Categorical Exclusion (CX) Determinations By Date

Freeport LNG Expansion L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction 4, LLC (collectively, FLEX4) filed a "Request for Extension of Non-Free Trade Agreement Export Commencement Deadline" (Request) with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (now the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office) on June 23, 2025, pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 10 CFR Part 590 of the Department of Energy's (DOE) regulations.
The Jumpstart Opportunities to Unleash Leadership in Energy Storage with 1K Energy Storage Systems (JOULES-1K) Phase 2 Program (previously Pioneering Railroad, Oceanic and Plane ELectrification with 1K energy storage systems [PROPEL-1K]) consists of projects chosen from Phase 1 of the JOULES-1K program which show the most promise of developing novel energy storage to support drones, robots, Electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and other applications that would benefit from ultra-high-density storage systems.
This Amended Determination follows the approval of additional funding, an extended period of performance, and new project milestones to support the project team's small-scale research and development activities of an autonomous laboratory platform, "AlloyBot," intended to develop new structural alloys for energy and propulsion technologies with extreme operating conditions.
POWPOW, Inc. DBA Texas TEA Fuels and Lubes (Applicant) filed an application (Application) with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) on February 2, 2026, pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 10 CFR Part 590 of DOE's regulations.
Navergy Infrastructure Partners LLC (Navergy) filed an application (Application) with the Department of Energy's (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) on February 9, 2026, and Navergy filed a supplement to the Application on April 28, 2026.