[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 51 (Monday, March 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 15028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05343]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2018-0114]


Deepwater Port License Application: Texas Gulf Terminals Inc.

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of application withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard 
(USCG) announce the cancellation of all actions related to the 
processing of a license application for the proposed Texas Gulf 
Terminals Inc. (TGTI) deepwater port. The action announced here also 
includes cancellation of all activities related to the deepwater port 
application review and preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement 
that was announced on Friday, August 10, 2018, in Federal Register 
Volume 83 Number 39813 (Notice of Intent; Notice of Public Meeting; 
Request for Comments). The action is taken in response to the 
applicant's decision to withdraw the application.

DATES: The cancellation of all actions related to this deepwater port 
license application was effective March 6, 2020.

ADDRESSES: The public docket for the TGTI deepwater port license 
application is maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Docket Management Facility, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. The docket may be 
viewed electronically at www.regulations.gov under the docket number 
for this project, which is MARAD-2018-0114. The Federal Docket 
Management Facility's telephone number is 202-366-9317 or 202-366-9826, 
the fax number is 202-493-2251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Roddy Bachman, USCG, telephone: 
202-372-1451, email: [email protected]; or Ms. Yvette Fields, 
MARAD, telephone: 202-366-0926, email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 28, 2020, MARAD received 
notification from the applicant, TGTI, of the withdrawal of its 
application to own, construct, and operate an oil export deepwater port 
facility, located approximately 12.7 nautical miles off the coast of 
Corpus Christi, Texas in a water depth of approximately 93 feet. 
Consequently, MARAD has terminated all activities pertaining to TGTI's 
deepwater port license application. All agency records and documents 
related to the TGTI deepwater port license application will be 
preserved and retained by MARAD and USCG. Further information 
pertaining to this application may be found in the public docket (see 
ADDRESSES).

(Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., 49 CFR 1.93(h)).

    Dated: March 11, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-05343 Filed 3-13-20; 8:45 am]
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