Sec. 602. Supplemental reviews
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In this section: The term 2018 LNG Export Study means the report entitled Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports , prepared by NERA Economic Consulting for the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the Department of Energy, published June 7, 2018. The term 2019 Life Cycle GHG Review means the report entitled Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States , prepared by S. Roman-White, S. Rai, J.
Littlefield, G. Cooney, and T. J. Skone for the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the Department of Energy, published September 12, 2019. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. The term supplemental greenhouse gas review means a review prepared or commissioned by the Department of Energy and published after January 26, 2024, that analyzes the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of liquefied natural gas exports from the United States, including consideration of the modeling parameters used in the 2019 Life Cycle GHG Review.
The term supplemental macroeconomic review means a review prepared or commissioned by the Department of Energy and published after January 26, 2024, that analyzes the macroeconomic outcomes of different levels of liquefied natural gas exports from the United States, including consideration of the natural gas market factors and macroeconomic factors analyzed in the 2018 LNG Export Study. The term supplemental review means a supplemental greenhouse gas review or a supplemental macroeconomic review.
Before finalizing a supplemental review, the Secretary shall publish a notice of availability of the proposed supplemental review in the Federal Register pursuant to the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. A supplemental review shall be subject to a peer review process consistent with the final bulletin of the Office of Management and Budget entitled Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (70 Fed. Reg. 2664 (January 14, 2005)) (or successor guidance).
For a review of an application to grant, deny, or extend an order under section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act ( 15 U.S.C. 717b(a) ) to export to a foreign country any natural gas from an LNG terminal in the United States or from a facility subject to section 4 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 ( 33 U.S.C. 1503 ), or to re-export to another foreign country any natural gas that has been exported from the United States to Canada or Mexico for liquefaction in Canada or Mexico, or the territorial waters of Canada or Mexico, the Secretary shall base any evaluation of— macroeconomic outcomes on the results of the 2018 LNG Export Study, or predecessor documents, unless and until the Secretary finalizes and implements a supplemental macroeconomic review; and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions on the results of the 2019 Life Cycle GHG Review, or predecessor documents, unless and until the Secretary finalizes and implements a supplemental greenhouse gas review.
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