[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6693-6694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2668]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[USCG-2007-28535]


Atlantic Sea Island Group LLC, Safe Harbor Energy Liquefied 
Natural Gas Deepwater Port License Application; Preparation of 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of extending the scoping comment period to March 11, 
2009 and corrected project location information.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice of January 9, 2009 (74 FR 982-984) 
the Maritime Administration and the Coast Guard announced the intent to 
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Atlantic Sea 
Island Group LLC, Safe Harbor Energy liquefied natural gas deepwater 
port license application located in Federal Waters approximately 13.5 
miles south of the City of Long Beach, New York, 19 miles east of 
Highlands, New Jersey, and 23 miles southeast of the Ports of New York 
and New Jersey. The project location was incorrectly noted in the 
referenced Federal Register notice. The correct proposed location is in 
the area between the Ambrose-to-Nantucket and Hudson Canyon-to-Ambrose 
shipping lanes, located at approximately 40[deg]23' N and 73[deg]36' W, 
in water depth of between 60 and 70 feet covering an area known as 
Cholera Bank.
    The EIS will be prepared with the New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) as a cooperating agency in the 
environmental review with the Coast Guard. The EIS will meet the 
requirements of both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 
the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). In 
addition, the Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration will be 
working with appropriate state agency representatives from New Jersey 
to ensure potential impacts and concerns of New Jersey are addressed in 
the EIS.
    Publication of this notice began a 30 day scoping process and 
requested public participation to assist in the identification and 
determination of the environmental issues to be addressed in the EIS 
with a deadline for submitting comments of February 9, 2009.
    In addition to receiving comments at the public scoping meetings on 
January 27, 2009 and January 29, 2009, instructions were provided for 
submitting comments to the Department of Transportation (DOT) Docket 
Management Facility and to the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). 
The Coast Guard and Maritime Administration have received several 
requests to extend the scoping comment period; therefore, upon further 
consideration the scoping comment period is extended to March 11, 2009.

DATES: Comments or related material must be received by March 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Docket submissions for USCG-2007-28535 should be addressed 
to: Department of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West 
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
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 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Facility telephone number is 202-366-9329, 
the fax number is 202-493-2251, and the Web site for electronic 
submissions or for electronic access to docket contents is: http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Prescott, U.S. Coast Guard, 
telephone: 202-372-1440, e-mail: [email protected]; or LT Hannah 
Kawamoto, U.S. Coast Guard,

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telephone: 202-372-1438, e-mail: [email protected]; or Yvette 
Fields, U.S. Maritime Administration, telephone: 202-366-0926, e-mail: 
[email protected]; or John Ferguson, New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation, telephone: 518-402-9167, e-mail: 
[email protected]. If you have questions on viewing the 
docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, 
telephone: 202-493-0402, e-mail: [email protected].
    The FDMS also contains the notices, application and related 
correspondence; informational open house materials; will also contain 
the public meeting transcripts; and will contain the Draft and the 
Final EIS and all comments submitted whether at public meetings or 
submitted directly to the DOT Docket Management Facility or the FDMS.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    The Coast Guard, Maritime Administration, and the NYSDEC request 
submittal of comments and related material on environmental issues 
related to the proposed deepwater port using one of the methods 
described below. We most particularly seek comments that identify 
potentially significant impacts, alternatives, or mitigation measures 
that should be taken into account in determining the scope of the EIS.
    The Coast Guard, Maritime Administration, and the NYSDEC will 
consider all comments and material received during the comment period. 
It is not necessary to present comments more than once. Comments need 
not be submitted to multiple agencies; all comments received will be 
shared amongst the agencies.
    Submissions to the DOT Docket Management Facility or FDMS should 
include:
     Docket number USCG-2007-28535;
     Your name and address;
     Please include reasons for making each comment or bringing 
information to our attention so that we may properly address your 
concerns.
    Submit comments or material using one of the following methods:
     Electronic submission to FDMS (preferred) at http://www.regulations.gov: Click on ``Search for Dockets;'' Enter Docket ID 
28535; view documents by clicking the PDF icon under ``Views;'' and/or 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the DOT 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.
    Regardless of the method used for submitting comment or material, 
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the FMDS Web site 
(http://www.regulations.gov), and will include any personal information 
provided. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You 
may wish to read the Privacy and Use Notice that is available on the 
FDMS Web site, and the Department of Transportation Privacy Act Notice 
that appeared in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), 
see PRIVACY ACT. You may view docket submissions at the Department of 
Transportation Docket Management Facility or electronically on the FDMS 
Web site (see ADDRESSES).

Privacy Act

    The electronic form of all comments received into the Federal 
Docket Management System can be searched by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). The DOT Privacy Act 
Statement can be viewed in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 19477-78) or you may visit http://www.regulations.gov.

(Authority 49 CFR 1.66)

    By order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: February 4, 2009.
Christine S. Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-2668 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]
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