metric tons per annum of LNG) for a period of 25 years. The LNG would be exported from Dominion’s Cove Point LNG Terminal located in Calvert County, Maryland, pursuant to construction of a liquefaction project integrated with the Terminal, which will be operated as a bi-directional facility. Dominion requests the authorization to commence on the date of first LNG export from the liquefaction project, or six years from the date the authorization is issued, whichever is sooner. F.R. Notice Issued 12/02/11. F.R. Notice Published 12/08/11; 76 FR 76698; Comment period closed 02/06/12.  Conditional Order 3331 issued 9/11/13. Final Opinion and Order 3331-A issued 7/7/15. Order Granting Rehearing for Further Consideration issued 7/9/15.

Federal Register Notice Inviting Comments on the LNG Export Study Published (77 FR 73627). Comment period is closed in response to this notice.
 

Service List 11-128-LNG

NO. DATE: FILED/ISSUED BY: FILING TYPE:
1. 10/03/11 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Application for Long-term Authority to Export LNG to  Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
2. 10/19/11 Coalition for Responsible Siting by LNG Motion to Intervene
3. 11/15/11 Shell NA LNG LLC Motion to Intervene and Comments on Application to Export LNG
4. 12/02/11 U.S. Department of Energy F.R. Notice (download)
5. 12/08/11 U.S. Department of Energy Published F.R. Notice
6. 12/23/11 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Response to Motions to Intervene and Comments
7. 02/06/12 West Virginia State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO Comment in Opposition to Approval of LNG Export Application
8. 02/06/12 American Public Gas Association Motion for Leave to Intervene and Protest of LNG Export Application
9. 02/06/12 The Sierra Club

Motion to Intervene, Protest and Comment for LNG Export Application
 

Exhibits can be viewed and/or downloaded here
10. 02/06/12 Members of Various Riverkeeper Organizations Comments on LNG Export Application
11. 02/21/12 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Response to Motion to Intervene, Comments and Protest
12. 02/29/12 The Sierra Club Motion to Reply and Reply Comments
13. 03/06/12 Riverkeeper Coalition Rebuttal to DCP Reply for Dk. No. 11-128-LNG
14. 12/05/12 U.S. Department of Energy EIA Analysis (Study - Part 1)
15. 12/05/12 U.S. Department of Energy 2012 LNG Export Cumulative Impact Study (LNG Export Study - Part 2). Prepared by NERA Economic Consulting (NERA).
16. 12/05/12 U.S. Department of Energy Federal Register Notice Inviting Comments on the LNG Export Study
17. 12/11/12 U.S. Department of Energy Federal Register Notice Inviting Comments on the LNG Export Study Published

18.

 

 12/11/12 - 01/24/13 Index of Initial Comments Index of Reply Comments Filed in Response to the Initial Comments filed in Reponse of the 2012 LNG Export Study

20.

 

01/28/13

 

U.S Department of Energy

 

 Procedural Order: Extending Initial Comments on the LNG Study to 01/27/13; and Granting The Aluminum Association an Extension of time until 5 pm, 01/29/13 EDT to File Initial Comments
21. 05/01/13 Pacific Summit Energy LLC Letter of Support from Kazutoshi Hayashi, Chairman and President (Late)
22. 05/02/13 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Update of Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP Concerning Signed LNG Export Contracts.

23.

 

07/01/13

 

The American Petroleum Institute (API)

 

 Letter to Secretary of Energy from Mr. Jack N. Gerard, Presdent and CEO Urging the Secretary to Approve all Pending Applications for Authorization to Export LNG to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries

24.

 

07/03/13

 

U.S. Department of Energy

 

 Memo from Guido DeHoratiis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and Natural Gas Regarding API's Request for Approval of all Pending Applications for Authorization to Export LNG to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries
25. 09/10/13 Industrial Energy Consumers of America Consolidated Motions to Comment and Intervene Out of Time
26. 09/11/13 U.S. Department of Energy Order 3331 Conditionally Granting Long-Term Multi-Contract Authorization to Export LNG by Vessel from the Cove Point LNG Terminal to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations
27. 10/01/13 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Semi-Annual Report Oct 2013
28. 04/01/14 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Semi-Annual Report April 2014

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05/29/14 06/04/14

 

 

 

 

U.S. Department of Energy

 

 

 

F.R. Notices Published  6/04/14: Proposed changes in the way the DOE processes LNG exports to Non-FTAs countries. In addition, DOE will initiate an updated macroeconomic study and is releasing two environmental reports that explore the environmental impacts of unconventional natural gas production and lifecycle greenhouse gas impact of U.S. LNG exports. (Follow LINK)
30.  05/29/14  U.S. Department of Energy  Email notifying parties of the issuance of the three notices (change of procedures, life cycle analysis, and upstream impacts studies) 
31. 06/04/14 U.S. Department of Energy F.R. Notice Notice Published 79 FR 32260; Comments Due 7/21/14: Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S.
32. 05/29/14 U.S. Department of Energy/NETL Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S. Report
33. 07/21/14 U.S. Department of Energy Review Comments for Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S.

