[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 42 (Monday, March 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 11396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3951]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Federal Consistency Appeals by Weaver's Cove, LLC and Mill River 
Pipeline, LLC

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Department of Commerce (Commerce).

ACTION: Notice of stay--closure of administrative appeals decision 
record.

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SUMMARY: This announcement provides notice that the Secretary of 
Commerce has stayed, for a period of 60 days, closure of the decision 
record in administrative appeals filed by Weaver's Cove, LLC and Mill 
River Pipeline, LLC (Weaver's Cove and Mill River Consistency Appeals).

DATES: The decision record for the Weaver's Cove and Mill River 
Consistency Appeals will now close on May 5, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Office of the General Counsel for Ocean Services, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Grosko, Attorney-Advisor, Office 
of the General Counsel, via e-mail at [email protected], or at 
(301) 713-7384.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In August 2007, Weaver's Cove, LLC and Mill 
River Pipeline, LLC (Weaver's Cove and Mill River, or Appellants) filed 
appeals with the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) pursuant to section 
307(c)(3)(A) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA). The 
appeal was taken from an objection by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
(Commonwealth), relating to Weaver's Cove's and Mill River's proposal 
to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall 
River, Massachusetts, and two associated pipeline laterals that would 
transport gas from the terminal to the interstate pipeline grid.
    Under the CZMA, the Secretary must close the decision record in an 
appeal 160 days after the notice of appeal is published in the Federal 
Register. 16 U.S.C. 1465. However, the CZMA authorizes the Secretary to 
stay closing the decision record for up to 60 days when the Secretary 
determines it necessary to receive, on an expedited basis, any 
supplemental information specifically requested by the Secretary to 
complete a consistency review or any clarifying information submitted 
by a party to the proceeding related to information in the consolidated 
record compiled by the lead Federal permitting agency. 16 U.S.C. 
1465(b)(3).
    After reviewing the Weaver's Cove and Mill River Consistency 
Appeals' decision record developed to date, the Secretary has decided 
to solicit supplemental and clarifying information. In order to allow 
receipt of this information, the Secretary hereby stays closure of the 
decision record, currently scheduled to occur on March 4, 2008, until 
May 5, 2008.
    Additional information about the Weaver's Cove and Mill River 
Consistency Appeals and the CZMA appeals process is available from the 
Department of Commerce CZMA appeals Web site http://www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm.

    Dated: February 26, 2008.
Jeffrey S. Dillen,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services.

[Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Assistance.]

[FR Doc. E8-3951 Filed 2-29-08; 8:45 am]
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