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Public comments on CIRCAC’s
recertification application must reach
the Seventeenth Coast Guard District on
or before August 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
mailed to the Seventeenth Coast Guard
District (mor), P.O. Box 25517, Juneau,
AK 99802–5517. Or, hand carried
documents may be delivered to the
Juneau Federal Building, 709 West 9th
Street, Room 753, Juneau, AK between
8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
The Seventeenth Coast Guard District
maintains the public docket for this
recertification process. The application
and comments regarding recertification
will become part of this docket and will
be available for inspection or copying at
the Juneau Federal Building, 709 West
9th Street, Room 753, Juneau, AK.
A copy of the application will also be
available for inspection at the CIRCAC
offices at 910 Highland Avenue, Kenai,
AK between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. CIRCAC’s telephone
number is (907) 283–7222.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact CDR
Chris Myskowski, Seventeenth Coast
Guard District (mor), (907) 463–2804.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Request for Comments
The Coast Guard encourages
interested persons to submit written
data, views, or arguments. We solicit
comments from interested groups
including oil terminal facility owners
and operators, owners and operators of
crude oil tankers calling at terminal
facilities, and fishing, aqua cultural,
recreational and environmental citizens
groups, concerning the recertification
application of CIRCAC. Persons
submitting comments should include
their names and addresses, identify this
notice (CGD17–05–009), the specific
section of the document to which each
comment applies, and give the reason
for each comment. Please submit all
comments and attachments in an
unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by
11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing. Persons wanting
acknowledgement of receipt of
comments should enclose stamped, selfaddressed postcards or envelopes.
The Coast Guard plans no public
hearing. Persons may request a public
hearing by writing to Commander (m),
Seventeenth Coast Guard District, P.O.
25517, Juneau, AK 99802–5517. The
request should include reasons why a
hearing would be beneficial. If there is
sufficient evidence to determine that
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oral presentations will aid this
recertification process, the Coast Guard
will hold a public hearing at a time and
place announced by a later notice in the
Federal Register.
Background and Purpose
The Coast Guard published guidelines
on December 31, 1992 (57 FR 62600) to
assist groups seeking recertification
under the Oil Terminal and Oil Tanker
Environmental Oversight and
Monitoring Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2732)
(the Act). The Coast Guard issued a
policy statement on July 7, 1993 (58 FR
36504) to clarify the factors that the
Coast Guard would be considering in
making its determination as to whether
advisory groups should be certified in
accordance with the Act; and the
procedures which the Coast Guard
would follow in meeting its certification
responsibilities under the Act. Most
recently, on September 16, 2002 (67 FR
58440) the Coast Guard changed its
policy on recertification procedures for
regional citizen’s advisory council by
requiring applicants to provide
comprehensive information every 3
years. For the 2 years in between,
applicants only submit information
describing substantive changes to the
information provided at the last
triennial recertification. This is the year
in this triennial cycle that CIRCAC must
provide comprehensive information.
At the conclusion of the comment
period, August 12, 2005, the Coast
Guard will review all application
materials and comments received and
will take one of the following actions:
(a) Recertify the advisory group under
33 U.S.C. 2732(o).
(b) Issue a conditional recertification
for a period of 90 days, with a statement
of any discrepancies, which must be
corrected to qualify for recertification
for the remainder of the year.
(c) Deny recertification of the advisory
group if the Coast Guard finds that the
group is not broadly representative of
the interests and communities in the
area or is not adequately fostering the
goals and purposes of 33 U.S.C. 2732.
The Coast Guard will notify CIRCAC
by letter of the action taken on their
respective applications. A notice will be
published in the Federal Register to
advise the public of the Coast Guard’s
determination.
Dated: June 14, 2005.
James C. Olson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,
Seventeenth Coast Guard District.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[COTP Los Angeles-Long Beach 05–005]
Letter of Recommendation, Liquefied
Natural Gas Facility, Long Beach, CA
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice; public meeting and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces
that the Captain of the Port (COTP) Los
Angeles-Long Beach will hold a public
meeting regarding the maritime safety
and security aspects of the proposed
San Pedro Bay, California liquefied
natural gas (LNG) facility. The Coast
Guard also requests public comments
regarding the maritime safety and
security aspects of the aforementioned
proposed LNG facility.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on July 11, 2005 at 6 p.m. at the Long
Beach Marriott Hotel.
