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16 March 2007
Related "Public Safety Consequences of a Terrorist Attack on a Tanker Carrying Liquefied Natural Gas Need Clarification:" http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07316.pdf
[Federal Register: March 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 50)]
[Notices]
[Page 12257-12259]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2004-16877]
Cabrillo Port Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port License
Application; Final Public Hearing and Final Environmental Impact
Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of public hearing; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG) announce the availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEIS/FEIR) for the Cabrillo Port
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Deepwater Port (DWP) license application.
In addition, a public hearing will be held regarding the approval or
denial of the license application. The proposed Cabrillo Port LNG DWP
would be located offshore of Ventura County, California. Since the
applicant has also filed a California State Lands Commission (CSLC)
land lease application for subsea pipelines through California State
waters to deliver natural gas to shore, the FEIS/FEIR was prepared in
accordance with a Memorandum of Agreement with the CSLC. The FEIS/FEIR
meets requirements consistent with the Deepwater Port Act (DWPA) of
1974, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA Section 102[2][3]), as implemented by Council on
Environmental Quality regulations (40 Code of Federal Regulations 1500
to 1508); and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
(California Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.). The USCG and
MARAD will receive public comments on the FEIS/FEIR and license
application. Publication of this notice begins a 45 day comment period
and provides information on how to participate in the process.
DATES: The FEIS/FEIR will be available on March 16, 2007. Material
submitted in response to the request for comments on the FEIS/FEIR and
application must reach the Docket Management Facility by April 30, 2007
ending the 45 day public comment period. The final public hearing will
be held in Oxnard, CA on April 4, 2007, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will
be preceded by an informational open house from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The
public hearing may end later than the stated time, depending on the
number of persons wishing to speak.
Federal and State agencies must submit comments, recommended
conditions for licensing, or letters of no objection by May 21, 2007
(45 days after the final public hearing). In addition, by that same
date, May 21, 2007, the Governor of California (the adjacent coastal
state) may approve, disapprove, or notify MARAD of inconsistencies with
State programs relating to environmental protection, land and water
use, and coastal zone management for which MARAD may condition the
license to make consistent with such State programs.
MARAD must issue a record of decision (ROD) to approve, approve
with conditions, or deny the DWP license application by July 3, 2007
(90 days after the public hearing).
ADDRESSES: The USCG and MARAD will conduct a public hearing in Oxnard
to receive oral or written comments on April 4, 2007 from 5 p.m. to 8
p.m. at the Performing Arts and Convention Center, Oxnard Room, 800
Hobson Way, Oxnard, California, 93030, telephone: (805) 486-2424.
The public meeting space will be wheelchair-accessible. Individuals
may request special accommodations for the public hearing, such as real
time Spanish translation and/or for the hearing impaired. Contact
Raymond Martin, USCG, at 202-372-1449 Raymond.W.Martin@uscg.mil if
special accommodations are required. Requests should be made as soon as
possible but at least three (3) business days before the scheduled
meeting. Include the name and telephone number of the contact person,
the timelines for requesting accommodations, and a TDD number that can
be used by individuals with hearing impairments.
The FEIS/FEIR, the application, comments and associated
documentation are available for viewing at the DOT's Docket Management
System Web site: http://dms.dot.gov under docket number 16877. The
FEIS/FEIR is also available at public libraries in Oxnard (Albert H.
Soliz Library and Main Library, Oxnard Public Libraries),
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Port Hueneme (Ray D. Prueter Library), Valencia (Valencia Library), and
Malibu (Malibu Community Library).
Address docket submissions for USCG-2004-16877 to: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
The Docket Management Facility accepts hand-delivered submissions,
and makes docket contents available for public inspection and copying
at this address, in room PL-401, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The Facility's telephone
number is 202-366-9329, its fax number is 202-493-2251, and its web
site for electronic submissions or for electronic access to docket
contents is http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information pertaining to the proposed
Cabrillo Port Project is available online at http://dms.dot.gov, or
http://www.slc.ca.gov. Questions regarding the proposed Project, the
license application process, or the FEIS/FEIR process may be directed
to Raymond Martin, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202-372-1449, e-mail:
Raymond.W.Martin@uscg.mil, or Keith Lesnick, MARAD, (202) 366-1624, e-
mail: Keith.Lesnick@dot.gov.
If you have questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone: 202-493-0402.
This public notice may be requested in an alternative format, such
as Spanish translation, audiotape, large print, or Braille. Contact
Raymond Martin, USCG, telephone: 202-372-1449, e-mail:
Raymond.W.Martin@uscg.mil or visit http://www.cabrilloport.ene.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Hearing and Open House
We invite you to learn about the proposed deepwater port at an
informational open house, and to comment at a public hearing on the
proposed action and the evaluation contained in the FEIS/FEIR. In order
to allow all interested parties an opportunity to speak at the public
hearing, we may limit speaker time, or extend the hearing hours, or
both. You must identify yourself, and any organization you represent,
by name. Your remarks will be recorded or transcribed for inclusion in
the public docket. Additionally, written comments may be submitted at
the open house or public hearing and a court reporter will be available
to take comments during the open house for those wishing to make oral
comments.
