Notice2021-27412
Change in Control; Mexico Pacific Limited LLC
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Published
December 20, 2021
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
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).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 241 (Monday, December 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71887-71888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b2d2e392c2a380b233a652f242e652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee8ebfce9effdcee6ffa0eae1eba0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f1e1206510c081a1a111a063f170e511b101a51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabbb7a3f4a9adbfbfb4bfa39ab2abf4beb5bff4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a> or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f656a616166696a7d21786e6b6a4f677e216b606a21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc7c8c3c3c4cbc8df83daccc9c8edc5dc83c9c2c883cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>
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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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5033312323313e3422317e3235223e232435393e1038217e343f357e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7516140606141b1107145b1710071b0601101c1b351d045b111a105b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>
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: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/Mexico%20Pacific%20Limited%20LLC-%20CIC.pdf">https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/Mexico%20Pacific%20Limited%20LLC-%20CIC.pdf</a> (Notification) and <a href="https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/MPL%20CIC%2011_23_21.pdf">https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/MPL%20CIC%2011_23_21.pdf</a>
(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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f99f9c8b9e988ab99188d79d969cd79e968f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6909384919785b69e87d8929993d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: <a href="https://www.energy.gov/fecm/division-natural-gas-regulation">https://www.energy.gov/fecm/division-natural-gas-regulation</a>.
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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