[Federal Register: December 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 232)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2004-16860]
Gulf Landing LLC Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License
Application; Final Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS; Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD)
announce the availability of the final environmental impact statement
(FEIS) for the Gulf Landing LLC Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port
License Application, and request public comments. The FEIS covers the
construction and operation of the proposed deepwater port and
associated anchorages on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of
Mexico, West Cameron Lease Block Number 213, approximately 38 miles
south of Cameron, Louisiana.
DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management
Facility on or before January 3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available in the docket on the Internet at
http://dms.dot.gov under docket number USCG-2004-16860, or by
contacting the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or by
contacting: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
The Docket Management Facility accepts hand-delivered submissions,
and makes docket contents available for public inspection and copying,
at this address, in room PL-401, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Facility's telephone is
202-366-9329, its fax is 202-493-2251, and its Web site for electronic
submissions or for electronic access to docket contents is http://dms.dot.gov
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Derek Dostie,
U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202-267-0662, email:
ddostie@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have questions on viewing the docket,
call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone:
202-366-0271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We ask that you submit your comments, or other relevant
information, on the FEIS. We will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period.
Submissions should include:
Docket number USCG-2004-16860.
Your name and address.
Your reasons for making each comment or for bringing
information to our attention.
Submit comments or material using only one of the following
methods:
Electronic submission to the Docket Management Facility's
Docket Management System (DMS), http://dms.dot.gov.
Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the Docket Management
Facility (see ADDRESSES). Faxed or hand delivered submissions must be
unbound, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, and suitable for copying
and electronic scanning. If you mail your submission and want to know
when it reaches the Facility, include a stamped, self-addressed
postcard or envelope.
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Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the DMS Web site
(http://dms.dot.gov), and will include any personal information you
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You
may wish to read the Privacy Act notice that is available on the DMS
Web site, or the Department of Transportation Privacy Act Statement
that appeared in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
You may view docket submissions at the Docket Management Facility
(see ADDRESSES, or electronically on the DMS Web site.
Supplementary Information:
License Application
Deepwater ports must be licensed, and the license process is
governed by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501
et seq. The Gulf Landing Deepwater Port license application was
submitted to the Secretary of Transportation on November 3, 2003.
Additional information concerning the contents of the application can
be found online at http://dms.dot.gov under docket number USCG-2004-
16860, or in the notice of application published in the Federal
Register at 69 FR 3165 (Jan. 22, 2004), pages 3165-3167.
Proposed Deepwater Port
The application plan calls for construction of a deepwater port and
associated anchorages in an area situated in the Gulf of Mexico,
approximately 38 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, in West Cameron
Lease Block Number 213, in water depth of approximately 55 feet, and
adjacent to an existing shipping fairway servicing the Calcasieu River
and area ports.
Gulf Landing's terminal would be capable of storing up to 200,000
cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG). On average, Gulf Landing
expects the terminal would vaporize and deliver 1 billion cubic feet
per day (Bcfd) of natural gas to the pipelines; with a peak daily send-
out rate of 1.2 Bcfd. Gulf Landing proposes to construct, own, and
operate up to 5 offshore pipelines, ranging from 16 to 36 inches in
diameter that would traverse a combined 65.7 nautical miles. The
pipelines would interconnect with existing natural gas pipelines
located in the Gulf of Mexico. Gas would then be delivered to the
onshore national pipeline grid for delivery to any consumption market
east of the Rocky Mountains.
The project would consist of two concrete gravity base structures
(GBSs) housing the LNG containment facilities, along with topside
unloading and vaporization equipment, living quarters, and a ship
berthing system.
The terminal would be able to receive LNG carriers with cargo
capacities between 125,000 and 200,000 cubic meters and unload up to
135 LNG carriers per year. All marine systems, communication,
navigation aids and equipment necessary to conduct safe LNG carrier
operations and receiving of cargo during specified atmospheric and sea
states would be provided at the port.
The regasification process would consist of lifting the LNG from
storage tanks, pumping the cold liquid to pipeline pressure, subsequent
vaporization of the LNG across heat exchanging equipment, and send-out
through custody transfer metering to the gas pipeline network. No gas
conditioning is required for the terminal since the incoming LNG would
be pipeline quality.
Dated: November 29, 2004.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental
Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
H. Keith Lesnick,
Senior Transportation Specialist, Deepwater Ports Program Manager, U.S.
Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-26580 Filed 12-2-04; 8:45 am]
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