Calypso LNG LLC, Calypso Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application, 65031-65032 [E6-18598]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG–2006–26009]
Calypso LNG LLC, Calypso Liquefied
Natural Gas Deepwater Port License
Application
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of application.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
announce that they have received an
application for the licensing of a natural
gas deepwater port, and that the
application appears to contain the
required information. This notice
summarizes the applicant’s plans and
the procedures that will be followed in
considering the application.
DATES: The Deepwater Port Act of 1974,
as amended, requires any public hearing
on this application to be held not later
than 240 days after this notice, and
requires a decision on the application to
be made not later than 90 days after the
final public hearing.
ADDRESSES: The public docket for
USCG–2006–26009 is maintained by
the: Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590–0001.
Docket contents are 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
https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary K. Jager, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone: 202–372–1454, e-mail:
Mary.K.Jager@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone: 202–493–
0402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Receipt of Application
On March 1, 2006, the Coast Guard
and MARAD received an application
from Calypso LNG LLC, 1990 Post Oak
Boulevard, Suite 1900, Houston, Texas
77056 for all Federal authorizations
required for a license to own, construct,
and operate a deepwater port governed
by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as
amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. (the
Act). On October 27, 2006, we
determined that the application appears
to contain all information required by
the Act.
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Background
According to the Act, a deepwater
port is a fixed or floating manmade
structure other than a vessel, or a group
of structures, located beyond State
seaward boundaries and used or
intended for use as a port or terminal for
the transportation, storage, and further
handling of oil or natural gas for
transportation to any State.
A deepwater port must be licensed by
the Maritime Administrator (by
delegated authority of the Secretary of
Transportation, published on June 18,
2003 (68 FR 36496)). Statutory and
regulatory requirements for licensing
appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. and in
33 CFR Part 148. Under delegations
from and agreements between the
Secretary of Transportation and the
Secretary of Homeland Security,
applications are processed by the Coast
Guard and MARAD. Each application is
considered on its merits.
The Act requires adherence to a strict
timeline for processing an application.
Once we determine that an application
contains the required information, we
must hold public hearings on the
application within 240 days, and the
Maritime Administrator must render a
decision on the application within 330
days. We will publish additional
Federal Register notices to inform you
of these public hearings and other
procedural milestones, including
environmental review. The Maritime
Administrator’s decision, and other key
documents, will be filed in the public
docket.
At least one public hearing must take
place in each adjacent coastal State. For
purposes of the Act, Florida is the
adjacent coastal State for this
application. Other States can apply for
adjacent coastal State status in
accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2).
Summary of the Application
Calypso LNG LLC, proposes to own,
construct, and operate a deepwater port,
named Calypso, in the Federal waters of
the Outer Continental Shelf in the OCS
NG 17–06 (Bahamas) lease area,
approximately 8 to 10 miles off the east
coast of Florida to the northeast of Port
Everglades, in a water depth of
approximately 800 to 950 feet. Calypso
would consist of a permanently moored
unloading buoy system with two (2)
submersible buoys separated by a
distance of approximately three (3)
miles. Each unloading buoy would be
permanently secured to eight or nine
mooring lines, consisting of wire rope,
chain, and buoyancy elements, each
attached to anchor points on the seabed.
Anchor points would consist of a
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combination of suction piles and gravity
anchors.
The buoys would be designed to moor
and unload two (2) types of LNG
vessels: a transport and regasification
vessel (TRV) of approximately 140,000
cubic meter capacity and a storage and
regasification ship (SRS) of
approximately 250,000 cubic meter
capacity. Both vessels would be
equipped to vaporize LNG cargo to
natural gas through an onboard closed
loop vaporization system, and to
odorize and meter gas for send-out by
means of the unloading buoy to
conventional subsea pipelines. The
TRVs would moor to the westernmost
buoy, and the SRS to the easternmost
buoy. The mooring buoys would be
connected through the vessels’ hulls to
specially designed turrets that would
enable the vessel to weathervane or
rotate in response to prevailing wind,
wave, and current directions. When the
vessels are not present, the buoys would
be submerged approximately 100 feet
below the sea surface.
