[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41020-41021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14648]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. 13-132-LNG]
Change in Control; Magnolia LNG, LLC
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 Statement and Notice of Change in
Control (Notice) filed by Magnolia LNG, LLC (Magnolia) in the above-
referenced docket on June 24, 2020. The Notice describes changes in
Magnolia's ownership. The Notice was filed under section 3 of the
Natural Gas Act (NGA).
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 no later than 4:30
p.m., Eastern time, July 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
Electronic Filing by email: [email protected].
Regular Mail: U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office of
Regulation, Analysis, and 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,
Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building,
Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin Nussdorf or Amy Sweeney, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34),
Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-7893; (202) 586-2627,
[email protected] or [email protected].
Cassandra Bernstein, 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-
9793, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Change in Control
Magnolia states that, at the time it filed its applications in this
proceeding and through May 26, 2020, it was a wholly owned indirect
subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNGL), a publicly listed
Australian company. Magnolia states that, on May 26, 2020, LNGL
transferred all of its interest in Magnolia to Magnolia LNG Holdings,
LLC (Magnolia Holdings), a Delaware limited liability company.
Accordingly, Magnolia Holdings now holds 100% of the membership
interests in Magnolia. Magnolia states that Magnolia Holdings is wholly
owned by Glenfarne Infrastructure Holdings, LLC--which, in turn, is
wholly owned by Glenfarne Group, LLC.
Additional details can be found in Magnolia's Notice, posted on the
DOE/FE website at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/06/f76/
Magnolia%20LNG%20_%20Notice%20of%20Change%20in%20Control%20%2806-24-
2020%29.pdf.
DOE/FE Evaluation
DOE/FE will review Magnolia's Notice in accordance with its
Procedures for Changes in Control Affecting Applications and
Authorizations to Import or Export Natural Gas (CIC Procedures).\1\
Consistent with the CIC Procedures, this notice addresses Magnolia's
authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade
agreement (non-FTA) countries, granted in DOE/FE Order No. 3909.\2\ If
no interested person protests the change in control and DOE takes no
action on its own motion, the proposed 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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\1\ 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014).
\2\ Magnolia's Notice also applies to its existing FTA
authorizations and its pending application to amend its non-FTA
authorization (DOE/FE Order No. 3909), but DOE/FE will respond to
those portions of the document separately pursuant to the CIC
Procedures, 79 FR 65542.
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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 Magnolia's Notice.\3\ Protests, motions
to intervene, notices of intervention, and written comments are invited
in response to this notice only as to the change in control described
in Magnolia's Notice. All protests,
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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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\3\ Intervention, if granted, would constitute intervention only
in the change in control portion of this proceeding, 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]; (2) mailing
an original and three paper copies of the filing to the Office of
Regulation, Analysis, and 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, Analysis, and 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 Magnolia LNG,
LLC Change in Control in the title line. 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.
Magnolia's Notice, and any filed protests, motions to intervene,
notices of intervention, and comments, are available for inspection and
copying in the Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 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.
Magnolia's Notice, and any filed protests, motions to intervene,
notices of intervention, and comments, will also be available
electronically by going to the following DOE/FE Web address: https://fossil.energy.gov/ng_regulation/.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Oil
and Natural Gas.
[FR Doc. 2020-14648 Filed 7-7-20; 8:45 am]
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