80 FR 42104 - Waterway Suitability Assessment for Liquefied Natural Gas Facility; Nikiski, Alaska
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 136 (July 16, 2015)
Coast Guard
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 136 (July 16, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-17461 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 42104-42105] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-17461] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard [Docket Number USCG-2015-0508] Waterway Suitability Assessment for Liquefied Natural Gas Facility; Nikiski, Alaska AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Coast Guard, at Sector Anchorage, announces receipt of a Letter of Intent (LOI) and Waterway Suitability Assessment (WSA) for a proposed project to construct a Marine Terminal as part of a Liquefaction Facility in Nikiski, Alaska, to export liquefied natural gas (LNG). The LOI and WSA were submitted by ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC on behalf of the Alaska LNG Project, the participants in which are Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, BP Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, and TransCanada Alaska Midstream LP. The Coast Guard is notifying the public of this action to solicit public comments on the proposed construction of the Marine Terminal. DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast Guard on or before October 14, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG- 2015-0508 using any one of the following methods: (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. (2) Fax: 202-493-2251. (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket Management Facility, Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Deliveries accepted between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. The telephone number is 202-366-9329. See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for further instructions on submitting comments. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these three methods. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice of availability, call or email LT Eugene Chung, Sector Anchorage Prevention, Coast Guard; telephone 907-428-4189, email [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Public Participation and Request for Comments The Coast Guard encourages public participation. We request that you submit comments and related materials in response to this notice. All comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have provided. 1. Submitting Comments If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this notice, USCG-2015-0508, and provide a reason for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and related material online at http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. If you submit a comment online, it will be considered received by the Coast Guard when you successfully transmit the comment. If you fax, hand deliver, or mail your comment, it will be considered as having been received by the Coast Guard when it is received at the Docket Management Facility. We recommend that you include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a telephone number in the body of your document so that we can contact you if we have questions regarding your submission. To submit your comment online, go to http://www.regulations.gov, type the docket number (USCG-2015-0508) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Then click on ``Submit a Comment'' on the line associated with this notice. 2. Viewing Comments and Documents To view comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov, type the docket number (USCG-2015-0508) in the ``SEARCH'' box and click ``SEARCH.'' Click on Open Docket Folder on the line associated with this rulemaking. You may also visit the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the Department of Transportation West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 3. Privacy Act Anyone can search the electronic form of comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review a Privacy Act notice regarding our public dockets in the January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 3316). 4. Public Meeting The Coast Guard does not plan to hold a public meeting; you may submit a request for one using one of the methods specified under ADDRESSES. Please explain why you believe a public meeting would be beneficial. If we determine one would aid this evaluation, we will hold one at a time and place announced by a later notice in the Federal Register. Discussion Under 33 CFR 127.007, an owner or operator planning new construction to expand or modify marine terminal operations in an existing facility handling LNG or Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG), where the construction, expansion, or modification would result in an increase in the size and/or frequency of LNG or LHG marine traffic on the waterway associated with a [[Page 42105]] proposed facility or modification to an existing facility, must submit an LOI to the Captain of the Port of the zone in which the facility is or will be located. Under 33 CFR 127.009, after receiving an LOI, the Captain of the Port issues a Letter of Recommendation (LOR) as to the suitability of the waterway for LNG or LHG marine traffic to the appropriate jurisdictional authorities. The LOR is based on a series of factors outlined in 33 CFR 127.009 that relate to the physical nature of the affected waterway and issues of safety and security associated with LNG or LHG marine traffic on the affected waterway. The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comments on the proposed construction of a Marine Terminal as part of a Liquefaction Facility at Nikiski, Alaska, for production of liquefied natural gas for export, as submitted by ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC on behalf of the Alaska LNG Project, the participants in which are Alaska Gasline Development Corporation, BP Alaska LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG Company, ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC, and TransCanada Alaska Midstream LP. Input from the public may be useful to the COTP with respect to developing the LOR. The Coast Guard requests comments to help assess the suitability of the associated waterway for increased LNG marine traffic as it relates to navigation, safety, and security. On January 24, 2011, the Coast Guard issued Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-2011, Guidance Related to Waterfront Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities. NVIC 01-2011 provides guidance for owners and operators seeking approval to construct and operate LNG facilities. The Coast Guard will refer to NVIC 01-2011 for process information and guidance in evaluating the project included in the LOI and WSA submitted by ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC. A copy of NVIC 01-2011 is available for viewing in the public docket for this notice and on the Coast Guard's Web site at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvic/2010s.asp. This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1223-1225, Department of Homeland Security Delegation Number 0170.1(70), 33 CFR 127.007 and 127.009. Dated: June 25, 2015. Paul Mehler III, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port, Western Alaska. [FR Doc. 2015-17461 Filed 7-15-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-04-P
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available on a compact disc (CD). If you LLC, and TransCanada Alaska you fax, hand deliver, or mail your
require a paper copy of the entire Midstream LP. The Coast Guard is comment, it will be considered as
document, please call Penelope Beattie notifying the public of this action to having been received by the Coast
on 202–452–3982. The documentation solicit public comments on the Guard when it is received at the Docket
will not be available until about 20 proposed construction of the Marine Management Facility. We recommend
minutes before the start of the meeting. Terminal. that you include your name and a
2. This meeting will be recorded for DATES: Comments and related material mailing address, an email address, or a
the benefit of those unable to attend. must be received by the Coast Guard on telephone number in the body of your
The webcast recording and a transcript or before October 14, 2015. document so that we can contact you if
of the meeting will be available after the we have questions regarding your
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
meeting on the Board’s public Web site submission. To submit your comment
identified by docket number USCG–
http://www.federalreserve.gov/ online, go to http://
2015–0508 using any one of the
aboutthefed/boardmeetings/ or if you www.regulations.gov, type the docket
following methods:
prefer, a CD recording of the meeting number (USCG–2015–0508) in the
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
will be available for listening in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’
http://www.regulations.gov.
Board’s Freedom of Information Office, (2) Fax: 202–493–2251. Then click on ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ on
and copies can be ordered for $4 per (3) Mail or Delivery: Docket the line associated with this notice.
disc by calling 202–452–3684 or by Management Facility, Department of
writing to: Freedom of Information 2. Viewing Comments and Documents
Transportation, West Building Ground
Office, Board of Governors of the Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey To view comments, go to http://
Federal Reserve System, Washington, Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– www.regulations.gov, type the docket
DC 20551. 0001. Deliveries accepted between 9 number (USCG–2015–0508) in the
For more information please contact: a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’
Michelle Smith, Director, or Dave Friday, except federal holidays. The Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
Skidmore, Assistant to the Board, Office telephone number is 202–366–9329. See associated with this rulemaking.
of Board Members at 202–452–2955. You may also visit the Docket
the ‘‘Public Participation and Request
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may Management Facility in Room W12–140
for Comments’’ portion of the
access the Board’s public Web site at on the ground floor of the Department
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
www.federalreserve.gov for an electronic of Transportation West Building, 1200
below for further instructions on
announcement. (The Web site also New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
submitting comments. To avoid
includes procedural and other DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
duplication, please use only one of
information about the open meeting.) Monday through Friday, except Federal
these three methods.
holidays.
Dated: July 13, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
Robert deV. Frierson, you have questions on this notice of 3. Privacy Act
Secretary of the Board. availability, call or email LT Eugene Anyone can search the electronic
[FR Doc. 2015–17505 Filed 7–14–15; 11:15 am] Chung, Sector Anchorage Prevention, form of comments received into any of
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Coast Guard; telephone 907–428–4189, our dockets by the name of the
email Eugene.Chung@uscg.mil. If you individual submitting the comment (or
have questions on viewing or submitting signing the comment, if submitted on
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND material to the docket, call Ms. Cheryl behalf of an association, business, labor
SECURITY Collins, Program Manager, Docket union, etc.). You may review a Privacy
Operations, telephone 202–366–9826. Act notice regarding our public dockets
Coast Guard SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: in the January 17, 2008, issue of the
Federal Register (73 FR 3316).