Comments and related material must
reach the Commanding Officer, U.S.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long
Beach on or before July 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be
held at the Long Beach Marriott Hotel,
4700 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach,
CA 90815.
You may submit written comments
identified by Coast Guard docket
number (COTP LA–LB 05–005) to
Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, 1001 S.
Seaside Ave, San Pedro, CA 90731. To
avoid duplication, please use only one
of the following methods:
(1) Mail: To the location described in
ADDRESSES.
(2) E-mail: To
pgooding@d11.uscg.mil.
(3) Fax: 310–732–2029.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this notice,
contact Lieutenant Peter Gooding, Chief
of the Waterways Management Division
at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long
Beach, CA at 310–732–2020, or E-mail
your questions to
pgooding@d11.uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We encourage you to submit written
comments and related material
pertaining specifically to marine safety
and security aspects associated with the
proposed LNG facility. If you do so,
please include your name and address,
identify the docket number for this
notice (COTP LA–LB 05–005), and give
the reason for each comment. To avoid
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confusion and duplication, please
submit your comments and material by
only one means.
Submitting Comments: If you submit
a comment, please include your name
and address, identify the docket number
for this noticed (COTP LA–LB 05–005)
and give the reason for each comment.
You may submit your comments by
electronic means, mail to the address
under ADDRESSES, or fax; but please
submit your comments by only one
means. If you submit comments by mail,
please submit them in an unbound
format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches,
suitable for copying and electronic
filing. If you submit them by mail and
would like to know that they reached
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los AngelesLong Beach, please enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope. We
will consider all comments received
during the comment period.
Viewing comments and documents:
To view comments, you may visit U.S.
Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long
Beach at the address under ADDRESSES,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Public Meeting
Due to the scope and complexity of
this project, we have also decided to
hold a public meeting to allow the
public the opportunity to comment on
the proposed LNG facility. During this
public meeting, the Coast Guard will not
make a decision concerning the letter of
recommendation or about this LNG
project. With advance notice,
organizations and members of the
public may provide oral statements
regarding the suitability of the San
Pedro Bay for LNG vessel traffic. Time
permitting, the Coast Guard will take
comments from the public without
advance notice. But to ensure an
opportunity to speak, you should
provide your name in advance. In the
interest of time and use of the public
meeting facility, oral statements should
be limited to five minutes. Persons
wishing to make oral statements should
notify Lieutenant Peter Gooding using
one of the methods listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by July 8,
2005. The Coast Guard will accept
written statements at the public meeting
submitted in conjunction with or in lieu
of an oral statement from those persons
who have provided advance notice of
their desire to make an oral statement at
the meeting.
Background and Purpose
In accordance with the requirements
contained in 33 CFR Part 127.009, the
U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port
(COTP) Los Angeles-Long Beach is
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preparing a letter of recommendation as
to the suitability of the San Pedro Bay
for liquefied natural gas (LNG) marine
traffic. In accordance with the
requirements of 33 CFR 127.007, Sound
Energy Solutions (SES) submitted a
letter of intent on April 13, 2005 to
build an LNG facility at Pier T126 in
Long Beach, CA. SES is a joint venture
of Mitsubishi Corporation and
ConocoPhillips. SES proposes to build
an LNG import, storage, and regasification facility. LNG carriers (ships)
would berth at pier T126 and LNG
would be transferred by pipeline from
the carriers to one of two storage tanks,
each with a net capacity of 160,000
cubic meters (m3) and a gross capacity
of 320,000 m3. The LNG would then be
regasified and metered into natural gas
pipelines. LNG would be delivered to
the terminal in double-hulled LNG
carriers ranging in capacity from
125,000 m3 to 160,000 m3. The larger
carriers would measure up to
approximately 1000 feet long with up to
approximately a 158 foot wide beam,
and draw 40 feet of water. The terminal
would handle approximately 120
vessels per year, depending upon
natural gas demand, and carrier size,
with shipments arriving approximately
every 3 days.
