Clearwater Port LLC, Clearwater Port Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application, 50445-50446 [E7-17326]
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and certified that he does not have
diabetic retinopathy. He holds a Class A
CDL from Illinois.
Jeffrey S. Volkman
Mr. Volkman, 32, has had ITDM since
2002. His endocrinologist examined him
in 2007 and certified that he has had no
hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss
of consciousness, requiring the
assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning in the
past 5 years; understands diabetes
management and monitoring; and has
stable control of his diabetes using
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV
safely. Mr. Volkman meets the
requirements of the vision standard at
49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). His optometrist
examined him in 2006 and certified that
he does not have diabetic retinopathy.
He holds a Class R operator’s license
from Colorado, which allows him to
operate any motor vehicle with a gross
vehicle rating of less than 26,001
pounds.
Kendall H. Wilson
Mr. Wilson, 47, has had ITDM since
2007. His endocrinologist examined him
in 2007 and certified that he has had no
hypoglycemic reactions resulting in loss
of consciousness, requiring the
assistance of another person, or
resulting in impaired cognitive function
that occurred without warning in the
past 5 years; understands diabetes
management and monitoring; and has
stable control of his diabetes using
insulin, and is able to drive a CMV
safely. Mr. Wilson meets the
requirements of the vision standard at
49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). His
ophthalmologist examined him in 2007
and certified that he has stable
nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy.
He holds a Class A CDL from Illinois.
Request for Comments
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, FMCSA requests public
comment from all interested persons on
the exemption petitions described in
this Notice. We will consider all
comments received before the close of
business on the closing date indicated
earlier in the dates section of the Notice.
FMCSA notes that section 4129 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible and
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
requires the Secretary to revise its
diabetes exemption program established
on September 3, 2003 (68 FR 52441).1
The revision must provide for
1 Section 4129(a) refers to the 2003 Notice as a
‘‘final rule.’’ However, the 2003 Notice did not issue
a ‘‘final rule’’ but did establish the procedures and
standards for issuing exemptions for drivers with
ITDM.
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individual assessment of drivers with
diabetes mellitus, and be consistent
with the criteria described in section
4018 of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 31305).
Section 4129 requires: (1) The
elimination of the requirement for three
years of experience operating CMVs
while being treated with insulin; and (2)
the establishment of a specified
minimum period of insulin use to
demonstrate stable control of diabetes
before being allowed to operate a CMV.
In response to section 4129, FMCSA
made immediate revisions to the
diabetes exemption program established
by the September 3, 2003 Notice.
FMCSA discontinued use of the 3-year
driving experience and fulfilled the
requirements of section 4129 while
continuing to ensure that operation of
CMVs by drivers with ITDM will
achieve the requisite level of safety
required of all exemptions granted
under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e).
Section 4129(d) also directed FMCSA
to ensure that drivers of CMVs with
ITDM are not held to a higher standard
than other drivers, with the exception of
limited operating, monitoring and
medical requirements that are deemed
medically necessary. FMCSA concluded
that all of the operating, monitoring and
medical requirements set out in the
September 3, 2003 Notice, except as
modified, were in compliance with
section 4129(d). Therefore, all of the
requirements set out in the September 3,
2003 Notice, except as modified by the
Notice in the Federal Register on
November 8, 2005 (70 FR 67777),
remain in effect.
Dated: August 27, 2007.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG–2007–28676]
Clearwater Port LLC, Clearwater Port
Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port
License Application
Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the
Maritime Administration 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
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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 is
maintained by the: Department of
Transportation, Docket Management
Facility, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
The docket bears a U.S. Coast Guard
identifying number, USCG–2007–28676,
which should be included in your
submission, because the Coast Guard
handles much of the processing for each
license application. Docket contents are
available for public inspection and
copying, at this address, in room W12–
140, 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: Ray
Martin, U.S. Coast Guard, at (202) 372–
1449 or Raymond.W.Martin@uscg.mil,
Kevin Tone, U.S. Coast Guard, at (202)
372–1441 or Kevin.P.Tone@uscg.mil, or
Mr. Scott Davies, U.S. Maritime
Administration, at (202) 366–2763 or
Scott.Davies@dot.gov. 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 July 5, 2006, the Maritime
Administration received an application
from Clearwater Port LLC 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 August 23, 2007,
the Maritime Administration
determined that the application
contains 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.
