[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 245 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83142-83143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28044]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0093]


Deepwater Port License Application: Texas GulfLink LLC; Extension 
of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice of Friday, November 27, 2020, 
titled Notice of Availability; Notice of Virtual Public Meetings; 
Request for Comments, the Maritime Administration (MARAD), in 
coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announced the 
availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the 
Texas GulfLink LLC (GulfLink) deepwater port license application for 
the export of crude oil from the United States to nations abroad. 
Publication of this notice announced a 45-day comment period, requested 
public participation in the environmental impact review process, 
provided information on how to participate in the environmental impact 
review process, and announced the two virtual public meetings and an 
informational open house website for the DEIS.
    The notice advised that the comment period for Texas GulfLink would 
end on January 11, 2021. MARAD and USCG have determined that an 
extension of the public comment period to January 22, 2021 for the 
GulfLink application is necessary to allow the public and interested 
parties a full 45 days to review the application and provide written 
feedback to the agencies. This extension is due to delays in getting 
the DEIS fully posted on the project's docket at www.regulations.gov. 
This notice announces the extension of the comment period and new 
comment period end date.

DATES: Comments or related material on the Texas GulfLink deepwater 
port license application must be received by January 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The public docket for the Texas GulfLink 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 license application is available for viewing at the Regulations.gov 
website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number MARAD-2019-
0093.
    We encourage you to submit comments electronically through the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If you submit 
your comments electronically, it is not necessary to also submit a hard 
copy. If you cannot submit material using http://www.regulations.gov, 
please contact either Mr. Patrick Clark, USCG or Linden Houston, MARAD, 
as listed in the following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document, which also provides alternate instructions for 
submitting written comments. Additionally, if you go to the online 
docket and sign up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments 
are posted. Anonymous comments will be accepted. All comments received 
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will 
include any personal information you have provided. 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. Patrick Clark, U.S. Coast Guard, 
telephone: 202-372-1358, email: [email protected] or Mr. Linden 
Houston, Maritime Administration, telephone: 202-366-4839, email: 
[email protected]. For questions regarding viewing the Docket, 
call Docket Operations, telephone: 202-366-9317 or 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

    We request public comment on this proposal. The comments may relate 
to, but are not limited to, the environmental impact of the proposed 
action. All comments will be accepted. You may submit comments directly 
to the Federal Docket Management Facility during the public comment 
period (see Dates). We will consider all comments and material received 
during the extended scoping period.
    The license application, comments and associated documentation, as 
well as the DEIS and Final Environmental Impact Statement (when 
published), are available for viewing at the Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number 
MARAD-2019-0093.
    Public comment submissions should include:
     Docket number MARAD-2019-0093.
     Your name and address.
    Submit comments or material using only one of the following 
methods:
     Electronically (preferred for processing) to the Federal 
Docket Management System (FDMS) website: http://www.regulations.gov 
under docket number MARAD-2019-0093.
     By mail to the Federal Docket Management Facility (MARAD-
2019-0093), U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-
0001.
     By personal delivery to the room and address listed above 
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
     By fax to the Federal Docket Management Facility at 202-
493-2251.
    Faxed, mailed or hand delivered submissions must be unbound, no 
larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches and suitable for copying and electronic 
scanning. The format of electronic submissions should also be no larger 
than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches. If you mail your submission and want to know 
when it reaches the Federal Docket Management Facility, please include 
a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.
    Regardless of the method used for submitting comments, all 
submissions will be posted, without change, to the FDMS website (http://www.regulations.gov) and will include any personal information you 
provide. Therefore, submitting this information to the docket makes it 
public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Use Notice that is 
available on the FDMS website 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 Federal Docket Management Facility or electronically on the FDMS 
website.

Privacy Act

    The electronic form of all comments received into the FDMS can be 
searched by the name of the individual

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submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). The Department of 
Transportation Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 
19477-78) or by visiting http://www.regulations.gov.

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

    Dated: December 16, 2020.

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-28044 Filed 12-18-20; 8:45 am]
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