[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 20591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8998]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP07-62-000 and CP07-63-000]


AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC and Mid-Atlantic Express, LLC; Notice 
of Final General Conformity Determination for Pennsylvania for the 
Proposed Sparrows Point LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project

April 13, 2010.
    On March 1, 2010, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a revised draft Final General 
Conformity Determination (GCD) for Pennsylvania to assess the potential 
air quality impacts associated with the construction and operation of a 
liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and natural gas pipeline 
proposed by AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC and Mid-Atlantic Express, LLC, 
in the above-referenced dockets. In accordance with the General 
Conformity Regulations under the Code of Federal Regulations chapter 40 
section 51.856 the draft Final GCD was issued for a 30-day public 
comment period. No comments were received on the draft Final GCD for 
Pennsylvania; therefore, the Commission staff is issuing this notice to 
announce the draft Final GCD is now the Final GCD for Pennsylvania.
    The GCD was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the Clean Air 
Act. The FERC staff concludes that the Project will achieve conformity 
in Pennsylvania. On December 29, 2009, a separate Final General 
Conformity Determination was issued for Maryland concluding that the 
Project will achieve conformity in Maryland as well.
    Copies of the revised draft Final GCD were previously mailed to the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, the Maryland 
Department of Natural Resources, the Maryland Department of 
Environment, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 
and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
    The GCD for Pennsylvania addresses the potential air quality 
impacts from the construction and operation of the following LNG 
terminal and natural gas pipeline facilities:
     A ship unloading facility, with two berths, capable of 
receiving LNG ships with capacities up to 217,000 m\3\;
     Three 160,000 m\3\ (net capacity) full-containment LNG 
storage tanks;
     A closed-loop shell and tube heat exchanger vaporization 
system;
     Various ancillary facilities including administrative 
offices, warehouse, main control room, security building, and a 
platform control room;
     Meter and regulation (M&R) station within the LNG Terminal 
site; and
     Approximately 88 miles of 30-inch-diameter natural gas 
pipeline (48 miles in Maryland and 40 miles in Pennsylvania), a pig 
launcher and receiver facility at the beginning and ending of the 
pipeline, 10 mainline valves, and three M&R stations, one at each of 
three interconnection sites at the end of the pipeline.
    The Final GCD is the revised draft Final GCD which was placed in 
the public files of the FERC on March 1, 2010 and is available for 
public viewing on the FERC's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the 
eLibrary link. A limited number of copies of the revised draft Final 
GCD are available for distribution and public inspection at: Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, 
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8371.
    Additional information about the project is available from the 
Commission's Office of External Affairs at (866) 208-FERC. The 
administrative public record for this proceeding to date is on the FERC 
Web site http://www.ferc.gov. Go to Documents & Filings and choose the 
eLibrary link. Under eLibrary, click on ``General Search,'' and enter 
the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number 
field (e.g., CP07-62). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date 
range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at: 
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY 
call (202) 502-8659. The eLibrary link on the FERC Web site also 
provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the 
Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-8998 Filed 4-19-10; 8:45 am]
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