[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6911-6912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3354]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP02-379-000 and CP02-380-000]


Southern LNG, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental 
Assessment for the Proposed Elba Island Expansion Project

February 5, 2003.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or 
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) on the 
liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities proposed by Southern LNG, Inc. 
(Southern LNG) in the above-referenced docket.
    The EA was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The staff concludes that approval of the 
proposed project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not 
constitute a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality 
of the human environment.
    The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the proposed 
project which includes expansion of the existing Elba Island LNG import 
terminal in Chatham County, Georgia. Southern LNG proposes to:

--Construct an LNG unloading slip cut into Elba Island with two ship 
unloading docks;
--Construct a 1,000,000-barrel double walled LNG storage tank;
--Construct two boil-off gas compressors;
--Construct two first-stage (booster) LNG pumps;
--Construct a recondenser vessel;
--Construct three second-stage LNG pumps;
--Construct three submerged combustion vaporizers; and
--Construct a motor control center.

    The proposed facilities would expand the storage and sendout 
capacity of Southern LNG's existing LNG import terminal in Chatham 
County, Georgia. The proposal would: (1) Expand the storage capacity of 
the terminal; and (2) increase the sustainable daily sendout capability 
to 806 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d) and its peaking 
capacity to 1,215 MMscf/d. Southern LNG seeks import authorization in 
Docket No. CP02-379-000.
    The EA has been placed in the public files of the FERC. A limited 
number of copies of the EA are available for distribution and public 
inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference 
and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    Copies of the EA have been mailed to Federal, State and local 
agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, newspapers, 
and parties to this proceeding.
    Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. To ensure 
consideration prior to a Commission decision on the proposal, it is 
important that we receive your comments before the date specified 
below. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your 
comments are received in time and properly recorded:


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--Send an original and two copies of your comments to: Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, 
Washington, DC 20426.
--Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 1, PJ 
11.1;
--Reference Docket No. CP02-380-000; and
--Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on 
or before March 7, 2003.

    Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail 
deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include 
all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our 
environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions 
or protests to this proceeding.See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov under 
the ``e-Filing'' link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can 
file comments you will need to create a free account which can be 
created by clicking on ``Login to File'' and then ``New User Account.''
    Comments will be considered by the Commission but will not serve to 
make the commentor a party to the proceeding. Any person seeking to 
become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene 
pursuant to rule 214 of the Commission's rules of practice and 
procedures (18 CFR 385.214).\1\ Only intervenors have the right to seek 
rehearing of the Commission's decision.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing 
comments electronically.
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    Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be 
granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they 
have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be 
adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor 
status to have your comments considered.
    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the 
FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the FERRIS link. 
Click on the FERRIS link, enter the docket number excluding the last 
three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an 
appropriate date range. For assistance with FERRIS, the FERRIS helpline 
can be reached at 1-866-208-3676, TTY (202) 502-8659 or at 
[email protected]. The FERRIS link on the FERC Internet Web 
site also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by 
the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-3354 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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