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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;
Final Amended Application Public
Hearing and Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of availability; notice of
public meeting; request for comments.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration,
in cooperation with the U.S. Coast
Guard, announces the availability of the
Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the TORP
Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore Energy
Terminal (BOET) Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG) Deepwater Port amended license
application. The amended application
describes an LNG deepwater port
project that would be located in the Gulf
of Mexico, in Main Pass block MP 258,
approximately 63 miles south of Mobile
Point, Alabama. The Maritime
Administration and U.S. Coast Guard
will hold a public meeting, and request
public comments on matters relevant to
the approval or denial of the amended
license application. Publication of this
notice begins a 30-day comment period
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and provides information on how to
participate in the process.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
in Mobile, Alabama on March 31, 2010,
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will be
preceded by an open house from 5 p.m.
to 6 p.m. The public meeting may end
later than the stated time, depending on
the number of persons wishing to speak.
Material submitted in response to the
request for comments must reach the
Docket Management Facility by April
30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The open house and public
meeting will be held at the Mobile
Convention Center, One South Water
Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602;
telephone: 251–208–2100.
The Draft and Final Supplemental
EIS, the amended application,
comments and associated
documentation are available for viewing
at the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov under docket
number USCG–2006–24644.
Docket submissions for USCG–2006–
24644 should be addressed to:
Department of Transportation, Docket
Management Facility, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001.
The Docket Management Facility
accepts hand-delivered submissions,
and makes docket contents available for
public inspection and copying at this
address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The Facility telephone
number is 202–366–9329, the fax
number is 202–493–2251, and the Web
site for electronic submissions or for
electronic access to docket contents is
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Patrick Marchman, Maritime
Administration, telephone: 202–366–
8805, e-mail:
Patrick.Marchman@dot.gov; or 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:
Public Meeting and Open House
We invite you to learn about the
proposed deepwater port at an
informational open house, and to
comment at a public meeting on the
proposed action and the evaluation
contained in the FSEIS, and on matters
relevant to the approval or denial of the
license application. In order to allow
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everyone a chance to speak at the public
meeting, we may limit speaker time, or
extend the meeting hours, or both.
Before speaking, you must identify
yourself, and any organization you
represent, by name. Your remarks will
be recorded or transcribed for inclusion
in the public docket.
You may submit written material at
the public meeting, either in place of or
in addition to speaking. Written
material must include your name and
address and will be included in the
public docket.
Public docket materials will be made
available to the public on the Federal
Docket Management Facility (see
Request for Comments).
Our public meeting location is
wheelchair-accessible. If you plan to
attend the open house or public meeting
and need special assistance such as sign
language interpretation or other
reasonable accommodation, please
notify the Maritime Administration (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at
least three (3) business days in advance.
Include your contact information as
well as information about your specific
needs.
Request for Comments
We request public comments or other
relevant information on the FSEIS and
on matters relevant to the approval or
denial of the license application. The
public meeting is not the only
opportunity you have to comment. In
addition to or in place of attending this
meeting, you can submit comments to
the Docket Management Facility during
the public comment period (see DATES).
We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment
period.
Submissions should include:
• Docket number USCG–2006–24644.
• Your name and address.
Submit comments or material using
only one of the following methods:
• Electronic submission to FDMS,
https://www.regulations.gov.
• Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the
Docket Management Facility (see
ADDRESSES). Faxed or hand delivered
submissions must be unbound, no larger
than 8c by 11 inches, and suitable for
copying and electronic scanning. If you
mail your submission and want to know
when it reaches the Facility, please
include a stamped, self-addressed
postcard or envelope.
Regardless of the method used for
submitting comments or material, all
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change, to the FDMS Web site (https://
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any personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information
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makes it public. You may wish to read
the Privacy and Use Notice that is
available on the FDMS Web site and the
Department of Transportation Privacy
Act Notice that appeared in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477) (see Privacy Act). You may view
docket submissions at the Department of
Transportation Docket Management
Facility or electronically on the FDMS
Web site (see ADDRESSES).
Background
The Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental EIS for the proposed
action was published in the Federal
Register at 74 FR 39136, August 5, 2009
and the Draft Supplemental EIS was
published in the Federal Register at 74
FR 60310, November 20, 2009. The Draft
and Final Supplemental EIS,
application materials and associated
comments are available on the docket at
https://www.regulations.gov under
docket number USCG–2006–24644.
Information from the ‘‘Summary of the
Application’’ from previous Federal
Register notices is included below for
your convenience.
Proposed Action and Alternatives
The proposed action requiring
environmental review is the Federal
licensing of the proposed deepwater
port described in the ‘‘Summary of the
Application’’ below. The alternatives to
approving and licensing the proposed
port are: (1) Approving and licensing
with conditions (including conditions
designed to mitigate environmental
impact), or (2) denying the application,
which for purposes of environmental
review is the ‘‘no-action’’ alternative.
