[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
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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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