[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68949-68950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26096]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[CGD 01-04-093]


Notice, Announcement of Public Meeting and Extension of Comment 
Period; Letter of Recommendation, LNG Facility Weaver's Cove, Fall 
River, MA

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; and extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: In response to public comments on the proposed LNG facility at 
Weaver's Cove, Fall River, MA, the Coast Guard is sponsoring a public 
hearing. Additionally, the Coast Guard is reopening the public comment 
period an additional 60 days. These actions will afford the public and 
the owner or operator additional time and opportunity to provide the 
Coast Guard with information regarding the proposed Weaver's Cove LNG 
Facility.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Coast Guard on or 
before January 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety 
Office Providence maintains the public docket for this notice. Comments 
and documents will become part of this docket and will be available for 
inspection and copying at the same address between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You may submit comments 
and related material by:
    (1) Mail or delivery to Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Marine 
Safety

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Office, 20 Risho Avenue, East Providence, RI, 02914-1208.
    (2) Fax to 401-435-2399
    (3) Electronically via e-mail at [email protected].
    The public hearing location is the Bristol Community College, 
Margaret Jackson Arts Center Theater, 777 Elsbree Street, Fall River, 
Massachusetts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward G. LeBlanc at Coast Guard 
Marine Safety Office Providence, RI, 401-435-2351.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    In accordance with the requirements in 33 CFR 127.009, the U.S. 
Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) Providence is preparing a Letter 
of Recommendation as to the suitability of the Narragansett Bay 
waterways for liquefied natural gas (LNG) marine traffic. The Letter of 
Recommendation will be issued in response to a Letter of Intent to 
operate a LNG facility at Weaver's Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. On 
September 1, 2004, the COTP Providence published a Federal Register 
notice seeking comments on the suitability of Narragansett Bay and the 
Taunton River to accommodate LNG marine traffic. (See the Federal 
Register, Vol. 69, No. 169, Wednesday, September 1, 2004, pages 53455-
53457.) A total of 43 public comments were received by the November 1, 
2004, deadline, and nearly all of them requested that the Coast Guard 
hold a public meeting. Consequently, the Coast Guard will sponsor a 
public hearing at the time and place described in the Public Meeting 
paragraph below. Additionally, the Coast Guard is reopening the public 
comment period an additional 60 days.
    We encourage you to submit comments and related material pertaining 
specifically to the maritime operation and waterways management aspects 
of the proposed LNG facility. If you do so, please include your name 
and address, identify the docket number for this rulemaking (CGD01-04-
093), and give the reason for each comment. You may submit your 
comments and material by mail, hand delivery, fax, or electronic means 
to the project officer at the addresses or phone numbers listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, but please submit your comments and 
material by only one means. If you submit them by mail or hand 
delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 
inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing. If you submit them 
by mail and would like to know that they reached U.S. Coast Guard 
Marine Safety Office Providence, please enclose a stamped, self-
addressed postcard or envelope. We will consider all comments and 
material received during the comment period. The recommendation made by 
this office may be affected by comments received. Comments received 
after the original closing date of November 1, 2004, but before the new 
comment period, will be considered timely.

Public Meeting

    We intend to hold a public meeting to receive comments on 
navigation safety issues pertaining to the proposed LNG facility at 
Weaver's Cove. The times, dates, and locations for this meeting are:
    (1) 7 p.m., Thursday, December 9, 2004, at the Bristol Community 
College, Margaret Jackson Arts Center Theater, 777 Elsbree Street, Fall 
River, Massachusetts.

Additional Information

    Additional information about the Weaver's Cove LNG project is 
available from FERC's Office of External Affairs at 1-866-208-FERC or 
on the FERC Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary 
link. Click on the eLibrary link, then click on ``General Search'' and 
enter FERC's docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
Docket Number field (i.e., CP04-36). For assistance, please contact 
FERC online support at [email protected] or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY contact 1-202-502-8659.

    Dated: November 15, 2004.
M.E. Landry,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Providence.
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