[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 48 (Friday, March 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 10894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5509]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Federal Consistency Appeal by Broadwater Energy LLC and 
Broadwater Pipeline LLC

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

ACTION: Notice of closure--administrative appeal decision record.

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SUMMARY: This announcement provides notice that the decision record has 
closed for an administrative appeal filed with the Department of 
Commerce by Broadwater Energy LLC and Broadwater Pipeline LLC 
(collectively, ``Broadwater'').

DATES: The decision record for Broadwater's administrative appeal 
closed on February 13, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Materials from the appeal record are available at the NOAA 
Office of General Counsel for Ocean Services, 1305 East-West Highway, 
Room 6111, Silver Spring, MD 20910 and on the following Web site: 
http://www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamon Bollock, Attorney-Advisor, NOAA 
Office of the General Counsel, 301-713-2967, NOAA Office of the General 
Counsel, 301-713-2967, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 2008, Broadwater filed notice of 
an appeal with the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), pursuant to the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and 
implementing regulations found at 15 CFR part 930, subpart H. 
Broadwater appealed an objection by the State of New York to its 
proposed construction of a liquefied natural gas (``LNG'') terminal, 
sendout pipeline, and appurtenant facilities in the New York state 
waters of Long Island Sound.
    Decisions for CZMA administrative appeals are based on information 
contained in a decision record. Under the CZMA, the decision record 
must close no later than 220 days after notice of the appeal was first 
published in the Federal Register. See 16 U.S.C. 1465. Consistent with 
this deadline, the Broadwater appeal decision record closed on February 
13, 2009. No further information or briefs will be considered in 
deciding this appeal.
    Additional information about the Broadwater appeal and the CZMA 
appeals process is available from the Department of Commerce CZMA 
appeals Web site http://www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm.

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No. 11.419 Coastal Zone 
Management Program Assistance.)

    Dated: March 6, 2009.
Joel La Bissonniere,
Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
 [FR Doc. E9-5509 Filed 3-12-09; 8:45 am]
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