[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19923-19924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11052]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FERC Docket No. CP95-35-000; PRPB Docket No. 94-62-1219-JPM]


Puerto Rico Planning Board; EcoElectrica, L.P.; Notice of 
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Proposed EcoElectrica LNG Import Terminal and 
Cogeneration Project in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

April 29, 1996.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and 
the Puerto Rico Planning Board (PRPB) have prepared this joint final 
environmental impact statement/environmental impact statement (FEIS/
EIS) on the natural gas facilities proposed by EcoElectrica, L.P. 
(EcoElectrica) in the above dockets.
    The FEIS/EIS was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the 
National Environmental Policy Act and Puerto Rico's law requiring an 
EIS under the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board Regulations 
(article 4[c] of Law No. 9). The FERC and PRPB staffs conclude that 
approval of the proposed project, with appropriate mitigation measures 
including receipt of necessary permits and approvals, would have 
limited adverse environmental impact. The Joint EIS evaluates 
alternatives to the proposal.
    The joint EIS assesses the potential environmental effects of the 
construction and operation of the proposed EcoElectrica LNG Import 
Terminal and Cogeneration project, which includes the following 
facilities:
     A marine terminal for unloading liquefied natural gas 
(LNG) tankers, two 1,000,000-barrel LNG storage tanks, and an LNG 
vaporization system.
     A 461-megawatt (10%) electric cogeneration 
facility that would use the vaporized LNG as a fuel source. The power 
plant facility would consist of two gas turbines fueled by natural gas 
and one steam generator. The gas turbines could also use propane (LPG) 
as a secondary fuel and low sulfur number 2 oil as an emergency fuel.
     A desalination facility that could generate up to 
4,000,000 gallons of potable water per day. The multistage flash system 
would use the surplus heat from power production to produce

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freshwater. The power plant would require up to 1,000,000 gallons per 
day for operating needs. The surplus would be sold for public use.
     Other facilities necessary for the operation of the 
cogeneration facility include a 2.3-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line connecting the plant substation to an existing Puerto 
Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) substation; a 3.5-mile-long, 8-
inch-diameter pipeline to supply LPG to the cogeneration facility; a 
2.0-mile-long, 12-inch-diameter water pipeline for connecting to an 
existing offsite water supply or to outside delivery systems; a 1.2-
mile-long 24-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline stub; and a 1.1-mile-
long, nominal 24-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline to serve the PREPA 
Costa Sur Power Plant.
    The joint EIS has been placed in the public files of the FERC and 
is available for public inspection at:

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference and Files 
Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE, Room 2E, Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 208-1371
Puerto Rico Planning Board, P.O. Box 41119, Santurce, Puerto Rico 
00940-1119, (809) 727-4444

    Copies have been mailed to Federal, Commonwealth, and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, public 
libraries, newspapers, and parties to this proceeding.
    A limited number of copies of the joint EIS are available from 
either:

Mr. Chris Zerby, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of 
Pipeline Regulation, Room 72-55, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 208-0111
Mrs. Maria Gordillo, Puerto Rico Planning Board, P.O. Box 41119, 
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00940-1119, (809) 727-4444

    Additional information about this project is available from Mr. 
Chris Zerby, FERC EIS Project Manager, at (202) 208-0111. Information 
concerning the involvement of the Puerto Rico Planning Board can be 
obtained from Mrs. Maria Gordillo, PRPB EIS Project Manager, at (809) 
727-4444.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-11052 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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