34.

 

08/15/14

 

U.S. Department of Energy

 

 F.R. Notice Published of Availability of Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning Exports of Natural Gas from the U.S. (79 FR 48132)
35. 08/15/14 U.S. Department of Energy Final Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning Exports of Natural Gas from the United States
36. 08/15/14 U.S. Department of Energy Email notifying parties of the issuance of the Final Addendum to Environmental Review of Documents Concerning Exports of Natrual Gas from the United States
37. 09/26/14 U.S. Department of Energy Notice of Procedures for Change in Control Affecting Applications and Authorizations to Import and Export Natural Gas
38. 11/05/14 U.S. Department of Energy Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Cove Point Liquefaction Project
39. 12/31/14 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Contract Summary

40.

 

05/07/15

 

U.S. Department of Energy

 

 Final Opinion and Order 3331-A Granting Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export LNG by Vessel from the Cove Point LNG Terminal in Calvert County, Maryland, to NFTAs
41. 06/08/15 The Sierra Club Request for Rehearing
Exhibit - 1
42. 06/22/15 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Motion for Leave to File Answer and Answer to the Motion for Stay and Request for Rehearing Filed by the Sierra Club
43. 07/09/15 U.S. Department of Energy Order Granting Rehearing for Further Consideration
44. 07/14/15 U.S. Department of Energy Order Granting Motion for Leave to Answer for the Purpose of Further Consideration
45. 04/18/16 U.S. Department of Energy Opinion and Order 3331-B Denying Request for Rehearing of Order Granting Long-term, Multi-contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by Vessel from the Cove Point LNG Terminal in Calvert County, Maryland, to Non0free Trade Agreement Nations
46. 06/15/16 Sierra Club Petition for Review Filed in the U.S. States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
47. 12/19/16 Sierra Club Sierra Club Update Contacts and Address
48. 05/26/17 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Notification of a Change in Counsel Contact
49. 06/30/17 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Notification of Applicant Name Change
50. 08/04/17 U.S. Department of Energy Order Granting Request to Amend Authorizations to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Reflect Corporate Name Change
51. 09/19/19 U.S. Department of Energy

F.R. Notice Notice Published 84 FR 49278; Comments Due 10/21/19: Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S.
52. 10/23/19 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Notification Regarding Planned Change in Indirect Ownership in Accordance with Procedures for Change in Control 
53. 11/20/19 U.S. Department of Energy Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Change in Control
54. 01/02/20 U.S. Department of Energy 85 FR 72: Response to Comments on Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S.
55. 02/11/20 U.S. Department of Energy

Published Notice 85 FR 7672: Policy Statement Extending Natural Gas Export Authorizations to Non-free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050.

Federal Register Notice

The Comment Page
56. 02/11/20 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Notification in accordance with Change of Control Procedures
57. 03/13/20 U.S. Department of Energy Statement and Notice of Change in Control 
58. 07/09/20 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Notification In Accordance with Procedures for Changes in Control
59. 07/25/20 U.S. Department of Energy Signed Federal Register Notice Extending Natural Gas Export Authorizations to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050
59. 08/24/20 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Dominion Energy Cove Point, LLC, FE Docket Nos. 11-115-LNG & 11-128-LNG, Application to Amend Export Term For Existing Long-Term Authorizations Through The Year 2050
60. 08/25/20 U.S. Department of Energy 85 FR 52237 - Published Federal Register Notice Extending Natural Gas Export Authorizations to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050
61. 09/01/20 U.S. Department of Energy 85 FR 54363 - Published Federal Register Notice Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP; Application To Amend Export Term Through December 31, 2050, for Existing Non-Free Trade Agreement Authorization
62. 09/18/20 Anonymous Comment
63. 09/22/20 Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP Correction to Application to Amend Export Term for Existing Long-term Authorizations through the Year 2050
64. 09/28/20 U.S. Department of Energy Notification Regarding Change in Control 
65. 09/17/20 U.S. Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Determination 
66. 10/21/20 U.S. Department of Energy Order Extending Export Term for Authorizations to Free Trade and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations through December 31, 2050
67. 11/13/20 Cove Point LNG, LP (Formerly Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP) Notification of Name Change
68. 12/02/20 U.S. Department of Energy   Order 3019-C, 3331-E, 4320-A, 4508-A Granting Request to Amend Authorizations to Import Or Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Reflect Corporate Name Change 
69. 12/17/20 U.S. Department of Energy Categorical Exclusion Determination (CX)
70. 12/18/20 U.S. Department of Energy Policy Statement on Including Short-Term Export Authority in Long-Term LNG Export Authorizations
71. 07/11/23 Cove Point LNG, LP Notice of Change in Control
72. 8/1/23 U.S. Department of Energy 88 FR 50134 - Federal Register Notice of Change in Control; Comments are due no later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, August 16, 2023
73. 9/12/23 Cove Point LNG, LP Notice of Transaction of Change in Control
74. 10/23/23 U.S. Department of Energy Response to Notice of Change in Control