Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL) | FECM Docket No. 22-167-LNG

Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL) | FECM Docket No. 22-167-LNG

Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

May 28, 2025
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The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management gives notice of receipt of an Application filed on December 28, 2022, by Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL).  The Application requests additional long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced natural gas to Mexico in a volume up to 425.57 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year (Bcf/yr) (1.17 Bcf per day), and to re-export 291.22 Bcf/yr (0.80 Bcf per day) of this natural gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries, and to Non-Free Trade Agreement (NFTA) countries.  MPL seeks to re-export this LNG by vessel from its proposed liquefaction and export terminal project, the MPL Facility, to be located in the State of Sonora, Mexico 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, and/or NFTA countries, with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policies.  Authorization is requested for a term extending through December 31, 2050.  MPL requests this authorization on its own behalf and as agent for other parties who hold title to the LNG at the time of export.  A Federal Register Notice will be issued for the NFTA portion of this application.

DOE will consider one or more of the following studies examining the cumulative impacts of exporting domestically produced LNG:

Additionally, DOE will consider the following environmental documents:

 

NO. DATE DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT 
1.12/28/2022Application of Mexico Pacific Limited LLC for Additional Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Mexico and to Re-Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations
2.01/24/2023Letter Supplementing Application
3.02/01/202388 FR 6716 - Federal Register Notice of Application for Additional Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export U.S. Sourced Natural Gas to Mexico and to Re-Export Liquefied Natural Gas from Mexico to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries; Comments are due not later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, April 3, 2023
4.03/29/2023Comments in Opposition
5. 04/03/2023Motion to Intervene and Protest of Public Citizen, Inc. 
6.04/03/2023

Motion to Intervene and Protest of Sierra Club

Exhibit 1Exhibit 2Exhibit 3Exhibit 4Exhibit 5Exhibit 6Exhibit 7
Exhibit 8Exhibit 9Exhibit 10Exhibit 11Exhibit 12Exhibit 13Exhibit 14
Exhibit 15Exhibit 16Exhibit 17Exhibit 18Exhibit 19Exhibit 20Exhibit 21
Exhibit 22Exhibit 23Exhibit 24Exhibit 25Exhibit 26Exhibit 27Exhibit 28
Exhibit 29Exhibit 30Exhibit 31Exhibit 32Exhibit 33Exhibit 34Exhibit 35
Exhibit 36Exhibit 37Exhibit 38Exhibit 39Exhibit 40Exhibit 41Exhibit 42
Exhibit 43Exhibit 44Exhibit 45Exhibit 46Exhibit 47Exhibit 48Exhibit 49
Exhibit 50Exhibit 51Exhibit 52Exhibit 53Exhibit 54Exhibit 55Exhibit 56
Exhibit 57Exhibit 58Exhibit 59Exhibit 60Exhibit 61Exhibit 62Exhibit 63
Exhibit 64Exhibit 65Exhibit 66Exhibit 67Exhibit 68Exhibit 69 

 

7.04/03/2023Notification of Incomplete Submission
8.04/04/2023Certificate of Service
9.04/04/2023Notice of Errata
10.04/13/2023Answer of Mexico Pacific Limited LLC to Comment of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
11.04/17/2023Request to Update Service List
12.04/19/2023Conditional Motion for Leave to Submit an Answer One Day Out of Time and Answer of Mexico Pacific Limited LLC to Protests
13.04/28/2023Order Granting Long-Term Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Mexico and to Other Free Trade Agreement Nations
14.07/28/2023

Supplemental Comments of Sierra Club

Exhibit A  |  Exhibit B

15.07/31/2023Email Notification of Incomplete Submission
16.08/02/2023Certificate of Service
17.08/02/2023Answer of Mexico Pacific Limited LLC to Supplemental Comments of Sierra Club
18.08/03/2023Email Notification of Incomplete Submission
19.08/03/2023Verification
20.10/23/2023Notice of Environmental Assessment
21.11/02/2023Informational Questions for the Department of Energy’s Environmental Assessment for Mexico Pacific Limited LLC’s Application to Export LNG
22.11/09/2023Response to Informational Questions
23.11/09/2023Mexican Permitting Review Summary
24.11/15/2023Clarification to November 9, 2023 Responses to Informational Questions
25.11/21/2023Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Mexico Pacific Limited Facility 
26.11/21/2023Draft Environmental Assessment
27.11/21/2023 - CurrentComments on Draft Environment Assessment
28.11/27/202388 FR 82876 - Published Federal Register Notice of Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Mexico Pacific Limited Facility; Comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on December 27, 2023
29.12/07/2023Off the Record Communication
30.01/10/2024Off the Record Communication
31.02/16/2024Updated Notice of Environmental Assessment Under the National Environmental Policy Act
32.12/17/20242024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports
33.12/20/202489FR104132 - Published Federal Register Notice of Availability of the 2024 LNG Export Study
Comments are due no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, February 18, 2025
34.12/20/2024Off the Record Communication
35.02/05/202590FR9018 - Published Federal Register Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the 2024 LNG Export Study
Comments are now due no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, March 20, 2025
36.02/11/2025Off the Record Communication
37. 02/24/2025Request to Update Contact Information
38.03/06/2025Change in Control
39.03/21/2025Supplemental Describing Changes in Equity Ownership the Preceded Change in Control
40.05/07/202590 FR 19288 - Published Federal Register Notice Change in Control: Mexico Pacific Limited LLC
Public Comments are to be filed no later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, May 22, 2025. 
41.05/07/2025Comment
42.05/19/2025Response to Comments 2024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports
43.05/22/202590FR21912 - Published Federal Register Notice of Notice of Availability of Response to Comments for 2024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports
44.05/22/2025Protest of Public Citizen, Inc., Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club, and Intervention of Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club