Upon receipt of a letter of intent from
an owner or operator intending to build
a new LNG facility, the Coast Guard
COTP conducts an analysis that results
in a letter of recommendation issued to
the owner or operator and to the state
and local governments having
jurisdiction, addressing the suitability of
the waterway to accommodate LNG
vessels. Specifically, the letter of
recommendation addresses the
suitability of the waterway based on:
• The physical location and layout of
the facility and its berthing and mooring
arrangements;
• The LNG vessels’ characteristics
and the frequency of LNG shipments to
the facility;
• Commercial, industrial,
environmentally sensitive, and
residential areas in and adjacent to the
waterway used by the LNG vessels en
route to the facility;
• Density and character of marine
traffic on the waterway;
• Bridges, or other manmade
obstructions in the waterway;
• Depth of water;
• Tidal range;
• Natural hazards, including rocks
and sandbars;
• Underwater pipelines and cables;
• Distance of berthed LNG vessels
from the channel, and the width of the
channel.
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In addition, the Coast Guard will
review and approve the facility’s
operations manual and emergency
response plan (33 CFR 127.019), as well
as the facility’s security plan (33 CFR
105.410). The Coast Guard will also
provide input to other Federal, State,
and local government agencies
reviewing the project. Under an
interagency agreement the Coast Guard
will provide input to, and coordinate
with, the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC), the lead Federal
agency for authorizing the siting and
construction of onshore LNG facilities,
on safety and security aspects of the
Sound Energy Solutions project,
including both the marine and landbased aspects of the project.
In order to complete a thorough
analysis and fulfill the regulatory
mandates cited above, the COTP Sector
Los Angeles-Long Beach will be
conducting a Waterway Suitability
Assessment, evaluating various safety
and security aspects associated with
Sound Energy Solution’s proposed
project. This risk assessment will be
accomplished through a series of
workshops focusing on the areas of
waterways safety, port security, and
consequence management, with
involvement from a broad cross-section
of government and port stakeholders
with expertise in each of the respective
areas. The workshops will be by
invitation only. However, comments
received during the public comment
period will be considered as input into
the risk assessment process and to
FERC’s Environmental Impact
Statement.
Additional Information
Additional information about the
Sound Energy Solutions LNG project is
available from FERC’s Office of External
Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC or on the
FERC Internet Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) using their eLibrary link.
For assistance, please contact FERC
online support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY
contact 1–202–502–8659.
Information on Services for Individuals
With Disabilities
For information on facilities or
services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request assistance at
the meeting, contact Lieutenant Peter
Gooding listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT as soon as
possible.
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Dated: June 20, 2005.
Commander David Crowley,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting
Captain of the Port Los Angeles-Long Beach.
[FR Doc. 05–12732 Filed 6–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) has
submitted the following information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance in accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). The submission describes
the nature of the information collection,
the categories of respondents, the
estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort
and resources used by respondents to
respond) and cost, and includes the
actual data collection instruments
FEMA will use.
Title: Community Rating System
(CRS) Program Application Worksheets
and Commentary.
OMB Number: 1660–0022.
Abstract: The Community Ratings
System (CRS), designed by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as part
of the National Flood Insurance Program
(NFIP), provides flood insurance
premium discounts to communities that
undertake activities that will mitigate
flooding and flood damage beyond the
minimum standards required by the
NFIP. Communities select approved
activities they want to get credit for
either as a first time or continuing
participant.
Affected Public: State, local or tribal
governments.
Number of Respondents: 1,200
respondents/communities.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 31
hours for the Application and 4 hours
for the Annual Recertification for a total
of 35 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,280 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
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Comments: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs at OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of Homeland
Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room
10102, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile
number (202) 395–7285. Comments
must be submitted on or before July 28,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
should be made to: Section Chief,
Records Management, FEMA at 500 C
Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC
20472, facsimile number (202) 646–
3347, or e-mail address FEMAInformation-Collections@dhs.gov.
29, 2004, Federal funds for the Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program are authorized
at 100 percent of total eligible costs for
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands. This cost share is
effective as of the date of the President’s
major disaster declaration.
Dated: June 20, 2005.
George S. Trotter,
Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources
Management Branch, Information
Technology Services Division.
