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3 November 2007
[Federal Register: November 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 212)]
[Notices]
[Page 62303-62305]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr02no07-97]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2006-26009]
Calypso LNG LLC, Calypso Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port
License Application; Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of public meeting; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the Coast Guard
announce the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Calypso LNG LLC, Calypso Natural Gas Deepwater Port
(Calypso) license application. The application describes a project that
would be located in the Federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf
in the OCS NG 17-06 (Bahamas) lease area, approximately 8 to 10 miles
off the east coast of Florida to the northeast of Port Everglades, in a
water depth of 800 to 950 feet. The Coast Guard and MARAD request
public comments on the DEIS. Publication of this notice begins a 45-day
comment period and provides information on how to participate in the
process.
DATES: The public meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL will be held on
November 28, 2007. The public meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. and will be preceded by an informational open house from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m. The public meeting may end earlier or later than the
stated time, depending on the number of commenters wishing to speak.
Material submitted in response to the request for comments on the DEIS
must reach the Federal Docket Management Facility by December 17, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The open house and public meeting will be held at: Courtyard
by Marriott, North Fort Lauderdale, 2440 W. Cypress Creek Road, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida 33309; telephone: 954-772-7770.
The DEIS, the application, and associated documentation are
available for viewing at the Federal Docket Management System Web site:
http://regulations.gov under docket number 26009. The Federal Docket
Management System replaces the DOT Docket Management System. Migration
to the new system began on October 1, 2007. The DEIS is also available
at public libraries in Fort Lauderdale area (Broward County Library
which is a federal depository library and Riverland Library in Fort
Lauderdale; Dania Beach Library--Paul DeMaio Branch in Dania Beach;
Davie/Cooper City Library in Davie; Helen B. Hoffman Plantation Library
and West Regional Library in Plantation; Hollywood Library in
Hollywood, and Pembroke Pines Library in Pembroke Pines) and Florida
State University Marine Laboratory in Sopchoppy, Florida.
Docket submissions for USCG-2006-26009 should be addressed to:
Department of Transportation, Docket
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Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
The Federal Docket Management Facility accepts hand-delivered
submissions, and makes docket contents available for public inspection
and copying at this address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The Facility telephone number is 202-
366-9329, the fax number is 202-493-2251, and the Web site for
electronic submissions or for electronic access to docket contents is
http://regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary K. Jager, U.S. Coast Guard,
telephone: 202-372-1454, e-mail: Mary.K.Jager@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone: 202-493-0402, e-mail:
renee.wright@dot.gov.
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 meeting on the
proposed action and the evaluation contained in the DEIS.
In order to allow everyone a chance to speak at the public meeting,
we may limit speaker time, or extend the meeting 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.
Written material may be submitted at the public meeting, 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
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS). See ``Request for Comments''
for information about FDMS and your rights under the Privacy Act.
The public meeting location will be wheelchair-accessible. If you
plan to attend the open house or public meeting, and need special
assistance such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable
accommodation, please notify the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) at least three (3) business days in advance.
Include your contact information as well as information about your
specific needs.
Request for Comments
We request public comments or other relevant information on the
DEIS. The public hearing is not the only opportunity to comment. In
addition to or in place of attending a meeting, comments may be
submitted to the Federal Docket Management Facility during the public
comment period (see DATES). We will consider all comments and material
received during the comment period for the DEIS. We will announce the
availability of the Final EIS (FEIS) and once again provide the
opportunity to review and comment. To receive notice of the FEIS,
contact representatives at the public meeting or the Coast Guard
representative identified in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Submissions must include:
Docket number USCG-2006-26009.
Your name and address.
Submit comments or material using only one of the following
methods:
Electronic submission to FDMS, http://regulations.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. Mailed submissions requiring confirmation of
receipt should include a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.
Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or material,
all submissions will be posted, without change, to the FDMS Web site
(http://regulations.gov), and will include any personal information
provided. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public.
Please read the Privacy Act notice that is available on the FDMS Web
site, or the Department of Transportation Privacy Act Statement that
appeared in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
Docket submissions may be viewed at the Federal Docket Management
Facility (see ADDRESSES), or electronically on the FDMS Web site.
Background
Information about deepwater ports, the statutes, and regulations
governing their licensing, and the receipt of the current application
for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) deepwater port appears in Volume 71
FR 65031, Monday, November 6, 2006. The Notice of Intent to Prepare an
EIS for the proposed action was published in the Federal Register in
Volume 71 FR 67422, Tuesday, November 21, 2006. The DEIS, application
materials and associated comments are available on the docket.