[Docket Number USCG–2015–0508] A. Public Participation and Request for
Comments 4. Public Meeting
Waterway Suitability Assessment for
The Coast Guard encourages public The Coast Guard does not plan to
Liquefied Natural Gas Facility; Nikiski,
participation. We request that you hold a public meeting; you may submit
Alaska
submit comments and related materials a request for one using one of the
Coast Guard, DHS.
AGENCY: in response to this notice. All comments methods specified under ADDRESSES.
Notice and request for
ACTION: received will be posted without change Please explain why you believe a public
comments. to http://www.regulations.gov and will meeting would be beneficial. If we
include any personal information you determine one would aid this
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard, at Sector have provided. evaluation, we will hold one at a time
Anchorage, announces receipt of a and place announced by a later notice
Letter of Intent (LOI) and Waterway 1. Submitting Comments
in the Federal Register.
Suitability Assessment (WSA) for a If you submit a comment, please
proposed project to construct a Marine include the docket number for this Discussion
Terminal as part of a Liquefaction notice, USCG–2015–0508, and provide a Under 33 CFR 127.007, an owner or
Facility in Nikiski, Alaska, to export reason for each suggestion or operator planning new construction to
liquefied natural gas (LNG). The LOI recommendation. You may submit your expand or modify marine terminal
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and WSA were submitted by comments and related material online at operations in an existing facility
ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC on behalf http://www.regulations.gov, or by fax, handling LNG or Liquefied Hazardous
of the Alaska LNG Project, the mail, or hand delivery, but please use Gas (LHG), where the construction,
participants in which are Alaska Gasline only one of these means. If you submit expansion, or modification would result
Development Corporation, BP Alaska a comment online, it will be considered in an increase in the size and/or
LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG received by the Coast Guard when you frequency of LNG or LHG marine traffic
Company, ExxonMobil Alaska LNG successfully transmit the comment. If on the waterway associated with a
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proposed facility or modification to an DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
existing facility, must submit an LOI to URBAN DEVELOPMENT Diana Talios, Office of Multifamily
the Captain of the Port of the zone in Housing Programs, Office of Production,
[Docket No. FR–5728–N–02]
which the facility is or will be located. Department of Housing and Urban
Under 33 CFR 127.009, after receiving Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
an LOI, the Captain of the Port issues a Small Building Risk Sharing Initiative 6148, Washington, DC 20410; email
Letter of Recommendation (LOR) as to Final Notice address Diana.J.Talios@HUD.gov and
the suitability of the waterway for LNG telephone number (202) 402–7125 (this
or LHG marine traffic to the appropriate AGENCY: Office of the Assistant is not a toll-free number). Persons with
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing hearing or speech impairments may
jurisdictional authorities. The LOR is
Commissioner, HUD. access this number through TTY by
based on a series of factors outlined in
ACTION: Notice. calling the toll-free Federal Relay
33 CFR 127.009 that relate to the
physical nature of the affected waterway Service at 800–877–8339.
SUMMARY: This Final Notice announces
and issues of safety and security HUD’s implementation of an Initiative SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
associated with LNG or LHG marine under the Risk Sharing Program (the I. Introduction
traffic on the affected waterway. ‘‘Initiative’’), authorized by Section
542(b) of the Housing and Community A. Purpose
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
public comments on the proposed Development Act of 1992, to facilitate Under the Initiative, applicants
construction of a Marine Terminal as the financing of small multifamily qualified as QPEs will rely on a 50
part of a Liquefaction Facility at Nikiski, properties. Through this Final Notice, percent risk sharing arrangement with
Alaska, for production of liquefied HUD invites applications for the HUD to underwrite, originate, and
Initiative described in this Notice from service loans that (1) are secured with
natural gas for export, as submitted by
high capacity Community Development properties of 5 or more rental dwelling
ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC on behalf
Finance Institutions (CDFIs), other non- units, and (2) do not exceed the amount
of the Alaska LNG Project, the
profit lenders, and public and quasi- of $3,000,000, or, in the case of projects
participants in which are Alaska Gasline public agencies (collectively referred to
Development Corporation, BP Alaska located in ‘‘High Cost Areas’’ annually
as Mission Based Lenders), and private, designated by HUD, (most recently in
LNG LLC, ConocoPhillips Alaska LNG for-profit lenders approved as FHA
Company, ExxonMobil Alaska LNG Mortgagee Letter 2014–14 1), the amount
Multifamily Accelerated Processing of $5,000,000.