These alternatives are more fully
discussed in the FSEIS. The Maritime
Administration and the U.S. Coast
Guard are the lead Federal agencies for
the preparation of the Supplemental
EIS. You may address any questions
about the proposed action or the FSEIS
to the Maritime Administration project
manager or the U.S. Coast Guard project
manager, both are identified in FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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Summary of the Application
TORP Terminal LP proposes to own,
construct, and operate a deepwater port,
the Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal
(BOET), in the Federal waters of the
Outer Continental Shelf on Main Pass
block MP 258, located approximately 63
miles south of Mobile Point, Alabama,
in a water depth of approximately 425
feet. The proposed BOET deepwater
port would be capable of mooring a
single LNG carrier (LNGC) of up to
approximately 265,000 cubic meters
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(m3) (8.8 million cubic feet [ft3]) in
capacity.
The LNGC would be off-loaded using
a HiLoad LNG off-loading and
regasification unit (HiLoad), which is
proprietary technology consisting of a
remotely operated floating LNG transfer
and regasification unit that connects to
the hull of the LNGC. The HiLoad unit
would regasify the LNG and deliver the
gas via flexible gas pipes to the floating
regasification unit (FRU) located
approximately 300 meters (984 ft) from
the HiLoad unit. Ambient air vaporizers
(AAVs) with methanol as an
intermediate fluid (IF) would be located
aboard the FRU and would provide the
heat required to regasify the LNG as part
of a closed-loop vaporization system
design.
At the FRU, the gas would be metered
and sent out via interconnect pipelines
to four existing offshore pipelines
(Dauphin Natural Gas Pipeline,
Williams Natural Gas Pipeline, Destin
Natural Gas Pipeline, and Viosca Knoll
Gathering System [VKGS] Gas Pipeline)
that connect to the onshore natural gas
transmission pipeline system. Natural
gas would be delivered to customers
through existing facilities. BOET would
have an average throughput capacity of
1.2 billion standard cubic feet of gas per
day (Bscfd) (33.9 million cubic meters of
gas per day [m3/day]).
BOET’s major components would
include a turret mooring system (TMS),
a FRU, a HiLoad unit, two mooring lines
that connect the HiLoad to the FRU, two
high pressure (HP) flexible gas pipes,
two floating IF hoses, two umbilicals,
and 22.7 mi (36. km) of new subsea
pipelines.
No new onshore pipelines or LNG
storage facilities are proposed as part of
the construction and operation of BOET.
A shore-based facility will be used to
facilitate movement of personnel,
equipment, supplies, and disposable
materials between the terminal and
shore.
BOET will require permits from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
pursuant to the provisions of the Clean
Air Act, as amended, and the Clean
Water Act, as amended.
Should a license be issued,
construction of the deepwater port
would be expected to take thirty (30)
months, with startup of commercial
operations anticipated for 2014. The
deepwater port, if licensed, would be
designed, constructed, and operated in
accordance with applicable codes and
standards and would have an expected
operating life of approximately 25 years.
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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: March 15, 2010.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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and Domestic Trade, Maritime
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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; Final Amended
Application Public Hearing and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of public meeting; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration, in cooperation with the U.S.
Coast Guard, announces the availability of the Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the TORP Terminal LP,
Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Deepwater Port amended license application. The amended application
describes an LNG deepwater port project that would be located in the
Gulf of Mexico, in Main Pass block MP 258, approximately 63 miles south
of Mobile Point, Alabama. The Maritime Administration and U.S. Coast
Guard will hold a public meeting, and request public comments on
matters relevant to the approval or denial of the amended license
application. Publication of this notice begins a 30-day comment period
and provides information on how to participate in the process.
DATES: The public meeting will be held in Mobile, Alabama on March 31,
2010, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and will be preceded by an open house from
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The public meeting may end later than the stated time,
depending on the number of persons wishing to speak. Material submitted
in response to the request for comments must reach the Docket
Management Facility by April 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The open house and public meeting will be held at the Mobile
Convention Center, One South Water Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602;
telephone: 251-208-2100.
The Draft and Final Supplemental EIS, the amended application,
comments and associated documentation are available for viewing at the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web site: https://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2006-24644.
Docket submissions for USCG-2006-24644 should be addressed to:
Department of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
The Docket Management Facility accepts hand-delivered submissions,
and makes docket contents available for public inspection and copying
at this address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The Facility telephone number is 202-366-9329,
the fax number is 202-493-2251, and the Web site for electronic
submissions or for electronic access to docket contents is https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Patrick Marchman, Maritime
Administration, telephone: 202-366-8805, e-mail:
Patrick.Marchman@dot.gov; or 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:
Public Meeting and Open House
We invite you to learn about the proposed deepwater port at an
informational open house, and to comment at a public meeting on the
proposed action and the evaluation contained in the FSEIS, and on
matters relevant to the approval or denial of the license application.
In order to allow everyone a chance to speak at the public meeting, we
may limit speaker time, or extend the meeting hours, or both. Before
speaking, you must identify yourself, and any organization you
represent, by name. Your remarks will be recorded or transcribed for
inclusion in the public docket.
You may submit written material at the public meeting, either in
place of or in addition to speaking. Written material must include your
name and address and will be included in the public docket.
