[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 243 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81952-81953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27752]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-NWRS-2020-N072; FVRS84510200000-20X-FF02R05000]


Notice of Receipt of Right-of-Way Application for Natural Gas 
Pipeline Crossing San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Right-of-Way Application for Natural Gas 
Pipeline; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has received two 
applications for 30-year right-of-way permits from Baymark Pipeline LLC 
and South Texas NGL Pipeline LLC, respectively. The U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service will open the National Wildlife Refuge System lands, 
allowing for this infrastructure, under the authority of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service requests public comment on the permit applications and 
associated documents.

DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before January 19, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or requests by any one of the following 
methods.
     Email: [email protected] (use ``Enterprise ROW'' as 
your subject line).
     Fax: 979-964-4021 (use ``Enterprise ROW'' as your subject 
line).
     U.S. mail: Project Leader, Texas Mid-coast Complex, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 2547 County Road 316, Brazoria, TX 77422.

Public Availability of Comments

     Written comments we receive will become part of the public 
record associated with this action. Please be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personal identifying information, address, 
phone number, and email--may be made publicly available at any time. 
While you may request in your comment that we withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be 
made available for public disclosure in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Sanchez, 979-964-4011 
(phone), or [email protected] (email). Individuals who are 
hearing or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-
877-8339 for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), has received two applications for 30-year right-of-way (ROW) 
permits under the Mineral Leasing Act.

Applicants' Permit Proposals

    Baymark Pipeline LLC and South Texas NGL Pipeline LLC have each 
requested a 30-ft-wide pipeline right-of-way across a 203-ft-long 
section of the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge NWR in Brazoria 
County, Texas.
    The applicants request ROW permits for the following pipelines:

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                                                         Material to be
           Applicant             Pipeline description      transported
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Baymark Pipeline LLC..........  12-inch-diameter        natural gas
                                 pipeline, steel.        (ethylene).
South Texas NGL Pipeline LLC..  8-inch-diameter         natural gas
                                 pipeline, steel.        (propylene).
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    The ROW permits, if granted by the Service, would enable each 
respective applicant to construct, operate, maintain, and terminate an 
ethylene and propylene pipeline. The purpose of the new pipelines would 
be to transport ethylene and propylene through Matagorda, Brazoria, 
Galveston, and Harris Counties in Texas. The requested ROWs would be 
collocated within an existing 30-fit pipeline ROW that is used by 
Florida Gas and Lavaca to transport natural gas. The existing pipeline 
ROW is not an exclusive area; therefore, additional uses may be 
collocated within the same cleared corridor.
    The applicants' pipelines would be installed by means of a 
conventional bore technique under refuge land; therefore, the 
construction would not require trenching on refuge lands. No additional 
permit boundaries beyond the existing ROW are required. The bore holes 
would be located 300 ft outside the refuge property line on adjacent 
private lands.

Next Steps

    This notice informs the public that the Service will process the 
ROW permit applications from Baymark Pipeline LLC and South Texas NGL 
Pipeline LLC, which includes the preparation of the National 
Environmental Policy Act documentation along with terms and conditions 
of the right-of-way permit.

Authority

    Applications for ROW for natural gas pipelines are to be filed in 
accordance with Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing

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Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. Ch. 3A Sec.  181), as amended, (41 Stat. 437, 
Pub. L. 66-146).

Amy Lueders,
Southwest Region Director, Interior Region 6, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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