[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 23 (Monday, February 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6497-6498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1929]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP07-191-001]


Port Dolphin Energy LLC; Notice of Amendment

January 28, 2008.
    Take notice that on January 18, 2008, Port Dolphin Energy LLC (Port 
Dolphin), 400 North Tampa Street, Suite 1050, Tampa, Florida 33602, 
filed in Docket No. CP07-191-001 to amend its application, pursuant to 
section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act and Part 157, Subpart A of the 
Commission's regulations, filed April 25, 2007 in Docket No. CP07-191-
000 in order to reroute its proposed pipeline. Specifically, Port 
Dolphin now proposes to: (1) To construct, install, own, operate, and 
maintain a single-use, 3.93-mile natural gas pipeline and related 
facilities necessary to provide transportation from the proposed Port 
Dolphin Project, a deepwater port offshore of Tampa Bay, Florida, to 
interconnections with Gulfstream Natural Gas System, L.L.C. 
(Gulfstream) and TECO Energy, Inc. (TECO), with applicable waivers. The 
application is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, call (866) 208-3767 or TYY, (202) 502-
8659.
    The Port Dolphin Pipeline will be a proprietary, single-use 
pipeline which will be dedicated solely to transporting re-gasified LNG 
from the Port Dolphin Project with a capacity up to 1,200 million 
standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d). Port Dolphin states that it will 
operate the Port Dolphin port as a proprietary LNG receiving and re-
gasification facility pursuant to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974. 
Accordingly, Port Dolphin filed an application to construct and operate 
the offshore portions of the Port Dolphin project with the Maritimes 
Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) on March 29, 2007, as 
amended on December 7, 2007.
    The USCG will serve as the lead agency responsible for developing 
and issuing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for both the 
deepwater port and the associated onshore pipeline and related 
facilities referenced in this Notice. The FERC will act as a 
cooperating agency in developing the EIS. The filing of the final EIS 
in the Commission's public record for this proceeding will serve to 
notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of 
all necessary reviews, and the subsequent need to complete all federal 
authorizations within 90 days of the date of issuance of the final EIS.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to 
German Castro, Port Dolphin Energy LLC, 400 North Tampa Street, Suite 
1050, Tampa, Florida 33602, phone (813) 514-1398.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all 
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must 
submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only 
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders 
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    The Commission may issue a preliminary determination on non-
environmental issues prior to the

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completion of its review of the environmental aspects of the project. 
This preliminary determination typically considers such issues as the 
need for the project and its economic effect on existing customers of 
the applicant, on other pipelines in the area, and on landowners and 
communities. For example, the Commission considers the extent to which 
the applicant may need to exercise eminent domain to obtain rights-of-
way for the proposed project and balances that against the non-
environmental benefits to be provided by the project. Therefore, if a 
person has comments on community and landowner impacts from this 
proposal, it is important either to file comments or to intervene as 
early in the process as possible.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commenters will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commenters will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commenters will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: February 19, 2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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