The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with DOE as a cooperating agency, announced its intent to prepare an EA to analyze the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to construct and operate natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at the existing Golden Pass liquefied natural gas terminal in Jefferson County, Texas. In June 2014, FERC announced that due to changes in the project location and scope, it would prepare an EIS. See DOE/EIS-0501.