The unloading buoys would connect
through flexible risers and two (2)
approximately 2.5 mile long 30-inch
flowlines located on the seabed that
would connect directly to the Calypso
pipeline, a Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) permitted pipeline.
Three types of vessels would be
associated with the port: the TRV drawn
from the existing and future global fleet
of specialized LNG carriers compatible
with Calypso’s unloading buoy system;
the SRS, a specialized, purpose-built
modified LNG carrier, designed to
accept, regasify, odorize and meter LNG
from conventional LNG carriers and
deliver it to the pipeline through
Calypso’s unloading buoy system; and
conventional LNG carriers. When empty
the TRV would disconnect from the
buoy and leave the port, followed by
another full TRV that would arrive and
connect to the buoy. The SRS would
normally remain attached to its mooring
buoy. To sustain continuous
vaporization, the SRS’ cargo tanks
would be refilled approximately every
two (2) to four (4) days by standard LNG
carriers drawn from the global fleet. The
SRS would be capable of detaching from
the buoy if threatened by a severe storm,
such as a hurricane, and move under its
own power to safety; then return and
reconnect to the buoy and continue
operations once the storm danger
passed.
Calypso would be capable of
delivering natural gas in a continuous
flow by having at least one TRV or SRS
regasifying at all times. The system
would be designed so that a TRV and
SRS can be moored simultaneously for
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concurrent unloading of natural gas.
Calypso would have an average
throughput capacity of approximately
1.1 billion standard cubic feet per day
and a peak delivery capacity of 1.9
Bcsfd.
No onshore pipelines or LNG storage
facilities are associated with the
proposed deepwater port application. A
shore based facility would be used to
facilitate movement of personnel,
equipment, supplies, and disposable
materials between the port and shore.
Construction of the deepwater port
would be expected to take three (3)
years; with startup of commercial
operations following construction,
should a license be issued. The
deepwater port would be designed,
constructed and operated in accordance
with applicable codes and standards
and would have an expected operating
life of approximately 25 years.
Privacy Act
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
(Authority 49 CFR 1.66)
Dated: October 31, 2006.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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by section 1(a)(7) of the Consolidated
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554, December 21, 2000), amended the
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2006-26009]
Calypso LNG LLC, Calypso Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port
License Application
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD)
announce that they have received an application for the licensing of a
natural gas deepwater port, and that the application appears to contain
the required information. This notice summarizes the applicant's plans
and the procedures that will be followed in considering the
application.
DATES: The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, requires any public
hearing on this application to be held not later than 240 days after
this notice, and requires a decision on the application to be made not
later than 90 days after the final public hearing.
ADDRESSES: The public docket for USCG-2006-26009 is maintained by the:
Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Docket contents are 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 https://
dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary K. Jager, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone: 202-372-1454, e-mail: Mary.K.Jager@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone: 202-493-0402.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Receipt of Application
On March 1, 2006, the Coast Guard and MARAD received an application
from Calypso LNG LLC, 1990 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 1900, Houston,
Texas 77056 for all Federal authorizations required for a license to
own, construct, and operate a deepwater port governed by the Deepwater
Port Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. (the Act). On
October 27, 2006, we determined that the application appears to contain
all information required by the Act.
Background
According to the Act, a deepwater port is a fixed or floating
manmade structure other than a vessel, or a group of structures,
located beyond State seaward boundaries and used or intended for use as
a port or terminal for the transportation, storage, and further
handling of oil or natural gas for transportation to any State.
A deepwater port must be licensed by the Maritime Administrator (by
delegated authority of the Secretary of Transportation, published on
June 18, 2003 (68 FR 36496)). Statutory and regulatory requirements for
licensing appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. and in 33 CFR Part 148.
Under delegations from and agreements between the Secretary of
Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security, applications are
processed by the Coast Guard and MARAD. Each application is considered
on its merits.