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A deepwater port must be licensed by
the Secretary of Transportation.
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 U.S.
Coast Guard and the Maritime
Administration. Each application is
considered on its merits.
The Act provides strict deadlines 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 Secretary of
Transportation 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 Secretary’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, California 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
Clearwater Port LLC (a subsidiary of
NorthernStar Natural Gas, LLC) is
proposing to construct Clearwater Port,
an offshore liquefied natural gas
receiving terminal and regasification
facility located in federal waters
approximately 10.5 miles offshore of the
coast of Oxnard, California in Federal
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease
Block OCS–P 0217. Clearwater Port
would be comprised primarily of
Platform Grace, an offset dual berth
(ODB) Satellite Service Platform that
would be installed adjacent to Platform
Grace for docking of the LNG carriers;
and a new 36-inch subsea pipeline to
transport vaporized natural gas from the
platform connecting at a junction point
onshore at a Southern California Gas
Company (SoCalGas) pipeline located in
Rancho Santa Clara near Camarillo,
California. The pipeline would come
ashore within the Reliant Energy
Mandalay Power Generating Station and
connect with a new gas receiving and
metering facility. The onshore
components of the project would consist
of approximately 63 miles of new
pipeline by expanding the SoCalGas
pipeline system as follows: A 36-inch
pipeline extending 12.9 miles from the
Reliant Energy Mandalay Power
Generating Station to the existing Center
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Road Station; a 36-inch pipeline
extending 37 miles to loop the existing
Line 324 for transport of additional
capacities from the Center Road Station
to the existing Saugus Station; an 8.75mile leg of 36-inch pipeline to loop the
existing Line 225 for transport of
additional capacities from the existing
Honor Rancho Station to the Quigley
Station; and, a final 4.5-mile leg of 36inch pipeline to extend the existing Line
3008 (currently from the Quigley Valve
Station to the Newhall Valve Station) for
transport of additional capacities from
the existing Quigley Valve Station to the
existing Balboa Station.
The deepwater port would be able to
receive approximately 139 LNG carriers
annually and accommodate two LNG
carriers ranging from 70,000 m3 to
220,000 m3 in capacity. The carriers
would transfer LNG one carrier at a time
through a conventional marine loading
arm system to the platform via a
cryogenic pipe-in-pipe where it would
be regasified by an ambient air vaporizer
(AAV) system. The AAV would have the
capacity to achieve an average hourly
rate of 2300 m3, an average daily gas
send-out of 1.2 Bcfd and a peak sendout capacity of 1.4 Bcfd. Construction of
the deep water port would be expected
to take three (3) years; with start-up of
commercial operations following
construction, should a Federal license
and the required California State lease
and permits be issued. The deep water
port would be designed, constructed
and operated in accordance with
applicable codes and standards and
would have an expected operating life
of approximately 30 years.
(Authority 49 CFR 1.66)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: August 27, 2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund; Funding Opportunity
Title: Notice of Funds Availability
(NOFA) Inviting Applications for the FY
2008 Funding Round of the Community
Development Financial Institutions
(CDFI) Program; Announcement Type:
Initial Announcement of Funding
Opportunity
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 21.020.)
Applications for the FY 2008
funding round of the CDFI Program
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Subject to funding
availability, this NOFA is issued in
connection with the FY 2008 funding
round of the CDFI Program.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Through the CDFI Program, the
Fund provides: (i) Financial Assistance
(FA) awards to CDFIs that have
Comprehensive Business Plans for
creating demonstrable community
development impact through the
deployment of credit, capital, and
financial services within their
respective Target Markets or the
expansion into new Investment Areas,
Low-Income Targeted Populations, or
Other Targeted Populations, and (ii)
Technical Assistance (TA) grants to
CDFIs and entities proposing to become
CDFIs in order to build their capacity to
better address the community
development and capital access needs of
their existing or proposed Target
Markets and/or to become certified
CDFIs.
B. The regulations governing the CDFI
Program are found at 12 CFR Part 1805
(the Interim Rule) and provide guidance
on evaluation criteria and other
requirements of the CDFI Program. The
Fund encourages Applicants to review
the Interim Rule. Detailed application
content requirements are found in the
applicable funding application and
related guidance materials. Each
capitalized term in this NOFA is more
fully defined in the Interim Rule, the
application or the guidance materials.
