[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70270-70271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26580]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[USCG-2004-16860]


Gulf Landing LLC Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License 
Application; Final Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS; Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 
announce the availability of the final environmental impact statement 
(FEIS) for the Gulf Landing LLC Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port 
License Application, and request public comments. The FEIS covers the 
construction and operation of the proposed deepwater port and 
associated anchorages on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of 
Mexico, West Cameron Lease Block Number 213, approximately 38 miles 
south of Cameron, Louisiana.

DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management 
Facility on or before January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available in the docket on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov under docket number USCG-2004-16860, or by 
contacting the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), or by 
contacting: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., 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, in room PL-401, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Facility's telephone is 
202-366-9329, its fax is 202-493-2251, and its Web site for electronic 
submissions or for electronic access to docket contents is http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lieutenant Commander Derek Dostie, 
U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202-267-0662, email: 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing the docket, 
call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone: 
202-366-0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    We ask that you submit your comments, or other relevant 
information, on the FEIS. We will consider all comments and material 
received during the comment period.
    Submissions should include:
     Docket number USCG-2004-16860.
     Your name and address.
     Your reasons for making each comment or for bringing 
information to our attention.
    Submit comments or material using only one of the following 
methods:
     Electronic submission to the Docket Management Facility's 
Docket Management System (DMS), http://dms.dot.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\1/2\ by 11 inches, and suitable for copying 
and electronic scanning. If you mail your submission and want to know 
when it reaches the Facility, include a stamped, self-addressed 
postcard or envelope.

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    Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the DMS Web site 
(http://dms.dot.gov), and will include any personal information you 
provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You 
may wish to read the Privacy Act notice that is available on the DMS 
Web site, or the Department of Transportation Privacy Act Statement 
that appeared in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
    You may view docket submissions at the Docket Management Facility 
(see ADDRESSES, or electronically on the DMS Web site.

Supplementary Information: 

License Application

    Deepwater ports must be licensed, and the license process is 
governed by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq. The Gulf Landing Deepwater Port license application was 
submitted to the Secretary of Transportation on November 3, 2003. 
Additional information concerning the contents of the application can 
be found online at http://dms.dot.gov under docket number USCG-2004-
16860, or in the notice of application published in the Federal 
Register at 69 FR 3165 (Jan. 22, 2004), pages 3165-3167.

Proposed Deepwater Port

    The application plan calls for construction of a deepwater port and 
associated anchorages in an area situated in the Gulf of Mexico, 
approximately 38 miles south of Cameron, Louisiana, in West Cameron 
Lease Block Number 213, in water depth of approximately 55 feet, and 
adjacent to an existing shipping fairway servicing the Calcasieu River 
and area ports.
    Gulf Landing's terminal would be capable of storing up to 200,000 
cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG). On average, Gulf Landing 
expects the terminal would vaporize and deliver 1 billion cubic feet 
per day (Bcfd) of natural gas to the pipelines; with a peak daily send-
out rate of 1.2 Bcfd. Gulf Landing proposes to construct, own, and 
operate up to 5 offshore pipelines, ranging from 16 to 36 inches in 
diameter that would traverse a combined 65.7 nautical miles. The 
pipelines would interconnect with existing natural gas pipelines 
located in the Gulf of Mexico. Gas would then be delivered to the 
onshore national pipeline grid for delivery to any consumption market 
east of the Rocky Mountains.
    The project would consist of two concrete gravity base structures 
(GBSs) housing the LNG containment facilities, along with topside 
unloading and vaporization equipment, living quarters, and a ship 
berthing system.
    The terminal would be able to receive LNG carriers with cargo 
capacities between 125,000 and 200,000 cubic meters and unload up to 
135 LNG carriers per year. All marine systems, communication, 
navigation aids and equipment necessary to conduct safe LNG carrier 
operations and receiving of cargo during specified atmospheric and sea 
states would be provided at the port.
    The regasification process would consist of lifting the LNG from 
storage tanks, pumping the cold liquid to pipeline pressure, subsequent 
vaporization of the LNG across heat exchanging equipment, and send-out 
through custody transfer metering to the gas pipeline network. No gas 
conditioning is required for the terminal since the incoming LNG would 
be pipeline quality.

    Dated: November 29, 2004.
Joseph J. Angelo,
Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security, and Environmental 
Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
H. Keith Lesnick,
Senior Transportation Specialist, Deepwater Ports Program Manager, U.S. 
Maritime Administration.
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