Port Dolphin Energy LLC; Notice of Application, 27552-27553 [E7-9353]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27552-27553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9353]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP07-191-000; CP07-192-000]


Port Dolphin Energy LLC; Notice of Application

May 9, 2007.
    Take notice that on April 25, 2007, Port Dolphin Energy LLC (Port 
Dolphin), 12727 Featherwood, Suite 113, Houston, Texas 77034, filed in 
Docket Nos. CP07-191-000 and CP07-192-000 an application, pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157, Subpart A of the 
Commission's regulations, for: (1) a certificate of public convenience 
and necessity authorizing Port Dolphin to construct, install, own, 
operate, and maintain a single-use, 5.8-mile natural gas pipeline and 
related facilities necessary to provide transportation from the 
proposed Port Dolphin Project, a deepwater port offshore of Tampa Bay, 
Florida, to interconnections with Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C. 
(Gulfstream) and TECO Energy, Inc. (TECO), with applicable waivers; and 
(2) a blanket construction certificate pursuant to Subpart F of Part 
157 of the Commission's regulations. The application is on file with 
the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may also be 
viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call (866) 208-
3767 or TYY, (202) 502-8659.
    The Port Dolphin Pipeline will be a proprietary, single-use 
pipeline dedicated solely to transporting re-gasified LNG from the Port 
Dolphin Project with a capacity up to 1,200 million standard cubic feet 
per day (MMscf/d). Port Dolphin states that it will operate the Port 
Dolphin port as a proprietary LNG receiving and re-gasification 
facility pursuant to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974. Accordingly, Port 
Dolphin filed an application to construct and operate the offshore 
portions of the Port Dolphin Project with the Maritime Administration 
and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) on March 29, 2007.
    The USCG will serve as the lead agency responsible for developing 
and issuing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for both the 
deepwater port and the associated onshore pipeline and related 
facilities referenced in this Notice. The FERC will act as a 
cooperating agency in developing the EIS. The filing of the final EIS 
in the Commission's public record for this proceeding will serve to 
notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of 
all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal 
authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the final EIS.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
Ragnar Wisloff or Jeff Oetting, Port Dolphin Energy LLC, 12727 
Featherwood, Suite 113, Houston, Texas 77034, phone (281) 922-1822.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before March 25, 2004, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, D.C. 20426, a motion to 
intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the 
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 
status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary 
of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the 
applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of 
filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant 
and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the 
proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the 
proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.

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    The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the completion of its review of the 
environmental aspects of the project. This preliminary determination 
typically considers such issues as the need for the project and its 
economic effect on existing customers of the applicant, on other 
pipelines in the area, and on landowners and communities. For example, 
the Commission considers the extent to which the applicant may need to 
exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-way for the proposed 
project and balances that against the non-environmental benefits to be 
provided by the project. Therefore, if a person has comments on 
community and landowner impacts from this proposal, it is important 
either to file comments or to intervene as early in the process as 
possible.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically 
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    Comment Date: May 30, 2007.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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