[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20295-20296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05939]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket Number MARAD-2023-0119]


Deepwater Port License Application: Grand Isle LNG Operating 
Company, LLC; Application Withdrawal

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 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 Grand Isle LNG 
Export Deepwater Port Development Project 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 previously published in the 
Federal Register on Monday, July 3, 2023. The publication of this 
notice is 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 February 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: The public docket for the Grand Isle LNG Export Deepwater 
Port Development Project deepwater port license application is 
maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Management 
Facility located at the U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. 
The docket may be viewed electronically at https://www.regulations.gov 
and searching for the docket number, MARAD-2023-0119.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact either Mr. Brian S. Barton at 
the Maritime Administration via email at

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[email protected] or by calling 202-366-0302, or the U.S. Coast 
Guard via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 28, 2024, MARAD received 
notification from the applicant, Grand Isle LNG Operating Company, LLC 
(Grand Isle LNG), of the withdrawal of its application to own, 
construct, and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export deepwater 
port facility, located approximately 11.3 nautical miles (13 statute 
miles, or 20.9 kilometers) offshore Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 
Consequently, MARAD has terminated all activities pertaining to Grand 
Isle LNG's deepwater port license application. All agency records and 
documents related to the Grand Isle LNG's 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))

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-05939 Filed 3-20-24; 8:45 am]
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