81 FR 46157 - Deepwater Port License Application: Delfin LNG LLC, Delfin LNG Deepwater Port
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 136 (July 15, 2016)
Maritime Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 136 (July 15, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-16540 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 46157-46159] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-16540] [[Page 46157]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration [Docket No. USCG-2015-0472] Deepwater Port License Application: Delfin LNG LLC, Delfin LNG Deepwater Port AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of public meeting; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD), in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Delfin LNG deepwater port license application for the exportation of natural gas. Delfin LNG, LLC (Delfin LNG), is the applicant. A Notice of Application that summarized the original Delfin LNG license application was published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2015 (80 FR 42162). A Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Notice of Public Meetings was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2015 (80 FR 45270). A Notice of Receipt of Amended Application was published in the Federal Register on December 24, 2015 (80 FR 80455). This Notice of Availability (NOA) incorporates the aforementioned Notices by reference. The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port would be located in Federal waters within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) approximately 37.4 to 40.8 nautical miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port incorporates onshore components, which are subject to FERC jurisdiction. These facilities are described in the section of this Notice titled ``FERC Application.'' Publication of this notice begins a 45-day comment period, requests public participation in the environmental impact review process, provides information on how to participate in the process and announces informational open houses and public meetings in Cameron, Louisiana and Beaumont, Texas. DATES: The Maritime Administration will hold two public meetings in connection with the license application DEIS. The first public meeting will be held in Cameron, Louisiana, on August 9, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The second public meeting will be held in Beaumont, Texas, on August 10, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Each public meeting will be preceded by an open house from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The public meeting may end later than the stated time, depending on the number of persons who wish to make a comment on the record. Additionally, material you submit in response to the request for comments must reach www.regulations.gov by close of business August 29, 2016, or 45 days after the date of publication of this NOA in the Federal Register, whichever is later. ADDRESSES: The open house and public meeting in Cameron, Louisiana will be held at the Johnson Bayou Community Center, 5556 Gulf Beach Highway, Cameron, LA, 70631; telephone: 337-569-2454. Free parking is available at the Community Center. The open house and public meeting in Beaumont, Texas will be held at the Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza, 3950 Walden Road, Beaumont, Texas 77705; telephone: 409-842-5995. Free parking is available at the Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza. The license application, comments, supporting information and the DEIS are available for viewing at the Regulations.gov Web site: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2015-0472. The Final EIS (FEIS), when published, will be announced and available at this site as well. 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. Roddy Bachman, USCG or Ms. Yvette M. Fields, MARAD, as listed in the following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. This section 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Roddy Bachman, USCG, telephone: 202-372-1451, email: [email protected]; or Ms. Yvette M. Fields, Director, Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities, MARAD, telephone: 202-366-0926, email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Request for Comments We request public comments or other relevant information related to the DEIS for the proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port. These comments will inform our preparation of the FEIS. We encourage attendance at the open houses and public meetings; however, you may submit comments electronically. It is preferred that comments be submitted electronically. Regardless of the method you use to submitting comments or material, all submissions will be posted, without change, to the Federal Docket Operations Facility Web site (http://www.regulations.gov), and will include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to read the Privacy and Use Notice that is available on the www.regulations.gov Web site, and the Department of Transportation (DOT) 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 DOT Docket Operations Facility or electronically at the www.reguations.gov Web site. Public Meeting and Open House You are invited to learn about the proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port at either of the informational open houses and to comment on the proposed action and the environmental impact analysis contained in the DEIS. Speakers may register upon arrival and will be recognized in the following order: Elected