87418 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 241 / Monday, December 18, 2023 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Paducah 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Paducah. The 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Thursday, January 18, 2024; 5:30 

p.m.–7 p.m. CST 

ADDRESSES: West Kentucky Community 

and Technical College, Emerging 

Technology Center, Room 215, 5100 

Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah, 

Kentucky 42001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith, Federal 

Coordinator, by Phone: (270) 441–6821 

or Email: Robert.Smith@pppo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Review of Agenda 

• Administrative Activities 

• Public Comment Period 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Paducah, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Robert ‘‘Buz’’ 

Smith as soon as possible in advance of 

the meeting at the telephone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Comments received 

by no later than 5 p.m. CST on Tuesday, 

January 16, 2024, will be read aloud 

during the meeting. Comments will also 

be accepted after the meeting, by no 

later than 5 p.m. CST on Friday, January 

26, 2024. Please submit comments to 

Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith at the 

aforementioned email address. Please 

put ‘‘Public Comment’’ in the subject 

line. Individuals who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Robert ‘‘Buz’’ Smith at 

the telephone number listed above. 

Requests must be received as soon as 

possible prior to the meeting and 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include the presentation in the agenda. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. The EM 

SSAB, Paducah, will hear public 

comments pertaining to its scope (cleanup standards and environmental 

restoration; waste management and 

disposition; stabilization and 

disposition of non-stockpile nuclear 

materials; excess facilities; future land 

use and long-term stewardship; risk 

assessment and management; and cleanup science and technology activities). 

Comments outside of the scope may be 

submitted via written statement as 

directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Eric Roberts, Board 

Support Manager, Emerging Technology 

Center, Room 221, 4810 Alben Barkley 

Drive, Paducah, KY 42001; Phone: (270) 

554–3004. Minutes will also be 

available at the following website: 

https://www.energy.gov/pppo/pgdp-cab/ 

listings/meeting-materials. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

13, 2023. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Docket No. 13–69–LNG; Docket No. 14–88– 

LNG; Docket No. 15–25–LNG; Docket No. 

16–28–LNG; Docket No. 21–131–LNG] 

Change in Control: Venture Global 

Calcasieu Pass, LLC; Venture Global 

Plaquemines LNG, LLC; Venture 

Global CP2 LNG, LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy and 

Carbon Management, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of change in control. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

and Carbon Management (FECM) of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) gives 

notice of receipt of a Notification of 

Change in Ownership Structure filed by 

Venture Global LNG, Inc. (Venture 

Global) on October 24, 2023 

(Notification), as supplemented on 

November 2, 2023 (Supplement). 

Venture Global provides notice of a 

recent corporate reorganization that 

affected the ownership of the following 

three subsidiaries and authorization 

holders: Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, 

LLC; Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, 

LLC; and Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC 

(collectively, Authorization Holders). 

The relevant portion of Venture Global’s 

Notification subject to this Notice is 

described herein. The Notification and 

Supplement 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 as 

detailed in the Public Comment 

Procedures section no later than 4:30 

p.m., Eastern time, January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Electronic Filing by email (Strongly 

encouraged): fergas@hq.doe.gov. 

Postal Mail, 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 and 

Carbon Management, Forrestal Building, 

Room 3E–056, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. 

Due to potential delays in DOE’s 

receipt and processing of mail sent 

through the U.S. Postal Service, we 

encourage respondents to submit filings 

electronically to ensure timely receipt. 

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, jennifer.wade@

hq.doe.gov or peri.ulrey@hq.doe.gov. 

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, 

cassandra.bernstein@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Change in Control 

Venture Global’s Notification 

describes a series of reorganization 

transactions effective as of September 

25, 2023 (Transactions). As relevant 

here, Venture Global states that its 

institutional passive, minority owners 

referenced in prior DOE/FECM filings 

had a change in their collective 

ownership, as depicted in the 


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1The Supplement provides these updated 

ownership percentages. 

2 Venture Global states that, as a result of that 

interest in VG Holdings, PIMCO indirectly owns 

that same 15.10% ownership in the equity of each 

of the Authorization Holders—Calcasieu Pass, 

Plaquemines LNG, and CP2 LNG—though its 

ownership of Calcasieu Pass will be reduced to 

approximately of 11.56% when Stonepeak’s 

preferred interests in Calcasieu Pass Holdings, LLC 

convert into common units upon the commercial 

operation date of the Calcasieu Pass Project. 

3According to Venture Global, these passive 

institutional investors are comprised of a number of 

U.S. institutional and related investors with no 

power to direct the management or policies of 

Venture Global. 

4 79 FR 65541 (Nov. 5, 2014). 

