[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 36844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13192]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. 11-59-LNG, 16-110-LNG]


Change in Control; Lake Charles Exports, 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) 
(formerly the Office of Fossil Energy) of the Department of Energy 
(DOE) gives notice of receipt of a Notice of Change in Control (Notice) 
filed by Lake Charles Exports, LLC (LCE) on May 17, 2022. The Notice 
describes a change in LCE's upstream ownership. The Notice was 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, July 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: 
    Electronic Filing by email: [email protected].
    Although DOE has routinely accepted public comment submissions 
through a variety of mechanisms, including postal mail and hand 
delivery/courier, the Department 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) 586-4749 or (202) 586-7893 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: 
Jennifer Wade or Peri Ulrey, U.S. Department of Energy (FE-34), Office 
of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Resource 
Sustainability, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, 
Forrestal Building, Room 3E-042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-4749 or (202) 586-7893, 
[email protected] or [email protected].
Cassandra Bernstein, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76), Office of the 
Assistant General Counsel for Energy Delivery and Resilience, Forrestal 
Building, Room 6D-033, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20585, (202) 586-9793, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Change in Control

    In the Notice, LCE states that, by means of a transaction 
(Transaction) that closed on April 1, 2020, its ownership has changed. 
LCE states that, prior to the Transaction, LCE was a joint venture 
between Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (Energy Transfer) and Royal Dutch 
Shell plc (Shell). LCE states that, on April 1, 2020, Energy Transfer 
acquired Shell's membership interests in LCE. Accordingly, LCE is now a 
wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Transfer.
    Additional details can be found in the Notice, posted on the DOE 
website at: www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2022-06/Notice%20of%20change%20in%20control%20Lake%20Charles%20Exports%20LLC.pdf
.

DOE Evaluation

    DOE will review the 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 LCE's existing authorizations to 
export LNG to non-free trade agreement (non-FTA) countries, as 
identified in the Notice.\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 
authorizations inconsistent with the public interest.
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    \1\ 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014).
    \2\ LCE's Notice also applies to its existing authorizations to 
export LNG to FTA countries, but DOE will respond to that portion of 
the filing 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 the 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 
the Notice. All protests, comments, motions to intervene, or notices of 
intervention must meet the requirements specified by DOE's regulations 
in 10 CFR part 590, including the service requirements.
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    \3\ 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 Nos. 11-59-LNG, et al.'' in the title 
line, or ``Lake Charles Exports, 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 Notice, and any filed protests, motions to intervene, notices 
of intervention, and comments will be available electronically by going 
to the following DOE Web address: www.energy.gov/fecm/regulation.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2022.
Amy R. Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of 
Resource Sustainability.
[FR Doc. 2022-13192 Filed 6-17-22; 8:45 am]
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