officials, public agency representatives, then individuals or groups in the order in which they registered. In order to accommodate all speakers, speaker time may be limited, meeting hours may be extended, or both. Speakers' transcribed remarks will be included in the public docket. You may also submit written material for inclusion in the public docket. Written material must include the author's name. We ask attendees to respect the meeting procedures in order to ensure a constructive information-gathering session. Please do not bring signs or banners inside the meeting venue. The presiding officer will use his/her discretion to conduct the meeting in an orderly manner. Public meeting locations are wheelchair accessible; however, attendees who require special assistance such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodation, please notify the USCG (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at least five (5) business days in advance. Please [[Page 46158]] include contact information as well as information about specific needs. Background On May 8, 2015, as supplemented on June 19, 2015, MARAD and USCG received a license application from Delfin LNG for all Federal authorizations required for a license to own, construct and operate a deepwater port for the export of natural gas. The proposed deepwater port would be located in Federal waters approximately 37.4 to 40.8 nautical miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana and Texas were designated as Adjacent Coastal States (ACS) for the Delfin LNG license application. The Federal agencies involved held two public scoping meetings in connection with the original Delfin LNG license application. The first public scoping meeting was held in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 18, 2015; the second public scoping meeting was held in Beaumont, Texas on August 19, 2015. Transcripts of the scoping meetings are included in the public docket. After the public scoping meetings concluded, Delfin LNG advised MARAD, the USCG and FERC of its intent to amend the original license application. In anticipation of the amended license application, MARAD and USCG issued a regulatory ``stop-clock'' letter to Delfin LNG on September 18, 2015. That letter commenced a regulatory ``stop-clock,'' effective September 18, 2015, which remained in effect until MARAD and USCG received the amended license application and determined it contained sufficient information to continue the Federal review process. On November 19, 2015, Delfin LNG submitted its amended license application to MARAD and USCG. Working in coordination with participating Federal and State agencies, MARAD commenced processing the amended license application and completed the DEIS. The purpose of the DEIS is to analyze reasonable alternatives to, and the direct, indirect and cumulative environmental impacts of, the proposed action. The DEIS is currently available for public review at the Federal docket Web site: www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2015-0472. Summary of the License Application Delfin LNG is proposing to construct, own, operate and eventually decommission a deepwater port in the Gulf of Mexico to liquefy domestically-sourced natural gas for export. Exports are proposed to both Free Trade Agreement nations and non-Free Trade Agreement nations, in accordance with Department of Energy export license approvals. The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port has both onshore and offshore components. As previously described, the proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port would be located in Federal waters within the OCS West Cameron Area, West Addition Protraction Area (Gulf of Mexico) approximately 37.4 to 40.8 nautical miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in water depths ranging from approximately 64 to 72 feet (19.5 to 21.9 meters). The Delfin LNG deepwater port would consist of four semi-permanently moored Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Vessels (FLNGVs) located as follows: #1 (29[deg]8'13.1'' N./93[deg]2'2.2'' W.), #2 (29[deg]6'13.6'' N./ 93[deg] 32'42.4'' W.), #3 (29[deg]6'40.7'' N./ 93[deg]30'10.1'' W.) and #4 (29[deg]4'40.9'' N./93[deg]30'51.8'' W.) located in West Cameron (WC) lease blocks 319, 327, 328 and 334, respectively. The Delfin LNG deepwater port would reuse and repurpose two existing offshore natural gas pipelines; the former U-T Operating System (UTOS) pipeline and the High Island Operating System (HIOS) pipeline. Four new 30-inch diameter pipeline laterals, each approximately 6,400 feet in length, connecting the HIOS pipeline to each of the FLNGVs, would be constructed. In addition, a 700-foot 42- inch diameter new pipeline would be constructed to bypass a platform at WC lease block 167 (WC 167) and connect the UTOS and HIOS pipelines. Feed gas would be supplied through the new pipeline laterals to each of the FLNGVs where it would be super-cooled to produce LNG. The LNG would be stored onboard the FLNGVs and transferred via ship-to-ship transfer to properly certified LNG tankers. Each of the FLNGVs would be semi- permanently moored to four new weathervaning tower yoke mooring systems (TYMS). The onshore components in Cameron Parish, Louisiana are described specifically in an application submitted to FERC. The onshore components of the Delfin LNG deepwater port will consist of constructing and operating a new natural gas compressor station, gas supply header and a metering station at an existing gas facility. The proposal would require: (1) Reactivation of