You may submit written material at the public hearing, either in
place of or in addition to speaking. Written material must include your
name and address, and will be included in the public docket.
Public docket materials will be made available to the public on the
DOT Docket Management System (DMS). See ``Request for Comments'' for
information about DMS and your rights under the Privacy Act.
Request for Comments
We will receive public comments or other relevant information on
the FEIS/FEIR and application. The public hearing is not the only
opportunity you have to comment. In addition to or in place of
attending a hearing, you can submit comments to the Docket Management
Facility during the public comment period (see DATES). The Coast Guard
and MARAD will consider all relevant comments and materials received
during the comment period.
Submissions should include:
Docket number USCG-2004-16877.
Your name and address.
Your reasons for making each comment or for bringing
information to our attention.
Submit comments or material using only one of the following
methods:
Electronic submission to DMS, http://dms.dot.gov.
Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the Docket Management
Facility (see ADDRESSES). Faxed or hand delivered submissions must be
unbound, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, and suitable for copying
and electronic scanning. If you mail your submission and want to know
when it reaches the Facility, include a stamped, self-addressed
postcard or envelope.
Privacy Act
Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
submissions will be posted, without change, to the DMS Web site (http://dms.dot.gov
), and will include any personal information you provide.
Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to
read the Privacy Act notice that is available on the DMS website, or
the Department of Transportation Privacy Act Statement that appeared in
the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
You may view docket submissions at the Docket Management Facility
(see ADDRESSES), or electronically on the DMS Web site.
Background
We published the Notice of Application for the proposed Cabrillo
Port LNG deepwater port and information on regulations and statutes
governing the license review process in the Federal Register at 69 FR
3934, January 27, 2004; the Notice of Intent to Prepare a joint EIS/EIR
for the proposed action was published at 69 FR 9344, February 27, 2004;
and the Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS/EIR was published at 69
FR 64578, November 5, 2004. Additionally, the State of California
determined it was necessary to recirculate the Draft EIR due to several
changes in the project. A Revised Draft EIR was published in March
2006. Information from the ``Summary of the Application'' from previous
Federal Register notices is included below for your convenience.
Proposed Action
The proposed action requiring review is the Federal licensing of
the proposed deepwater port described in ``Summary of the Application''
below. The actions available to MARAD are: (1) License the port with
conditions (including conditions designed to mitigate environmental
impact), or (2) deny the license, which for purposes of environmental
review is the ``no-action'' alternative. These potential actions are
more fully discussed in the FEIS/FEIR. The USCG and MARAD are the lead
Federal agencies for the preparation of the EIS/EIR. You can address
any questions about the proposed action or the FEIS/FEIR to the USCG
project manager identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Summary of the Application
The Applicant proposes to construct and operate an offshore
floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) that would be moored in
Federal waters approximately 12.01 nautical miles (13.83 statute miles
or 22.25 kilometers) offshore of Ventura County in 2,900 feet (884
meters) of water. As proposed, LNG from the Pacific basin would be
delivered to and offloaded from an LNG carrier onto the FSRU; re-
gasified; and the natural gas would be delivered onshore via two 24
inch (0.6 meters) diameter natural gas pipelines totaling approximately
22.77 statute miles (36.64 kilometers) laid on the ocean floor. These
pipelines would come onshore at Ormond Beach near Oxnard, California to
connect with the existing Southern California Gas Company intrastate
pipeline system to distribute natural gas throughout the Southern
California region. The facilities would be designed to deliver an
annual average of up to 0.8 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) (22.7
million cubic meters per day) and peak
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delivery capacity of 1.5 bcfd (42.5 million cubic meters per day).
The FSRU would store LNG in three Moss spherical tanks. Each tank
would have a 24 million gallon (90,800 cubic meters) LNG storage
capacity, and the total FSRU LNG storage capacity would be
approximately 72 million gallons (273,000 cubic meters). The FSRU would
be permanently moored, and would use a turret system (a tower-like
revolving structure) to allow the FSRU to weathervane (rotate) around a
fixed point. A Safety Zone would be established covering a 500-meter
(1,640-foot) radius out from the stern of the FSRU. The FSRU, which
would be designed for loading LNG from side-by-side, moored LNG
tankers, would be shaped like a double-sided, double-bottomed vessel,
971 feet (296 meters) long and 213 feet (65 meters) wide, with a
displacement of approximately 190,000 deadweight tons.
Alternatives
The FEIS/FEIR examines and assesses the environmental impact of the
project location and pipeline routes of the proposed action,
alternatives, and the no-action alternative. In addition to the
environmental impacts, the FEIS/FEIR considers approving, approving
with conditions or denying (no action alternative) the application for
a license.
Dated: March 9, 2007.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-4767 Filed 3-14-07; 8:45 am]
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