LLC, and TransCanada Alaska (MAP) lenders (referred to as Private
Midstream LP. Input from the public Lenders), to participate in HUD’s Risk B. Proposed Statutory Changes
may be useful to the COTP with respect Sharing Program as Qualified HUD intends to pursue statutory
to developing the LOR. The Coast Guard Participating Entities (QPEs). changes to Section 542(b) of the
requests comments to help assess the DATES: Effective Date of Initiative: July Housing and Community Development
suitability of the associated waterway 16, 2015. Act of 1992 that would, through loans
for increased LNG marine traffic as it Application Date for Mission Based originated by lenders that have
relates to navigation, safety, and Lenders: Applications will be completed demonstrated experience in affordable
security. in a two-stage process: Pre-Qualification housing lending, remove affordability
On January 24, 2011, the Coast Guard and Final Application. Pre-Qualification restrictions currently required under
issued Navigation and Vessel Inspection Applications from Mission Based Section 542(b). The change is intended
Circular (NVIC) 01–2011, Guidance Lenders will be accepted starting on the to reduce the burden on owners who
Related to Waterfront Liquefied Natural effective date of this Notice. If the Pre- access this capital in order to provide
Gas (LNG) Facilities. NVIC 01–2011 Qualification Application is approved affordable housing in their
provides guidance for owners and by HUD the applicant will have 90 days communities. The language would also
operators seeking approval to construct from receipt of HUD’s approval to authorize Ginnie Mae to securitize loans
and operate LNG facilities. The Coast complete its FHA Lender application on small buildings made under Section
Guard will refer to NVIC 01–2011 for online and deliver a Final Application 542(b), which could significantly
to HUD. enhance the impact and utility of the
process information and guidance in
Application Date for Private Lenders: Initiative. If granted this authority by
evaluating the project included in the Applications will be completed in a
LOI and WSA submitted by ExxonMobil the Congress, HUD would invite
two-stage process: Pre-Qualification and applicants that participate under the
Alaska LNG LLC. A copy of NVIC 01– Final Application. Pre-Qualification
2011 is available for viewing in the authority of this Final Notice to modify
Applications from Private Lenders will their agreements to take advantage of
public docket for this notice and on the be accepted starting six (6) months from
Coast Guard’s Web site at http:// such new authority. Until such statutory
the effective date of this Notice. If the changes are made, lenders participating
www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvic/2010s.asp. Pre-Qualification Application is in this Initiative may have access to
This notice is issued under authority approved by HUD the applicant will low-cost long-term financing through
of 33 U.S.C. 1223–1225, Department of have 90 days from receipt of HUD’s the Federal Financing Bank (FFB). The
Homeland Security Delegation Number approval to deliver a complete Final FFB Risk Sharing Initiative announced
0170.1(70), 33 CFR 127.007 and Application to HUD. (Note Private June 26, 2014, now provides capital for
127.009. Lenders must be FHA MAP Lenders in multifamily loans insured under Section
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good standing in order to apply; 542(c) of the Risk Sharing Program.
Dated: June 25, 2015.
therefore separate FHA Lender HUD and the Treasury Department are
Paul Mehler III, applications are not required.) currently formalizing an agreement to
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the ADDRESSES: Interested parties are
Port, Western Alaska.
expand this capital source to lenders
invited to submit applications including
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| Contact | If you have questions on this notice of availability, call or email LT Eugene Chung, Sector Anchorage Prevention, Coast Guard; telephone 907-428-4189, email [email protected] If you have questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms. Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826. | |
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