approximately 1.1 miles of existing 42-inch pipeline, formerly owned by UTOS, which runs from Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company Station No. 44 (Transco Station 44) to the mean highwater mark along the Cameron Parish Coast; (2) installation of 120,000 horsepower of new compression; (3) construction of 0.25 miles of 42-inch pipeline to connect the former UTOS line to the new meter station; and (4) construction of 0.6 miles of twin 30- inch pipelines between Transco Station 44 and the new compressor station. Onshore pipeline quality natural gas from the interstate grid would be sent to the existing, but currently idle, 42-inch UTOS pipeline. The gas transported through the UTOS pipeline would then bypass the existing manifold platform located at WC 167 via a newly installed pipeline segment, 700 feet in length, connecting to the existing 42- inch HIOS pipeline. The bypass of the WC 167 platform would be trenched so that the top of the pipe is a minimum of 3 feet below the seafloor. From the bypass, the feed gas would then be transported further offshore using the HIOS pipeline portion leased by Delfin LNG between WC 167 and High Island A264. The existing UTOS and HIOS pipelines transect OCS Lease Blocks WC 314, 318, 319, 327, and 335, and would transport feed gas from onshore to offshore (one-directional flow). Delfin LNG proposes to install four new lateral pipelines along the HIOS pipeline, starting approximately 16.0 nautical miles south of the WC 167 platform. Each subsea lateral pipeline would be 30 inches in diameter and approximately 6,400 feet in length, extending from the HIOS pipeline to the Delfin LNG deepwater port. The maximum allowable operating pressure of the pipeline system (UTOS, bypass, HIOS and laterals) would be 1,250 pounds per square inch gauge (psig). The FLNGVs would receive pipeline quality natural gas via the laterals and TYMS where it would be cooled sufficiently to completely condense the gas and produce LNG. The produced LNG would be stored in International Maritime Organization (IMO) type B, prismatic, independent LNG storage tanks aboard each of the FLNGVs. Each vessel would have a total LNG storage capacity of 210,000 cubic meters (m\3\). An offloading mooring system would be provided on each FLNGV to moor an LNG tanker side-by-side for cargo transfer of LNG through loading arms or cryogenic hoses using ship-to-ship transfer procedures. LNG tankers would be moored with pilot and tug assist. The FLNGVs would be equipped with fenders and quick-release hooks to facilitate mooring and unmooring operations. The offloading system would be capable of accommodating standard LNG tankers with nominal cargo capacities up to 170,000 m\3\. Delfin LNG estimates that the typical LNG cargo transfer operation would be [[Page 46159]] carried out within 24 hours, including LNG tanker berthing, cargo transfer and sail-away. Approximately 31 LNG tankers are expected to visit each of the four FLNGVs per year for a total of up to 124 cargo transfer operations per year. Each LNG tanker would be assisted by up to three tugs during approach and mooring and up to two tugs while departing the Delfin LNG deepwater port. The FLNGVs would be self-propelled vessels and have the ability to disconnect from the TYMS and set sail to avoid hurricanes or to facilitate required inspections, maintenance and repairs. In the nominal design case, based on an estimated availability of 92 percent and allowance for consumption of feed gas during the liquefaction process, each of the four FLNGVs would produce approximately 146 billion standard cubic feet per year (Bscf/y) of gas (approximately 3.0 million metric tonnes per annum [MMtpa]) for export in the form of LNG. Together, the four FLNGVs are designed to have the capability to export 585 Bscf/y of gas (approximately 12.0 MMtpa). As detailed engineering and equipment specification advances during the design process and operating efficiencies are gained post- commissioning, the liquefaction process could perform better than this nominal design case. It is anticipated that LNG output could improve to as much as 657.5 Bscf/y in the optimized design case (approximately 13.2 MMtpa) which is the amount Delfin LNG is requesting authorization to export. The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port would take a modular implementation approach to allow for early market entry and accommodate market shifts. Offshore construction activities are proposed to begin at the end of first quarter of 2018 and would be completed in four stages, with each stage corresponding to the commissioning and operation of an FLNGV. The anticipated commissioning of FLNGV 1 is the third quarter of 2019 with start-up of commercial operation of FLNGV 1 by the end of 2019. It is anticipated that FLNGVs 2 through 4 would be commissioned 12 months apart. Following this schedule and barring unforeseen events, the Delfin deepwater port would be completed and all four FLNGVs would be fully operational by the summer of 2022. Should a license be issued, the Delfin LNG deepwater port would be designed, fabricated, constructed, commissioned, maintained, inspected and operated in accordance with applicable codes and standards and with USCG oversight as regulated under Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), subchapter NN-Deepwater Ports (33 CFR 148, 149 and 150). This includes applicable waterways management and regulated navigations areas, maritime safety and security requirements, risk assessment and compliance with domestic and international laws and regulations for vessels