5 DOE has previously found that the CIC 

Procedures apply only to external transfers or 

assignments, not to internal corporate 

reorganizations. See, e.g., Port Arthur LNG, LLC, 

Notice of Internal Corporate Reorganization, Docket 

Nos. 15–53–LNG, et al. (Apr. 11, 2019) (noting that 

DOE’s Change in Control Procedures, 79 FR 65541, 

focus on ‘‘ownership or management of the 

exporting entity chang[ing] hands, resulting in a 

change in control . . . .’’). 

6See infra note 4. 

7 Venture Global’s Notification also applies to: (1) 

the Authorization Holders’ various existing 

authorizations to export LNG to FTA countries, and 

(2) the Authorization Holders’ various pending 

applications to export LNG to non-FTA countries, 

as identified in the Notification. DOE will respond 

to those portions of the Notification separately 

pursuant to the CIC Procedures, 79 FR 65542. 

8 Intervention, if granted, would constitute 

intervention only in the change in control portion 

of these proceedings, as described herein. 

Organizational Charts submitted as part 

of the Supplement. 

Specifically, before the Transactions, 

the institutional investors collectively 

owned a total of 36.46% of the common 

equity in Venture Global, with no single 

institutional investor holding 10% or 

more. 

After the Transactions, Venture 

Global became a wholly-owned 

subsidiary of a new Delaware 

corporation named Venture Global 

Holdings, Inc. (VG Holdings). 

Additionally, the institutional investors 

now own a total of 16.21% of the 

common equity in VG Holdings,1 with 

funds managed and/or controlled by 

Pacific Investment Management LLC 

(PIMCO) owning 15.10%,2 and other 

passive institutional investors together 

owning the remaining 1.11%.3 Venture 

Global further states that the PIMCO 

ownership interest creates a rebuttal 

presumption of control under DOE’s 

Procedures for Changes in Control 

Affecting Applications and 

Authorizations to Import or Export 

Natural Gas (CIC Procedures) 4 but, 

according to Venture Global, that 

presumption should be deemed rebutted 

because of the passive nature of 

PIMCO’s investment. 

The remaining 83.79% of the common 

equity of VG Holdings is owned by the 

Principals, Robert B. Pender and 

Michael A. Sabel. Venture Global states 

that the Principals moved up a level in 

the corporate structure and now hold 

their ownership interest in a new entity 

named Venture Global Partners II, LLC, 

which remains 50% owned and 

controlled by each of the two Principals. 

However, the internal corporate 

reorganization resulting from the 

Transactions is described for 

completeness only and is not subject to 

this Notice.5

Venture Global further states that, 

after the Transactions, the Principals 

continue to retain the sole right to 

control and direct the management and 

policies of Venture Global and thus each 

of the Authorization Holders (other than 

Stonepeak’s rights with regard to 

Calcasieu Pass detailed in the filing 

submitted on September 6, 2019). 

In sum, this Notice applies only to the 

portion of the Notification related to the 

institutional investors, with PIMCO now 

owning 15.10% of VG Holdings’ 

common equity. Additional details can 

be found in the Notification and 

Supplement, posted on the DOE website 

at: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/ 

files/2023-10/10.24.23.Venture%

20Global%20LNG%

20DOE%20notification

%20re.%20Corp%20Reorganization.

pdf. https://www.energy.gov/sites/ 

default/files/2023-11/

Supplement%20to%20NOCC%2011.

02.2023.pdf. 

DOE Evaluation 

DOE will review the Notification and 

Supplement in accordance with its CIC 

Procedures.6 Consistent with the CIC 

Procedures, this notice addresses the 

Authorization Holders’ various existing 

authorizations to export liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) to countries with 

which the United States has not entered 

into a free trade agreement (FTA) 

requiring national treatment for trade in 

natural gas (FTA countries) and with 

which trade is not prohibited by Untied 

States law or policy (non-FTA 

countries), as identified in the 

Notification.7 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. 

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 

Notification and Supplement.8 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, 

including the service requirements. 

Filings may be submitted using one of 

the following methods: 

(1) Submitting the filing electronically 

at fergas@hq.doe.gov; 

(2) Mailing the filing to the Office of 

Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement 

at the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section; or 

(3) Hand delivering the filing to the 

Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

For administrative efficiency, DOE 

prefers filings to be filed electronically. 

All filings must include a reference to 

‘‘Docket Nos. 13–69–LNG, et al.’’ in the 

title line, or ‘‘Venture Global LNG 

Change in Control’’ in the title line. 

For electronic submissions: 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. 

The Notification, Supplement, and 

any filed protests, motions to intervene, 

notices of intervention, and comments 

will be available electronically on the 

DOE website at: www.energy.gov/fecm/ 

regulation. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

12, 2023. 

Amy R. Sweeney, 

Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and 

Engagement, Office of Resource 

Sustainability. 

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