Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. | FECM Docket No. 23-109-LNG
The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management gives notice of receipt of an Application filed September 25, 2023, by Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. (Southern LNG Company), seeking long-term multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) up to the equivalent of an additional 28.25 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year to Non-Free Trade Agreement (Non-FTA) countries. Southern LNG Company proposes to export LNG from the Elba Island Terminal, located in Chatham County, Georgia 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 does not have an FTA requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas, and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policies. The authorization is requested for a term extending through December 31, 2050. Southern LNG Company 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 application.
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| NO. | DATE | FILED BY | DESCRIPTION |
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| 1. | 09/25/2023 | Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. | Application for Long-Term Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations |
| 2. | 10/24/2023 | U.S. Department of Energy | 88 FR 73008 - Published Federal Register Notice of Application; Comments are due not later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, December 26, 2023 |
| 3. | 12/20/2023 | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | Comment |
| 4. | 12/26/2023 | Public Citizen, Inc. | Intervention and Protest of Public Citizen, Inc. |
| 5. | 02/20/2024 | Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. | Answer of Southern LNG to Protest and Renewed Request for Approval |
| 6. | 02/20/2024 | U.S. Department of Energy | Notification of Incomplete Filing |
| 7. | 02/21/2024 | Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. | Verification and Certificate of Service for Answer of Southern LNG to Protest and Renewed Request for Approval |
| 8. | 12/17/2024 | U.S. Department of Energy | 2024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports |
| 9. | 12/20/2024 | U.S. Department of Energy | 89FR104132 - 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 |
| 10. | 02/05/2025 | U.S. Department of Energy | 90FR9018 - 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 |
| 11. | 05/19/2025 | U.S. Department of Energy | Response to Comments 2024 LNG Export Study: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports |
| 12. | 05/22/2025 | U.S. Department of Energy | 90FR21912 - 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 |
| 13. | 09/11/2025 | Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. | Supplement to Application to Amend its Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations to Include Exports of LNG by Ship-to-Ship Transfers within the Territorial Seas and Ports of Foreign Countries
Application to Amend its Long-Term, Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations to Include Exports of LNG by Ship-to-Ship Transfers within the Territorial Seas and Ports of Foreign Countries |
| 14. | 09/29/2025 | U.S. Department of Energy | 90FR46588 - Published Federal Register Notice of Application to Amend Long-Term Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trae Agreement Nations to Include Certain Bunkering Activities
Comments are due no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, October 29, 2025 |
| 15. | 10/29/2025 | Anonymous | Comment in Opposition |
| 16. | 12/22/2025 | U.S. Department of Energy | DOE/FECM Order Nos. 3106-B and 3956-B Order Amending Long-Term Authorizations to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations, and Amending Pending Application |
| 17. | 04/02/2026 | U.S. Department of Energy | Categorical Exclusion Determination |
| 18. | 04/02/2026 | U.S. Department of Energy | DOE/HGEO Order No.5404 Order Granting Long-Term Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations |