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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG–2006–24644]
TORP Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore
Energy Terminal Liquefied Natural Gas
Deepwater Port License Application
Amendment; Preparation of
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of Amended Application;
Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration
and the U.S. Coast Guard announce
receipt of an application amendment for
the licensing of the TORP Terminal LP,
Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal
(BOET) liquefied natural gas (LNG)
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deepwater port. The application
amendment contains the information
required to continue processing the
application. This notice summarizes the
applicant’s plans and the procedures
that will be followed in considering this
application amendment. The Coast
Guard, in coordination with the
Maritime Administration, will prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) as part of the
environmental review of this license
application amendment.
The application amendment describes
the proposed change in project
regasification technology from the
‘‘open-loop’’ LNG vaporization system
originally proposed for TORP BOET to
a ‘‘closed-loop’’ LNG vaporization
system. The proposed vaporization
system consists of a floating
regasification unit (FRU) that contains
ambient air vaporization (AAV)
equipment to heat an intermediate fluid
that would be sent via flexible pipes to
a HiLoad floating regasification unit.
The HiLoad would dock to a LNG
carrier to provide station-keeping,
vaporization of the LNG on the HiLoad,
and transfer of natural gas back to the
FRU in a closed-loop system. The
proposed facility would be located in
the Gulf of Mexico, in Main Pass Block
MP 258, approximately 63 miles south
of Fort Morgan, Alabama. This location
is the same as that proposed in the
original application. The Draft and Final
Environmental Impact Statements were
published on the original application on
July 6, 2007 and August 8, 2008,
respectively.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the original
license application, the Draft and Final
Environmental Impact Statements
(DEIS/FEIS), the application
amendment and associated comments
and documentation are available for
viewing at the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Web site:
https://www.regulations.gov under
docket number USCG–2006–24644.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT
Hannah Kawamoto, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone: 202–372–1437, e-mail:
Hannah.K.Kawamoto@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 Amendment
On June 30, 2009, the Coast Guard
and Maritime Administration received
an amendment for the Bienville
Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET)
deepwater port license application from
TORP Terminal LP.
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Background
The construction and operation of a
deepwater port must be authorized by
the Secretary of Transportation (as
delegated to the Administrator of the
Maritime Administration). The Coast
Guard and Maritime Administration are
the lead federal agencies for reviewing
the sufficiency of deepwater port license
applications and assessing the proposed
project’s environmental impact on the
quality of the human environment (see
33 CFR part 148 et seq.).
After receiving the original
application, the Maritime
Administration and the Coast Guard
completed a Draft EIS released on July
6, 2007. An informational open house
and a public meeting were held in
Mobile, Alabama to allow public
comment and involvement. The Final
EIS was released on August 8, 2008, and
the final license hearing was held on
August 26, 2008, in Alabama, the
designated adjacent coastal state.
During the original application’s
public interest review process, public
and agency comments were submitted.
Several comments were received that
discussed ambient air vaporization
(AAV) technology as a reasonable
alternative for the project’s
regasification technology. The Final EIS
included a brief discussion and
evaluation of the AAV technology. The
Final EIS also included a brief
discussion and evaluation of a floating
storage and regasification unit (FSRU).
In the application amendment, the
applicant is proposing to use a floating
regasification unit (FRU). The difference
between a FSRU and FRU system is that
the FRU would not have any LNG
storage capability.
In the application amendment, the
applicant proposes to amend the project
to use AAV on a FRU to indirectly heat
LNG on a single HiLoad in a closed-loop
system. The original application
proposed to operate an open-loop
system using two HiLoads and a support
platform. As stated above, AAV was
discussed in the original application’s
FEIS as a generic system based on an
existing application of this technology
at an onshore LNG facility. The
application amendment contains a
diagram of the actual AAV design that
is proposed to be used.
After consulting with cooperating
Federal agencies, the Coast Guard and
Maritime Administration have
determined that a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
will provide the appropriate level of
information for the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
review and analysis. The decision to
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produce a SEIS was based upon the
finding that the proposed application
amendment: (i) Makes substantial
changes in the proposed action that are
relevant to environmental concerns; and
(ii) contains significant new
circumstances or information relevant to
environmental concerns and which bear
on the proposed action or its impacts.
The SEIS will describe the project’s
changed regasification system. As much
as possible, the SEIS will incorporate by
reference the recently published
Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal
(BOET) FEIS.
The SEIS process will allow ample
opportunity for meaningful public
comment and involvement. The Coast
Guard and Maritime Administration’s
initial review of the proposed project
changes indicate a reduction in impacts
in several key resource areas that were
originally identified with the open-loop
system. In addition, comments from
cooperating Federal agencies and the
public on the original EIS discussed and
supported the closed-loop AAV
technology as an environmentally
preferred alternative.
The Council on Environmental
Quality’s NEPA Regulations (40 CFR
1502.9(c)(4)) provide that scoping is not
required for a SEIS. Once completed, a
Draft SEIS will be announced in the
Federal Register and made available for
public comment. Following completion
and release of the Draft SEIS, there will
be a public notice and a 30-day
comment period where the Coast Guard
and Maritime Administration will
receive comments on both the amended
application and the Draft SEIS. A public
meeting will be held in Alabama
approximately two weeks after release
of the Draft SEIS. The Coast Guard and
Maritime Administration will consider
all comments and address them in the
Final SEIS. Following completion and
release of the Final SEIS, there will be
public notice and a 30-day comment
period where the Coast Guard and
Maritime Administration will receive
comments on the Final SEIS. A final
license hearing will be held in Alabama
approximately two weeks after the
release of the Final SEIS. A 45-day
comment period will follow the final
license hearing during which Federal
agencies may provide input to the
Maritime Administrator, and the
Governor of Alabama may advise the
Maritime Administrator of his decision
to approve or disapprove the license
application. Within 90 days of the final
license hearing, the Maritime
Administration will issue a record of
decision (ROD) on the application.
Questions about the proposed action
or the SEIS process may be addressed to
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the Coast Guard project manager
identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Privacy Act
The electronic form of all comments
received into the Federal Docket
Management System can be searched by
the name of the individual submitting
the comment (or signing the comment,
if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). The DOT
Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in
the Federal Register published on April
11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages
19477–78) or you may visit https://
www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
Dated: July 28, 2009.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Murray Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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Transportation (the Secretary) to create
a Value Pricing Pilot (VPP) program.
Congestion pricing encompasses a
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tolling of highway facilities, as well as
other strategies that do not involve tolls,
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as also noted in the September 16, 2008,
notice for VPP program participation (73
FR 53478). An agreement will be
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for a project or projects has been signed
and when the project or projects has or
have been completed, and (2) if VPP
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progress in moving forward to use its
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2006-24644]
TORP Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal Liquefied
Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application Amendment; Preparation
of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Amended Application; Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard announce
receipt of an application amendment for the licensing of the TORP
Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET) liquefied
natural gas (LNG)
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deepwater port. The application amendment contains the information
required to continue processing the application. This notice summarizes
the applicant's plans and the procedures that will be followed in
considering this application amendment. The Coast Guard, in
coordination with the Maritime Administration, will prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) as part of the
environmental review of this license application amendment.
The application amendment describes the proposed change in project
regasification technology from the ``open-loop'' LNG vaporization
system originally proposed for TORP BOET to a ``closed-loop'' LNG
vaporization system. The proposed vaporization system consists of a
floating regasification unit (FRU) that contains ambient air
vaporization (AAV) equipment to heat an intermediate fluid that would
be sent via flexible pipes to a HiLoad floating regasification unit.
The HiLoad would dock to a LNG carrier to provide station-keeping,
vaporization of the LNG on the HiLoad, and transfer of natural gas back
to the FRU in a closed-loop system. The proposed facility would be
located in the Gulf of Mexico, in Main Pass Block MP 258, approximately
63 miles south of Fort Morgan, Alabama. This location is the same as
that proposed in the original application. The Draft and Final
Environmental Impact Statements were published on the original
application on July 6, 2007 and August 8, 2008, respectively.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the original license application, the Draft and
Final Environmental Impact Statements (DEIS/FEIS), the application
amendment and associated comments and documentation are available for
viewing at the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web site: https://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2006-24644.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT Hannah Kawamoto, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone: 202-372-1437, e-mail: Hannah.K.Kawamoto@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 Amendment
On June 30, 2009, the Coast Guard and Maritime Administration
received an amendment for the Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET)
deepwater port license application from TORP Terminal LP.
Background
The construction and operation of a deepwater port must be
authorized by the Secretary of Transportation (as delegated to the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration). The Coast Guard and
Maritime Administration are the lead federal agencies for reviewing the
sufficiency of deepwater port license applications and assessing the
proposed project's environmental impact on the quality of the human
environment (see 33 CFR part 148 et seq.).
After receiving the original application, the Maritime
Administration and the Coast Guard completed a Draft EIS released on
July 6, 2007. An informational open house and a public meeting were
held in Mobile, Alabama to allow public comment and involvement. The
Final EIS was released on August 8, 2008, and the final license hearing
was held on August 26, 2008, in Alabama, the designated adjacent
coastal state.
During the original application's public interest review process,
public and agency comments were submitted. Several comments were
received that discussed ambient air vaporization (AAV) technology as a
reasonable alternative for the project's regasification technology. The
Final EIS included a brief discussion and evaluation of the AAV
technology. The Final EIS also included a brief discussion and
evaluation of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). In the
application amendment, the applicant is proposing to use a floating
regasification unit (FRU). The difference between a FSRU and FRU system
is that the FRU would not have any LNG storage capability.
In the application amendment, the applicant proposes to amend the
project to use AAV on a FRU to indirectly heat LNG on a single HiLoad
in a closed-loop system. The original application proposed to operate
an open-loop system using two HiLoads and a support platform. As stated
above, AAV was discussed in the original application's FEIS as a
generic system based on an existing application of this technology at
an onshore LNG facility. The application amendment contains a diagram
of the actual AAV design that is proposed to be used.
After consulting with cooperating Federal agencies, the Coast Guard
and Maritime Administration have determined that a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) will provide the appropriate
level of information for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
review and analysis. The decision to produce a SEIS was based upon the
finding that the proposed application amendment: (i) Makes substantial
changes in the proposed action that are relevant to environmental
concerns; and (ii) contains significant new circumstances or
information relevant to environmental concerns and which bear on the
proposed action or its impacts. The SEIS will describe the project's
changed regasification system. As much as possible, the SEIS will
incorporate by reference the recently published Bienville Offshore
Energy Terminal (BOET) FEIS.
The SEIS process will allow ample opportunity for meaningful public
comment and involvement. The Coast Guard and Maritime Administration's
initial review of the proposed project changes indicate a reduction in
impacts in several key resource areas that were originally identified
with the open-loop system. In addition, comments from cooperating
Federal agencies and the public on the original EIS discussed and
supported the closed-loop AAV technology as an environmentally
preferred alternative.
The Council on Environmental Quality's NEPA Regulations (40 CFR
1502.9(c)(4)) provide that scoping is not required for a SEIS. Once
completed, a Draft SEIS will be announced in the Federal Register and
made available for public comment. Following completion and release of
the Draft SEIS, there will be a public notice and a 30-day comment
period where the Coast Guard and Maritime Administration will receive
comments on both the amended application and the Draft SEIS. A public
meeting will be held in Alabama approximately two weeks after release
of the Draft SEIS. The Coast Guard and Maritime Administration will
consider all comments and address them in the Final SEIS. Following
completion and release of the Final SEIS, there will be public notice
and a 30-day comment period where the Coast Guard and Maritime
Administration will receive comments on the Final SEIS. A final license
hearing will be held in Alabama approximately two weeks after the
release of the Final SEIS. A 45-day comment period will follow the
final license hearing during which Federal agencies may provide input
to the Maritime Administrator, and the Governor of Alabama may advise
the Maritime Administrator of his decision to approve or disapprove the
license application. Within 90 days of the final license hearing, the
Maritime Administration will issue a record of decision (ROD) on the
application.
Questions about the proposed action or the SEIS process may be
addressed to
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the Coast Guard project manager identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Privacy Act
The electronic form of all comments received into the Federal
Docket Management System can be searched by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). The DOT Privacy Act
Statement can be viewed in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
Dated: July 28, 2009.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Murray Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-18682 Filed 8-4-09; 8:45 am]
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