[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 27 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 7115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2596]



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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 Supplementary 
Material

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 
announce the availability of material supplementing the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Gulf Landing LLC 
Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application. The 
supplementary material corrects errors that appear in the FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the 
supplementary material, you may contact Lieutenant Commander Derek 
Dostie, U.S. Coast Guard at 202-267-0662 or [email protected]. If 
you have questions about this FEIS or the NEPA process, please contact 
Joan Lang, U.S. Coast Guard at 202-267-2498 or [email protected]. If 
you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, 
call Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 
202-366-0271.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 3, 2004, the Coast Guard and 
MARAD notice of availability for the Gulf Landing LLC Liquefied Natural 
Gas Deepwater Port License FEIS appeared in the Federal Register (69 FR 
70270). Subsequently, we discovered and corrected errors in the text 
and in Appendix G of the FEIS. These corrections appear in an errata 
sheet and revised Appendix G which, along with the FEIS itself, are now 
available in the docket on the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov under 
docket number USCG-2004-16860. You may also view these materials in 
person at the Docket Management Facility in room PL-401 on the Plaza 
level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, 
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    The corrections relate to the ichthyoplankton impact assessments 
that were developed in coordination with the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA 
NMFS). Results of the assessment showed that the expected (average) red 
drum base-case potential loss was equivalent to 0.8% of the 2002 Gulf 
of Mexico commercial and recreational harvest (representing 28,335 age-
1 equivalent red drum fish, or an equivalent yield of 100,985 pounds). 
The agreed upon range for the highest and lowest probable impacts were 
between 3.8% and 0.1% of the 2002 Gulf of Mexico commercial and 
recreational harvest (representing 137,334 and 2,353 age-1 equivalent 
red drum fish, or an equivalent yield of 489,148 and 8,381 pounds, 
respectively). Calculated potential impacts on all other species of 
concern analyzed were at least an order of magnitude lower than for red 
drum and can be found in detail in the correction documents.
    Please note that the percentages are in comparison to the total 
Gulf of Mexico landings, and not to the entire fish stock of the 
species of concern. Equivalent yield is in no way intended to, or 
capable of predicting direct losses to fish landings or harvest. For 
example: an equivalent yield that represents .8% of the red drum 
fishing harvest is equivalent to an additional .8% fishing stress on 
the population, when compared to that harvest, and not a .8% loss of 
that harvest.

    Dated: February 4, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting 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.
[FR Doc. 05-2596 Filed 2-9-05; 8:45 am]
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