[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64053-64054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25136]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket Nos. 11-128-LNG and 16-205-LNG]
Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP; Notice of Change in Control
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 Notification Regarding Planned
Change in Indirect Ownership in Accordance with Procedures for Change
in Control (Notice) filed October 23, 2019, by Dominion Energy Cove
Point LNG, LP (DECP) in the above-referenced dockets. The Notice
describes changes to the corporate structure and ownership of DECP. 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, December 5, 2019.
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.
Cassandra Bernstein or Kari Twaite, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76),
Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil
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Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585, (202) 586-9793; (202) 586-6978.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Change in Control
DECP is the owner and operator of the Dominion Cove Point LNG
Terminal in Lusby, Maryland, and a wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of
Dominion Energy, Inc. The Notice filed by DECP describes a planned
transaction in which Bowie Acquisitions LLC (the Investor) will acquire
a minority 25% limited partnership interest in DECP. The Investor is an
affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. DECP states that, as a
minority partner, the Investor will have an economic interest in DECP,
along with voting rights with respect to certain major decisions. DECP
states that it will remain the holder of the export authorizations and
there will be no change in the operations of the DECP Terminal as a
result of the transaction. DECP states that the parties expect to close
the transaction in December 2019. Additional details can be found in
DECP's Notice, posted on the DOE/FE website at: https://cms.doe.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/10/f68/DominionEnergyCovePoint_CIC_filing_10232019_0.pdf.
DOE/FE Evaluation
DOE/FE will review DECP'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 only the authorization granted to
DECP to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade agreement
(non-FTA) countries in DOE/FE Order No. 3331-A (FE Docket No. 11-128-
LNG), and the non-FTA portion of the authorization issued in DOE/FE
Order No. 4046 (FE Docket No. 16-205-LNG).\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\ DECP's Notice also applies to its existing FTA
authorizations, but DOE/FE will respond to that portion of the
Notice 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 DECP's Notice. 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
DECP's Notice, and only with respect to DECP's non-FTA authorizations.
All protests, comments, motions to intervene, or notices of
intervention must meet the requirements specified by DOE's regulations
in 10 CFR part 590.
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 Dominion
Energy Cove Point LNG, LP 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.
DECP'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.
The 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: http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/gasregulation/index.html.
Signed in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2019.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Oil
and Natural Gas.
[FR Doc. 2019-25136 Filed 11-19-19; 8:45 am]
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