[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33497-33498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12315]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. 10-161-LNG; FE Docket No. 11-161-LNG]


Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P.FLNG Liquefaction, LLC, FLNG 
Liquefaction 2, LLC, and FLNG Liquefaction 3, LLC Statement Regarding 
Change in Control

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of change in control.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) gives notice of receipt of a notice and statement regarding 
change in control, filed March 2, 2016 (Statement),\1\ by Freeport LNG 
Expansion, L.P. (Freeport Expansion), FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (FLIQ1), 
FLNG Liquefaction 2, LLC (FLIQ2), and FLNG Liquefaction 3, LLC (FLIQ3) 
(collectively, FLEX). The Statement is intended to inform DOE/FE about 
a change in control of the upstream ownership of FLIQ1.\2\ The 
Statement was filed under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), 15 
U.S.C. 717b.
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    \1\ Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., FLNG Liquefaction, LLC, FLNG 
Liquefaction 2, LLC, and FLNG Liquefaction 3, LLC, Notice and 
Statement of Change in Control, FE Docket Nos. 10-160-LNG, 10-161-
LNG, 11-161-LNG, 12-06-LNG (Mar. 2, 2016).
    \2\ On September 23, 2014, DOE/FE granted an earlier FLEX 
request for a change in control of FLIQ1 and FLIQ2. Freeport LNG 
Expansion, L.P., et al., Order Approving Change in Control of Export 
Authorizations, DOE/FE Docket Nos. 14-005-CIC, 10-160-LNG, 10-161-
LNG, 11-161-LNG, 12-06-LNG (Sept. 23, 2014).

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or notices of intervention, as 
applicable, and written comments are to be filed using procedures 
detailed in the Public Comment Procedures section of this Notice no 
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later than 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, June 10, 2016.

ADDRESSES: 
    Electronic Filing by email: [email protected].
    Regular Mail: U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of 
Regulation and International Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, P.O. 
Box 44375, Washington, DC 20026-4375.
    Hand Delivery or Private Delivery Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, 
etc.): U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of Regulation and 
International Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building, 
Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larine Moore or Benjamin Nussdorf, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), 
Office of Regulation and International Engagement, Office of Fossil 
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9478; (202) 586-7893.
Edward Myers, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76), Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil Energy, Forrestal 
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 
586-3397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Change in Control

    As noted above, the Statement is intended to inform DOE/FE about a 
change in control of the upstream ownership of FLIQ1. The Statement 
indicates that FLIQ1 is 100 percent owned by FLIQ1 Holdings, LLC 
(Holdings) and 25 percent of Holdings is owned by Osaka Gas 
Liquefaction USA Corporation, 25 percent by Chubu Electric Power 
Company Freeport, Inc., and 50 percent by Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. 
The Statement does not propose to change these ownership stakes. 
However, the Statement proposes a change to the ownership of Chubu 
Electric Power Company Freeport, Inc. Whereas, prior to the change in 
control, 100 percent of Chubu Electric Power Company Freeport, Inc. was 
owned by Chubu Electric Power Company, after the change, Chubu Electric 
Power Company Freeport, Inc. will be 100 percent owned by a joint 
venture called JERA Co., Inc. In this regard, JERA Co., Inc. is 50 
percent owned by Chubu Electric Power Company and 50 percent is owned 
by Tokyo Electric Power Fuel & Thermal Power Generation Business Split 
Preparation Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Electric 
Power Company, Incorporated. Additional details can be found in the 
Statement, posted on the DOE/FE Web site at http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2016/03/f30/ChubuJERA%20CIC%20Notice%2003%2002%202016_1.pdf.

DOE/FE Evaluation

    DOE/FE will review the Statement \3\ in accordance with its 
Procedures for Changes in Control Affecting Applications and 
Authorizations to Import or Export Natural Gas (CIC Revised 
Procedures).\4\ Consistent with the CIC Revised Procedures, this Notice 
addresses only those FLEX proceedings in which final authorizations 
have been issued to export LNG to non-FTA countries. The affected 
proceedings include DOE/FE Docket Nos. 10-161-LNG and 11-161-LNG.\5\ If 
no interested

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person protests the change in control and DOE takes no action on its 
own motion, the change in control will be deemed granted 30 days after 
publication in the Federal Register. If one or more protests are 
submitted, DOE will review any motions to intervene, protests, and 
answers, and will issue a determination as to whether the proposed 
change in control has been demonstrated to render the underlying 
authorization inconsistent with the public interest.
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    \3\ The Statement identifies two other proceedings, FE Docket 
Nos. 10-60-LNG and 12-06-LNG, in which DOE/FE authorized FLEX to 
export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries with which the 
United States currently has, or in the future will have, a free 
trade agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in 
natural gas, and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or 
policy (FTA countries). Consistent with the Revised CIC Procedures, 
DOE gives immediate effect to these changes. See 79 FR 65542.
    \4\ 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014).
    \5\ The final authorizations issued in the referenced non-FTA 
proceedings include Freeport LNG Expansion L.P., et al., DOE/FE 
Order No. 3282-C, FE Docket No. 10-161-LNG, Final Opinion and Order 
Granting Long-Term Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied 
Natural Gas by Vessel from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana 
Island, Texas to Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations (Nov. 14, 2014); 
and Freeport LNG Expansion L.P., et al., DOE/FE Order No. 3357-B, FE 
Docket No. 11-161-LNG, Final Opinion and Order Granting Long-Term 
Multi-Contract Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by 
Vessel from the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas to 
Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations (Nov. 14, 2014).
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Public Comment Procedures

    Interested persons will be provided 15 days from the date of 
publication of this Notice in the Federal Register in order to move to 
intervene, protest, and answer the Statement. Protests, motions to 
intervene, notices of intervention, and written comments are invited in 
response to this Notice only as to the proposed change in control 
described in the Statement.\6\ All protests, comments, motions to 
intervene, or notices of intervention must meet the requirements 
specified by DOE's regulations in 10 CFR part 590.
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    \6\ Intervention, if granted, would constitute intervention only 
in the change in control portion of these docket proceedings, as 
described herein.
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    Filings may be submitted using one of the following methods: (1) 
Preferred method: Emailing the filing to [email protected], with the 
individual FE Docket Number(s) in the title line, or FLEX Change in 
Control in the title line to include all applicable dockets in this 
Notice; (2) mailing an original and three paper copies of the filing to 
the Office of Regulation and International Engagement at the address 
listed in ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an original and three paper 
copies of the filing to the Office of Regulation and International 
Engagement at the address listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must include 
a reference to the individual FE Docket Number(s) in the title line, or 
FLEX Change in Control in the title line to include all applicable 
dockets in this Notice. PLEASE NOTE: If submitting a filing via email, 
please include all related documents and attachments (e.g., exhibits) 
in the original email correspondence. Please do not include any active 
hyperlinks or password protection in any of the documents or 
attachments related to the filing. All electronic filings submitted to 
DOE must follow these guidelines to ensure that all documents are filed 
in a timely manner. Any hardcopy filing submitted greater in length 
than 50 pages must also include, at the time of the filing, a digital 
copy on disk of the entire submission.
    The Statement and any filed protests, motions to intervene or 
notice of interventions, and comments are available for inspection and 
copying in the Office of Regulation and International Engagement docket 
room, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 20585. 
The docket room is open between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. These documents are 
also available electronically by going to the following DOE/FE Web 
address: http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/gasregulation/index.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2016.
John A. Anderson,
Director, Office of Regulation and International Engagement, Office of 
Oil and Natural Gas.
[FR Doc. 2016-12315 Filed 5-25-16; 8:45 am]
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