[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 241 (Monday, December 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71887-71888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27412]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. 18-70-LNG]


Change in Control; Mexico Pacific Limited LLC

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of change in control.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) of 
the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of a 
Notification Regarding Change in Control (Notification) filed by Mexico 
Pacific Limited LLC (MPL) on October 27, 2021, and a Supplement to 
Notification Regarding Change in Control (Supplement) filed on November 
23, 2021, in the docket. The Notification and Supplement describe a 
change in MPL's ownership and were filed under the Natural Gas Act 
(NGA).

DATES: Protests, motions to intervene, or notices of intervention, as 
applicable, and written comments are to be filed electronically as 
detailed in the Public Comment Procedures section no later than 4:30 
p.m., Eastern time, January 4, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Electronic Filing by email: [email protected].

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    Although DOE has routinely accepted public comment submissions 
through a variety of mechanisms, including postal mail and hand 
delivery/courier, DOE has found it necessary to make temporary 
modifications to the comment submission process in light of the ongoing 
Covid-19 pandemic. DOE is currently accepting only electronic 
submissions at this time. If a commenter finds that this change poses 
an undue hardship, please contact Office of Resource Sustainability 
staff at (202) 586-2627 or (202) 586-4749 to discuss the need for 
alternative arrangements. Once the Covid-19 pandemic health emergency 
is resolved, DOE anticipates resuming all of its regular options for 
public comment submission, including postal mail and hand delivery/
courier.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
Amy Sweeney or Jennifer Wade, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office 
of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Resource 
Sustainability, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management,\1\ 
Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2627 or (202) 586-4749, 
[email protected] or [email protected]
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    \1\ The Office of Fossil Energy changed its name to the Office 
of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management on July 4, 2021.
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Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76), Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil Energy, Forrestal 
Building, Room 6D-033, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20585, (202) 586-9793, [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Change in Control

    MPL states that, by means of a transaction (Transaction) that 
closed effective as of September 30, 2021, its ownership has changed. 
In the Supplement, MPL states that Q-LNG Holdings, LLC, a Delaware 
limited liability company, has become the holder of more than 10% of 
the membership interest in MPL, through its acquisition of 100% of the 
newly-created Series C ownership units. The three largest equity owners 
of MPL in terms of total ownership are now Q-LNG Holdings, LLC (38.2%), 
AVAIO MPL Special, LP (24.3%), and DKRW Energy Partners, LLC (8.0%), as 
discussed in the Supplement and shown in the accompanying Exhibit A 
(revised 10/01/2021). In the Notification, MPL states that, effective 
as of September 30, 2021, members of MPL have entered into an amended 
and restated limited liability agreement reflecting the new MPL 
ownership structure.
    Additional details can be found in MPL's filings posted on the DOE 
website at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/Mexico%20Pacific%20Limited%20LLC-%20CIC.pdf (Notification) and https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/MPL%20CIC%2011_23_21.pdf 
(Supplement).

DOE Evaluation

    DOE will review the Notification and Supplement in accordance with 
its Procedures for Changes in Control Affecting Applications and 
Authorizations to Import or Export Natural Gas (CIC Procedures).\2\ 
Consistent with the CIC Procedures, this notice addresses MPL's 
authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade 
agreement (non-FTA) countries, granted in DOE/FE Order No. 4312.\3\ If 
no interested 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 
change in control has been demonstrated to render the underlying 
authorizations inconsistent with the public interest.
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    \2\ 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014).
    \3\ MPL's Notification and Supplement also apply to its existing 
authorization to export LNG to FTA countries, but DOE will respond 
to that portion of the filings 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 to move to 
intervene, protest, and answer MPL's Notification and Supplement.\4\ 
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 the Notification and Supplement. 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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    \4\ Intervention, if granted, would constitute intervention only 
in the change in control portion of these proceedings, as described 
herein.
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    As noted, DOE is only accepting electronic submissions at this 
time. Please email the filing to [email protected]. All filings must 
include a reference to ``Docket No. 18-70-LNG'' or ``Mexico Pacific 
Limited LLC Change in Control'' in the title line.
    Please Note: 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 Notification, Supplement, and any filed protests, motions to 
intervene, notices of intervention, and comments will be available 
electronically by going to the following DOE Web address: https://www.energy.gov/fecm/division-natural-gas-regulation.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2021.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of 
Resource Sustainability.
[FR Doc. 2021-27412 Filed 12-17-21; 8:45 am]
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