[FR Doc. 05–12678 Filed 6–27–05; 8:45 am]
Michael D. Brown,
Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness
and Response, Department of Homeland
Security.
[FR Doc. 05–12677 Filed 6–27–05; 8:45 am]
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individual and
Household Housing; 97.049, Individual and
Household Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050 Individual and Household ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance
Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program.)
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Federal Emergency Management
Agency
[FEMA–1532–DR]
Northern Mariana Islands; Amendment
No. 3 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Emergency
Preparedness and Response Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster for the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (FEMA–1532–DR), dated July
29, 2004, and related determinations.
DATES: Effective Date: June 16, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that special conditions are
warranted regarding the cost sharing
arrangements concerning Federal funds
provided under the authority of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5121–5206 (Stafford Act). Therefore,
consistent with 48 U.S.C. 1469a(d),
pertaining to insular areas, and the
President’s declaration letter dated July
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4971–N–33]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Subpoenas and Production in
Response to Subpoenas or Demands
of Courts or Other Authorities
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
Upon a denial by the Office of
Inspector General of a request for
documents or testimony, a petitioner
may submit a written Notice of
Intention to Petition for Review (Notice)
and Petition for Review (Petition)
detailing the issues and reasons why a
review of the Counsel’s decision is
appropriate. Upon request or demand of
documents or testimony, the Counsel for
the Inspector General will review the
demand and determine whether an OIG
employee is authorized to release
documents or testify. The Counsel will
notify the requester of the final
determination and the reasons for the
grant or denial of the request.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[COTP Los Angeles-Long Beach 05-005]
Letter of Recommendation, Liquefied Natural Gas Facility, Long
Beach, CA
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces that the Captain of the Port (COTP)
Los Angeles-Long Beach will hold a public meeting regarding the
maritime safety and security aspects of the proposed San Pedro Bay,
California liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility. The Coast Guard also
requests public comments regarding the maritime safety and security
aspects of the aforementioned proposed LNG facility.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on July 11, 2005 at 6 p.m. at
the Long Beach Marriott Hotel.
Comments and related material must reach the Commanding Officer,
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach on or before July 27,
2005.
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Long Beach Marriott
Hotel, 4700 Airport Plaza Drive, Long Beach, CA 90815.
You may submit written comments identified by Coast Guard docket
number (COTP LA-LB 05-005) to Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, 1001 S. Seaside Ave, San Pedro, CA
90731. To avoid duplication, please use only one of the following
methods:
(1) Mail: To the location described in ADDRESSES.
(2) E-mail: To pgooding@d11.uscg.mil.
(3) Fax: 310-732-2029.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice,
contact Lieutenant Peter Gooding, Chief of the Waterways Management
Division at Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA at 310-732-
2020, or E-mail your questions to pgooding@d11.uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We encourage you to submit written comments and related material
pertaining specifically to marine safety and security aspects
associated with the proposed LNG facility. If you do so, please include
your name and address, identify the docket number for this notice (COTP
LA-LB 05-005), and give the reason for each comment. To avoid
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confusion and duplication, please submit your comments and material by
only one means.
Submitting Comments: If you submit a comment, please include your
name and address, identify the docket number for this noticed (COTP LA-
LB 05-005) and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your
comments by electronic means, mail to the address under ADDRESSES, or
fax; but please submit your comments by only one means. If you submit
comments by mail, please submit them in an unbound format, no larger
than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing.
If you submit them by mail and would like to know that they reached
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach, please enclose a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all
comments received during the comment period.
Viewing comments and documents: To view comments, you may visit
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach at the address under
ADDRESSES, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Public Meeting
Due to the scope and complexity of this project, we have also
decided to hold a public meeting to allow the public the opportunity to
comment on the proposed LNG facility. During this public meeting, the
Coast Guard will not make a decision concerning the letter of
recommendation or about this LNG project. With advance notice,
organizations and members of the public may provide oral statements
regarding the suitability of the San Pedro Bay for LNG vessel traffic.