Public docket materials will be made available to the public on the
Federal Docket Management Facility (see Request for Comments).
Our public meeting location is wheelchair-accessible. If you plan
to attend the open house or public meeting and need special assistance
such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation,
please notify the Maritime Administration (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) at least three (3) business days in advance. Include your
contact information as well as information about your specific needs.
Request for Comments
We request public comments or other relevant information on the
FSEIS and on matters relevant to the approval or denial of the license
application. The public meeting is not the only opportunity you have to
comment. In addition to or in place of attending this meeting, you can
submit comments to the Docket Management Facility during the public
comment period (see DATES). We will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period.
Submissions should include:
Docket number USCG-2006-24644.
Your name and address.
Submit comments or material using only one of the following
methods:
Electronic submission to FDMS, https://www.regulations.gov.
Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the Docket Management
Facility (see ADDRESSES). Faxed or hand delivered submissions must be
unbound, no larger than 8[frac12] by 11 inches, and suitable for
copying and electronic scanning. If you mail your submission and want
to know when it reaches the Facility, please include a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope.
Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the FDMS Web site
(https://www.regulations.gov) and will include any personal information
you provide. Therefore, submitting this information
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makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Use Notice that
is available on the FDMS Web site and the Department of Transportation
Privacy Act Notice that appeared in the Federal Register on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477) (see Privacy Act). You may view docket submissions
at the Department of Transportation Docket Management Facility or
electronically on the FDMS Web site (see ADDRESSES).
Background
The Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental EIS for the proposed
action was published in the Federal Register at 74 FR 39136, August 5,
2009 and the Draft Supplemental EIS was published in the Federal
Register at 74 FR 60310, November 20, 2009. The Draft and Final
Supplemental EIS, application materials and associated comments are
available on the docket at https://www.regulations.gov under docket
number USCG-2006-24644. Information from the ``Summary of the
Application'' from previous Federal Register notices is included below
for your convenience.
Proposed Action and Alternatives
The proposed action requiring environmental review is the Federal
licensing of the proposed deepwater port described in the ``Summary of
the Application'' below. The alternatives to approving and licensing
the proposed port are: (1) Approving and licensing with conditions
(including conditions designed to mitigate environmental impact), or
(2) denying the application, which for purposes of environmental review
is the ``no-action'' alternative. These alternatives are more fully
discussed in the FSEIS. The Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast
Guard are the lead Federal agencies for the preparation of the
Supplemental EIS. You may address any questions about the proposed
action or the FSEIS to the Maritime Administration project manager or
the U.S. Coast Guard project manager, both are identified in FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Summary of the Application
TORP Terminal LP proposes to own, construct, and operate a
deepwater port, the Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET), in the
Federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf on Main Pass block MP
258, located approximately 63 miles south of Mobile Point, Alabama, in
a water depth of approximately 425 feet. The proposed BOET deepwater
port would be capable of mooring a single LNG carrier (LNGC) of up to
approximately 265,000 cubic meters (m3) (8.8 million cubic feet [ft3])
in capacity.
The LNGC would be off-loaded using a HiLoad LNG off-loading and
regasification unit (HiLoad), which is proprietary technology
consisting of a remotely operated floating LNG transfer and
regasification unit that connects to the hull of the LNGC. The HiLoad
unit would regasify the LNG and deliver the gas via flexible gas pipes
to the floating regasification unit (FRU) located approximately 300
meters (984 ft) from the HiLoad unit. Ambient air vaporizers (AAVs)
with methanol as an intermediate fluid (IF) would be located aboard the
FRU and would provide the heat required to regasify the LNG as part of
a closed-loop vaporization system design.
At the FRU, the gas would be metered and sent out via interconnect
pipelines to four existing offshore pipelines (Dauphin Natural Gas
Pipeline, Williams Natural Gas Pipeline, Destin Natural Gas Pipeline,
and Viosca Knoll Gathering System [VKGS] Gas Pipeline) that connect to
the onshore natural gas transmission pipeline system. Natural gas would
be delivered to customers through existing facilities. BOET would have
an average throughput capacity of 1.2 billion standard cubic feet of
gas per day (Bscfd) (33.9 million cubic meters of gas per day [m3/
day]).
BOET's major components would include a turret mooring system
(TMS), a FRU, a HiLoad unit, two mooring lines that connect the HiLoad
to the FRU, two high pressure (HP) flexible gas pipes, two floating IF
hoses, two umbilicals, and 22.7 mi (36. km) of new subsea pipelines.
No new onshore pipelines or LNG storage facilities are proposed as
part of the construction and operation of BOET. A shore-based facility
will be used to facilitate movement of personnel, equipment, supplies,
and disposable materials between the terminal and shore.
BOET will require permits from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Air Act, as amended, and
the Clean Water Act, as amended.
Should a license be issued, construction of the deepwater port
would be expected to take thirty (30) months, with startup of
commercial operations anticipated for 2014. The deepwater port, if
licensed, 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
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: March 15, 2010.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-6125 Filed 3-19-10; 8:45 am]
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