Information from the ``Summary of the Application'' from previous
Federal Register notices is included below for your convenience.
Proposed Action and Alternatives
The proposed action requiring environmental review is the Federal
licensing action of the proposed deepwater port described in ``Summary
of the Application'' below. The alternatives to licensing decision on
the proposed port are: (i) Licensing as proposed (ii) licensing with
conditions (including conditions designed to mitigate environmental,
safety and security impacts), and (iii) denying the license, which for
purposes of environmental review is the ``no-action'' alternative.
Alternates examined under NEPA are more fully discussed in the DEIS.
The Coast Guard and MARAD are the lead Federal agencies for the
preparation of the EIS. Address any questions about the proposed action
or the DEIS to the Coast Guard project manager identified in FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Summary of the Application
Calypso LNG LLC, proposes to own, construct, and operate a
deepwater port, named Calypso, in the Federal waters of the Outer
Continental Shelf in the OCS NG 17-06 (Bahamas) lease area,
approximately 8 to 10 miles off the east coast of Florida, to the
northeast of Port Everglades, in a water depth of approximately 800 to
950 feet. Calypso would consist of a permanently moored unloading buoy
system with two (2) submersible buoys separated by a distance of
approximately three (3) miles. Each unloading buoy would be permanently
secured to eight (8) or nine (9) mooring lines, consisting of wire
rope, chain, and buoyancy elements, each attached to anchor points on
the sea bed. Anchor points would consist of a combination of suction
piles and gravity anchors.
The buoys would be designed to moor and unload (i) transport and
regasification vessels (TRVs) and (ii) a storage and regasification
ship (SRS). TRVs would be drawn from the existing and future global
fleet as compatible with the unloading buoy system. A TRV would moor at
the east buoy for four (4) to seven (7) days. When empty it would
disconnect from the buoy and leave the port, followed by another full
TRV that would arrive and connect to the buoy. The SRS would be a
specialized, purpose built LNG carrier designed to accept LNG from
conventional LNG carriers from the existing and future global fleet.
The SRS would normally remain attached to its mooring buoy. To sustain
continuous vaporization, the SRS' cargo tanks would be refilled
approximately every two (2) to four (4) days by LNG carriers. The SRS
would
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detach from the buoy if threatened by a severe storm, such as a
hurricane, and move under its own power to safety; then return and
reconnect to the buoy and continue operations once the storm danger
passed.
Both vessels would be equipped to vaporize LNG cargo to natural gas
through an onboard closed loop shell-and-tube vaporization system, and
to odorize and meter gas for send-out by means of the unloading buoy to
conventional subsea pipelines. The mooring buoys would be connected
through the hull of the vessels to specially designed turrets that
would enable the vessel to weathervane or rotate in response to
prevailing winds, waves, and the current directions. When the vessels
are not present the buoys would be submerged approximately 100 feet
below the surface.
The unloading buoys would connect through flexible risers and two
(2) approximately 2.5 mile long 30-inch flow lines located on the
seabed that would connect directly to the Calypso pipeline, a Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) permitted pipeline, yet to be
constructed which would then connect to existing onshore pipeline
system.
The Calypso would be capable of delivering natural gas in a
continuous flow by having at least one TRV or the SRS regasifying at
all times. The system would be designed so that a TRV and the SRS can
regasify simultaneously for concurrent unloading of natural gas.
Calypso would have an average throughput capacity of approximately 1.1
billion standard cubic feet per day (bcsfd) and a peak delivery
capacity of 1.9 bcsfd.
Existing onshore delivery systems would be utilized and no new
construction of onshore pipelines or LNG storage facilities are
included as part of the proposed deepwater port. Existing shore based
infrastructure will be used to facilitate movement of personnel,
equipment, supplies, and disposable materials between the Terminal and
shore.
Construction of the deepwater port would be expected to take three
(3) years should a license be issued. The deepwater port, if licensed,
would be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with
applicable codes and standards and would have an expected operating
life of approximately 25 years.
Privacy Act
The electronic form of all comments received into the Federal
Docket Management System can be searched by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). The DOT Privacy Act
Statement can be viewed in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 19477-78) or you may visit http://regulations.gov
.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: October 29, 2007.
Murray A. Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-21602 Filed 11-1-07; 8:45 am]
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