Time permitting, the Coast Guard will take comments from the public
without advance notice. But to ensure an opportunity to speak, you
should provide your name in advance. In the interest of time and use of
the public meeting facility, oral statements should be limited to five
minutes. Persons wishing to make oral statements should notify
Lieutenant Peter Gooding using one of the methods listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by July 8, 2005. The Coast Guard will
accept written statements at the public meeting submitted in
conjunction with or in lieu of an oral statement from those persons who
have provided advance notice of their desire to make an oral statement
at the meeting.
Background and Purpose
In accordance with the requirements contained in 33 CFR Part
127.009, the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Los Angeles-
Long Beach is preparing a letter of recommendation as to the
suitability of the San Pedro Bay for liquefied natural gas (LNG) marine
traffic. In accordance with the requirements of 33 CFR 127.007, Sound
Energy Solutions (SES) submitted a letter of intent on April 13, 2005
to build an LNG facility at Pier T126 in Long Beach, CA. SES is a joint
venture of Mitsubishi Corporation and ConocoPhillips. SES proposes to
build an LNG import, storage, and re-gasification facility. LNG
carriers (ships) would berth at pier T126 and LNG would be transferred
by pipeline from the carriers to one of two storage tanks, each with a
net capacity of 160,000 cubic meters (m3) and a gross capacity of
320,000 m3. The LNG would then be regasified and metered into natural
gas pipelines. LNG would be delivered to the terminal in double-hulled
LNG carriers ranging in capacity from 125,000 m3 to 160,000 m3. The
larger carriers would measure up to approximately 1000 feet long with
up to approximately a 158 foot wide beam, and draw 40 feet of water.
The terminal would handle approximately 120 vessels per year, depending
upon natural gas demand, and carrier size, with shipments arriving
approximately every 3 days.
Upon receipt of a letter of intent from an owner or operator
intending to build a new LNG facility, the Coast Guard COTP conducts an
analysis that results in a letter of recommendation issued to the owner
or operator and to the state and local governments having jurisdiction,
addressing the suitability of the waterway to accommodate LNG vessels.
Specifically, the letter of recommendation addresses the suitability of
the waterway based on:
The physical location and layout of the facility and its
berthing and mooring arrangements;
The LNG vessels' characteristics and the frequency of LNG
shipments to the facility;
Commercial, industrial, environmentally sensitive, and
residential areas in and adjacent to the waterway used by the LNG
vessels en route to the facility;
Density and character of marine traffic on the waterway;
Bridges, or other manmade obstructions in the waterway;
Depth of water;
Tidal range;
Natural hazards, including rocks and sandbars;
Underwater pipelines and cables;
Distance of berthed LNG vessels from the channel, and the
width of the channel.
In addition, the Coast Guard will review and approve the facility's
operations manual and emergency response plan (33 CFR 127.019), as well
as the facility's security plan (33 CFR 105.410). The Coast Guard will
also provide input to other Federal, State, and local government
agencies reviewing the project. Under an interagency agreement the
Coast Guard will provide input to, and coordinate with, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the lead Federal agency for
authorizing the siting and construction of onshore LNG facilities, on
safety and security aspects of the Sound Energy Solutions project,
including both the marine and land-based aspects of the project.
In order to complete a thorough analysis and fulfill the regulatory
mandates cited above, the COTP Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach will be
conducting a Waterway Suitability Assessment, evaluating various safety
and security aspects associated with Sound Energy Solution's proposed
project. This risk assessment will be accomplished through a series of
workshops focusing on the areas of waterways safety, port security, and
consequence management, with involvement from a broad cross-section of
government and port stakeholders with expertise in each of the
respective areas. The workshops will be by invitation only. However,
comments received during the public comment period will be considered
as input into the risk assessment process and to FERC's Environmental
Impact Statement.
Additional Information
Additional information about the Sound Energy Solutions LNG project
is available from FERC's Office of External Affairs at 1-866-208-FERC
or on the FERC Internet Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) using their
eLibrary link. For assistance, please contact FERC online support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY
contact 1-202-502-8659.
Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities
For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities, or to request assistance at the meeting, contact
Lieutenant Peter Gooding listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
as soon as possible.
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Dated: June 20, 2005.
Commander David Crowley,
Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Captain of the Port Los Angeles-
Long Beach.
[FR Doc. 05-12732 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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