[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8581-8582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03033]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. 18-70-LNG]
Change In Control; Mexico Pacific Limited LLC
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 Change in
Control (Notification) filed by Mexico Pacific Limited LLC (MPL) in the
above-referenced docket on November 18, 2019, and in a Supplement filed
on January 14, 2020. The Notification and Supplement describe changes
in MPL's ownership. The Notification and Supplement were 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, March 2, 2020.
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,
[email protected] or [email protected].
Cassandra Bernstein or Kari Twaite, U.S. Department of Energy (GC-76),
Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Electricity and Fossil
Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20585, (202) 586-9793; (202) 586-6978, [email protected]
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Change in Control
The Notification states that, at the time MPL filed its application
in this proceeding and through October 21, 2019, its membership
interests were held by two entities: DKRW Energy Sonora Holding LLC and
ACAP Sonora Energy LLC. MPL states that, by means of a transaction that
closed effective as of October 22, 2019, its ownership has changed.
MPL states that it is now controlled by a consortium led by AVAIO
Management LP (AVAIO Capital), which also includes funds managed by
Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC. The three largest equity owners of MPL
in terms of total ownership are AVAIO
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MPL SPV, LP (51.72%), ACAP Sonora Energy LLC (19.53%), and DKRW Energy
Partners LLC (16.09%). MPL states that two of these entities, AVAIO MPL
SPV, LP and DKRW Energy Partners LLC, increased their ownership
percentages by more than 10%, as shown in Exhibit A to both the
Notification and Supplement.
Additional details can be found in DECP's Notification and
Supplement, posted on the DOE/FE website at: https://www.energy.gov/fe/mexico-pacific-limited-llc-mpl-fe-dkt-no-18-70-lng.
DOE/FE Evaluation
DOE/FE will review MPL's Notification and Supplement 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 MPL's
authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade
agreement (non-FTA) countries, granted in DOE/FE Order No. 4312 (FE
Docket No. 18-70-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\ MPL's Notification and Supplement also apply to its existing
FTA authorization, but DOE/FE will respond to that portion of the
documents 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 MPL's Notification and Supplement.\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 MPL's 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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\3\ Intervention, if granted, would constitute intervention only
in the change in control portion of this proceeding, as described
herein.
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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 Mexico Pacific
Limited LLC 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.
MPL's Notification and Supplement, 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.
MPL's Notification and Supplement, 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 February 9, 2020.
Amy Sweeney,
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement, Office of Oil
and Natural Gas.
[FR Doc. 2020-03033 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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