[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19854]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[USCG-2002-14134]


Port Pelican LLC Deepwater Port License Application; Fabrication 
Site Environmental Assessment

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) 
announce the cancellation of an Environmental Assessment (EA) that they 
previously planned as a follow-up to MARAD's approval of the license 
application for the Port Pelican LLC Deepwater Port in the Gulf of 
Mexico off Louisiana. The EA would have assessed the environmental 
impact of related shoreside fabrication site activities in Texas. The 
Coast Guard and MARAD are canceling the EA, due to Port Pelican LLC's 
decision to defer these fabrication site activities indefinitely.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the Port 
Pelican LLC Deepwater Port project, contact LCDR Derek Dostie, 
Deepwater Ports Standards Division, United States Coast Guard at (202) 
267-0662 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 14, 2003, the Maritime 
Administrator issued a Record of Decision (ROD) approving the 
application of Port Pelican LLC for a license to construct and operate 
a liquefied natural gas deepwater port on the Outer Continental Shelf, 
in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 36 miles south-southwest of 
Freshwater City, LA.
    As indicated in the deepwater port?s final Environmental Impact 
Statement (notice of availability, 68 FR 52048, August. 29, 2003) and 
in the ROD, the deepwater port would use concrete structures 
prefabricated at a shoreside site and approval of the deepwater port 
license application was conditioned on Coast Guard and MARAD issuance 
of a supplemental National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) 
document to assess the impact of the shoreside fabrication site 
activities. On June 25, 2004, the Coast Guard and MARAD announced their 
intent to prepare that EA.
    Port Pelican LLC has now informed the Coast Guard and MARAD that it 
will not pursue its plans for the Port Aransas site at this time, and 
therefore the Coast Guard and MARAD are canceling their plans for the 
supplemental EA. The Coast Guard and MARAD will publicly announce 
resumption of NEPA document preparation should Port Pelican LLC elect 
to resume its plans for shoreside fabrication activities.

    Dated: September 23, 2005.
Howard L. Hime,
Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, Security, Ports and 
Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard.
H. Keith Lesnick,
Senior Transportation Specialist, Deepwater Ports Program Manager, U.S. 
Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-19854 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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