Motion by Sierra Club for Rehearing and For Stay Pendente Lite in CP11-72.

Brownsteinl Hyatt Fa rber I Schreck Les Lo Baugh Attorney at Law 310.500.4638 tel 310.500.4602 fax December 19, 2011 LLoBaugh@bhfs_com VIA COURIER Mr. John Anderson Office of Fossil Energy [FE-34] Us. Department of Energy 1000 independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC. 20585 RE: In the Matter of Freeport LNG Expansion. L.P. FLNG Liquefaction, LLC FE Docket No. 11- [t LNG Application for Long-Tenn Authorization to Export Liqueed Natural Gas To NonFree Trade Agreement Countries Dear Mr, Anderson: Enclosed for filing on behalf of Freeport LNG Expansion LP. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (collectively, FLEX"), please find an original and ve (5) copies of FLEXs application for long-term, multi-contract authorization to engage in exports up to the equivalent of 1.4 billion cubic feet per day, or 511 billion cubic feet per year of liqueed natural gas (LNG'). Authorization is sought for a 25-year period, to commence on the date of rst export or 8 years from the date of issuance of the authorization requested by this application, whichever is sooner. FLEX proposes to export LNG from Quintana Island near Freeport. Texas to any country with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement (PTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas and LNG, which has or in the future develops the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrierr and with which trade is not prohibited by US. law or policy. This application is filed separately from FLEXs currently pending application in FE Docket No. 10461- LNG. It is our understanding that under DOE/FE policy and procedure, FLEX's filing of the attached new application will not delay DOE/FEs processing of, or adversely affect the public interest analysis for FLEXs pending application in FE Docket No. 10-161-LNG. FLEX also understands that this filing will not affect the order in which currently pending applications for long term exports of LNG to nonFTA countries, including FE Docket 10-161-LNG, are processed or decided by DOE/FE. If that is not the case, please do not accept the attached application for filing and instead return the same to me. 2u29 (:cniury l'uk |-. Hnm I ~21) i i- .\nxt.11:.\.(:,\ 9mm 3illt7 msnii-mun m an I lyut mix LP 1 htifu'om tllt 517(t46112/in VII. VIII. COMMUNICATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE ....................................................... 2 DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLICANT ............................................................................ 2 LlQUlil/\CTI()N PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................. 6 AUTHORIZATION REQUESTED. .6 l() 12 |2 EXPORT SOURCES PUBLIC INTEREST A, Applicable Legal Standard IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII B. Public Interest Analysis I. The Export Authori Gas Prices ........... ...