Other Agencies with Actions or Authorizations:

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Department of the Army, US Army Corps of Engineers - Regulatory

Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy

Department of the Interior, National Park Service

Department of Energy

Description:

The Alaska LNG Project is comprised of the following integrated and interdependent facilities:  a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Southcentral Alaska designed to produce up to 20 million metric tons per annum of LNG; an approximately 807-mile, 42-inch diameter gas pipeline; a gas treatment plant (GTP) within the Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU) on the North Slope; an approximately 1-mile, 60-inch diameter gas transmission line connecting the GTP to the PBU gas production facility; and an approximately 63 mile, 32-inch diameter gas transmission line connecting the GTP to the Point Thomson gas production facility.  The mainline of the Alaska LNG Project will traverse over 800 miles from the GTP on the North Slope of Alaska through several boroughs before it crosses Cook Inlet and connects with the liquefaction plant and marine terminal in Nikiski, Alaska. 

Fast-41 Initiation Notice

• Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=14666498.

Project Application and Supporting Documents

• Project Application, FERC Docket No. CP17-178-000 (submitted 04/17/2017).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=14568607.
• Supporting Documents to Project Application and Additional Project-related filings and issuances can be found on FERC’s eLibrary website by searching under Docket No. CP17-178.

Federal Agency Actions

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Notice of Application (issued 05/01/2017).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14578591.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review of the Project (issued 03/12/2018).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14838969. 
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Notice of Revised Schedule for Environmental Review of the Project (issued 08/31/2018).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=15013558.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Notice of Anticipated Schedule of Final Order for the Project (issued 08/31/2018).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=15013581.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Notice of Revised Schedule for Environmental Review of the Project (issued 02/28/2019).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=15172046.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (issued 06/28/2019).  Document located at:  https://www.ferc.gov/draft-environmental-impact-statement-alaska-lng-project. 
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Final Environmental Impact Statement (issued 03/06/2020).  Document located at:  https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/final-environmental-impact-statement-0.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Order Granting Authorization under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (issued 05/21/2020).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=15540301.

FERC Litigation

• None filed.

DOE litigation re Natural Gas Export Authorization

Alaska LNG Project LLC - FE Dkt. No. - 14-96-LNG | Department of Energy

Federal environmental review and authorization for the Alaska LNG Project was originally completed on September 16, 2020.  However, on April 15, 2021, the Department of Energy (DOE), a cooperating agency on the project, granted a request for rehearing of a final order issued to Alaska LNG Project LLC for the export of liquefied natural gas produced from Alaskan sources to non-free trade agreement countries, pursuant to the Natural Gas Act (NGA).  In the Rehearing Order, DOE stated that it was granting rehearing for the purpose of conducting two Alaska-specific environmental studies (collectively, the Alaska environmental study proceeding).  To this end, DOE prepared a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Alaska environmental study proceeding (DOE/EIS-0512-S1), consistent with the National Environmental Policy Act.  Based on its findings from the SEIS – including the associated public process – DOE issued an order under section 3(a) of the NGA, in which DOE presented its findings and conclusions.  DOE concluded the SEIS process on April 13, 2023.