The Act requires adherence to a strict timeline for processing an
application. Once we determine that an application contains the
required information, we must hold public hearings on the application
within 240 days, and the Maritime Administrator must render a decision
on the application within 330 days. We will publish additional Federal
Register notices to inform you of these public hearings and other
procedural milestones, including environmental review. The Maritime
Administrator's decision, and other key documents, will be filed in the
public docket.
At least one public hearing must take place in each adjacent
coastal State. For purposes of the Act, Florida is the adjacent coastal
State for this application. Other States can apply for adjacent coastal
State status in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2).
Summary of the Application
Calypso LNG LLC, proposes to own, construct, and operate a
deepwater port, named Calypso, in the Federal waters of the Outer
Continental Shelf in the OCS NG 17-06 (Bahamas) lease area,
approximately 8 to 10 miles off the east coast of Florida to the
northeast of Port Everglades, in a water depth of approximately 800 to
950 feet. Calypso would consist of a permanently moored unloading buoy
system with two (2) submersible buoys separated by a distance of
approximately three (3) miles. Each unloading buoy would be permanently
secured to eight or nine mooring lines, consisting of wire rope, chain,
and buoyancy elements, each attached to anchor points on the seabed.
Anchor points would consist of a
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combination of suction piles and gravity anchors.
The buoys would be designed to moor and unload two (2) types of LNG
vessels: a transport and regasification vessel (TRV) of approximately
140,000 cubic meter capacity and a storage and regasification ship
(SRS) of approximately 250,000 cubic meter capacity. Both vessels would
be equipped to vaporize LNG cargo to natural gas through an onboard
closed loop vaporization system, and to odorize and meter gas for send-
out by means of the unloading buoy to conventional subsea pipelines.
The TRVs would moor to the westernmost buoy, and the SRS to the
easternmost buoy. The mooring buoys would be connected through the
vessels' hulls to specially designed turrets that would enable the
vessel to weathervane or rotate in response to prevailing wind, wave,
and current directions. When the vessels are not present, the buoys
would be submerged approximately 100 feet below the sea surface.
The unloading buoys would connect through flexible risers and two
(2) approximately 2.5 mile long 30-inch flowlines located on the seabed
that would connect directly to the Calypso pipeline, a Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) permitted pipeline.
Three types of vessels would be associated with the port: the TRV
drawn from the existing and future global fleet of specialized LNG
carriers compatible with Calypso's unloading buoy system; the SRS, a
specialized, purpose-built modified LNG carrier, designed to accept,
regasify, odorize and meter LNG from conventional LNG carriers and
deliver it to the pipeline through Calypso's unloading buoy system; and
conventional LNG carriers. When empty the TRV would disconnect from the
buoy and leave the port, followed by another full TRV that would arrive
and connect to the buoy. The SRS would normally remain attached to its
mooring buoy. To sustain continuous vaporization, the SRS' cargo tanks
would be refilled approximately every two (2) to four (4) days by
standard LNG carriers drawn from the global fleet. The SRS would be
capable of detaching from the buoy if threatened by a severe storm,
such as a hurricane, and move under its own power to safety; then
return and reconnect to the buoy and continue operations once the storm
danger passed.
Calypso would be capable of delivering natural gas in a continuous
flow by having at least one TRV or SRS regasifying at all times. The
system would be designed so that a TRV and SRS can be moored
simultaneously for concurrent unloading of natural gas. Calypso would
have an average throughput capacity of approximately 1.1 billion
standard cubic feet per day and a peak delivery capacity of 1.9 Bcsfd.
No onshore pipelines or LNG storage facilities are associated with
the proposed deepwater port application. A shore based facility would
be used to facilitate movement of personnel, equipment, supplies, and
disposable materials between the port and shore.
Construction of the deepwater port would be expected to take three
(3) years; with startup of commercial operations following
construction, should a license be issued. The deepwater port would be
designed, constructed and operated in accordance with applicable codes
and standards and would have an expected operating life of
approximately 25 years.
Privacy Act
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
https://dms.dot.gov.
(Authority 49 CFR 1.66)
Dated: October 31, 2006.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Joel C. Richard,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-18598 Filed 11-3-06; 8:45 am]
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