C. The Fund reserves the right to
fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or
none of the applications submitted in
response to this NOFA. The Fund
reserves the right to re-allocate funds
from the amount that is anticipated to
be available under this NOFA to other
Fund programs, particularly if the Fund
determines that the number of awards
made under this NOFA is fewer than
projected.
II. Award Information
A. Funding Availability:
1. FY 2008 Funding Round: Through
this NOFA, and subject to funding
availability, the Fund expects that it
may award approximately $26 million
in appropriated funds, of which: (i)
Approximately $2 million in
appropriated funds may be awarded to
Category I/SECA Applicants in the form
of FA awards and TA grants; (ii)
approximately $22 million in
appropriated funds may be awarded to
Category II/Core Applicants in the form
of FA awards and TA; and (iii)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2007-28676]
Clearwater Port LLC, Clearwater Port 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 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 is maintained by the: Department of
Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
The docket bears a U.S. Coast Guard identifying number, USCG-2007-
28676, which should be included in your submission, because the Coast
Guard handles much of the processing for each license application.
Docket contents are available for public inspection and copying, at
this address, in room W12-140, 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: Ray Martin, U.S. Coast Guard, at (202)
372-1449 or Raymond.W.Martin@uscg.mil, Kevin Tone, U.S. Coast Guard, at
(202) 372-1441 or Kevin.P.Tone@uscg.mil, or Mr. Scott Davies, U.S.
Maritime Administration, at (202) 366-2763 or Scott.Davies@dot.gov. 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 July 5, 2006, the Maritime Administration received an
application from Clearwater Port LLC 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 August 23, 2007, the Maritime Administration
determined that the application contains 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.
[[Page 50446]]
A deepwater port must be licensed by the Secretary of
Transportation. 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 U.S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration. Each application
is considered on its merits.
The Act provides strict deadlines 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 Secretary of Transportation 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 Secretary'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, California 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
Clearwater Port LLC (a subsidiary of NorthernStar Natural Gas, LLC)
is proposing to construct Clearwater Port, an offshore liquefied
natural gas receiving terminal and regasification facility located in
federal waters approximately 10.5 miles offshore of the coast of
Oxnard, California in Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Block
OCS-P 0217. Clearwater Port would be comprised primarily of Platform
Grace, an offset dual berth (ODB) Satellite Service Platform that would
be installed adjacent to Platform Grace for docking of the LNG
carriers; and a new 36-inch subsea pipeline to transport vaporized
natural gas from the platform connecting at a junction point onshore at
a Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) pipeline located in Rancho
Santa Clara near Camarillo, California. The pipeline would come ashore
within the Reliant Energy Mandalay Power Generating Station and connect
with a new gas receiving and metering facility. The onshore components
of the project would consist of approximately 63 miles of new pipeline
by expanding the SoCalGas pipeline system as follows: A 36-inch
pipeline extending 12.9 miles from the Reliant Energy Mandalay Power
Generating Station to the existing Center Road Station; a 36-inch
pipeline extending 37 miles to loop the existing Line 324 for transport
of additional capacities from the Center Road Station to the existing
Saugus Station; an 8.75-mile leg of 36-inch pipeline to loop the
existing Line 225 for transport of additional capacities from the
existing Honor Rancho Station to the Quigley Station; and, a final 4.5-
mile leg of 36-inch pipeline to extend the existing Line 3008
(currently from the Quigley Valve Station to the Newhall Valve Station)
for transport of additional capacities from the existing Quigley Valve
Station to the existing Balboa Station.
The deepwater port would be able to receive approximately 139 LNG
carriers annually and accommodate two LNG carriers ranging from 70,000
m\3\ to 220,000 m\3\ in capacity. The carriers would transfer LNG one
carrier at a time through a conventional marine loading arm system to
the platform via a cryogenic pipe-in-pipe where it would be regasified
by an ambient air vaporizer (AAV) system. The AAV would have the
capacity to achieve an average hourly rate of 2300 m\3\, an average
daily gas send-out of 1.2 Bcfd and a peak send-out capacity of 1.4
Bcfd. Construction of the deep water port would be expected to take
three (3) years; with start-up of commercial operations following
construction, should a Federal license and the required California
State lease and permits be issued. The deep water port would be
designed, constructed and operated in accordance with applicable codes
and standards and would have an expected operating life of
approximately 30 years.
(Authority 49 CFR 1.66)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: August 27, 2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-17326 Filed 8-30-07; 8:45 am]
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