that may call at the port. FERC Application On May 8, 2015, Delfin LNG filed its original application with FERC requesting authorizations pursuant to the Natural Gas Act and 18 CFR part 157 for the onshore components of the proposed deepwater port terminal including authorization to use the existing pipeline infrastructure, which includes leasing a segment of pipeline from HIOS extending from the terminus of the UTOS pipeline offshore. On May 20, 2015, FERC issued its Notice of Application for the onshore components of Delfin LNG's deepwater port project in Docket No. CP15-490-000. This Notice was published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2015 (80 FR 30226). Delfin LNG stated in its application that High Island Offshore System, LLC would submit a separate application with FERC seeking authorization to abandon by lease its facilities to Delfin LNG. FERC, however, advised Delfin LNG that it would not begin processing Delfin LNG's application until such time that MARAD and USCG deemed Delfin LNG's deepwater port license application complete and High Island Offshore System, LLC submitted an abandonment application with FERC. On June 29, 2015, MARAD and USCG accepted the documentation and deemed the original Delfin license application complete. On November 19, 2015, High Island Offshore System, LLC filed an application (FERC Docket No. CP16-20-000) to abandon certain offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, including its 66-mile-long mainline, an offshore platform and related facilities (``HIOS Repurposed Facilities''). Accordingly, on November 19, 2015, Delfin LNG filed an amended application in FERC Docket No. CP15-490-001 to use the HIOS Repurposed Facilities and to revise the onshore component of its deepwater port project. On December 1, 2015, FERC issued a Notice of Application for Delfin LNG's amendment, which was published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2015 (80 FR 76003). The amended FERC application specifically discusses the onshore facility and adjustments to the onshore operations that would involve reactivating approximately 1.1 miles of the existing UTOS pipeline; the addition of four new onshore compressors totaling 120,000 horsepower of new compression; activation of associated metering and regulation facilities; the installation of new supply header pipelines (which would consist of 0.25 miles of new 42-inch-diameter pipeline to connect the former UTOS line to the new meter station); and 0.6 miles of new twin 30-inch-diameter pipelines between Transco Station 44 and the new compressor station site. Additional information regarding the details of Delfin LNG's original and amended application to FERC is on file and open to public inspection. Project filings may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP15-490) in the docket number field to access project information. For assistance, please contact FERC at [email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY, (202) 502-8659. Privacy Act Regardless of the method used for submitting comments or materials, all submissions will be posted, without change, to 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 Security Notice, as well as the User Notice, that is available on the www.regulations.gov Web site. The Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal Docket Management System is available in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal Register (70 FR 15086). Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., 49 CFR 1.93(h). Dated: July 7, 2016. By Order of the Maritime Administrator. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2016-16540 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-81-P
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Each public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
meeting will be preceded by an open
Maritime Administration Request for Comments
house from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The
public meeting may end later than the We request public comments or other
[Docket No. USCG–2015–0472] relevant information related to the DEIS
stated time, depending on the number of
persons who wish to make a comment for the proposed Delfin LNG deepwater
Deepwater Port License Application:
on the record. Additionally, material port. These comments will inform our
Delfin LNG LLC, Delfin LNG Deepwater
you submit in response to the request preparation of the FEIS. We encourage
Port
for comments must reach attendance at the open houses and
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, www.regulations.gov by close of public meetings; however, you may
Department of Transportation business August 29, 2016, or 45 days submit comments electronically. It is
ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of after the date of publication of this NOA preferred that comments be submitted
public meeting; request for comments. in the Federal Register, whichever is electronically. Regardless of the method
later. you use to submitting comments or
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration material, all submissions will be posted,
ADDRESSES: The open house and public
(MARAD), in cooperation with the U.S. without change, to the Federal Docket
meeting in Cameron, Louisiana will be
Coast Guard (USCG) and the Federal Operations Facility Web site (http://
held at the Johnson Bayou Community
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), www.regulations.gov), and will include
Center, 5556 Gulf Beach Highway,
announces the availability of the Draft any personal information you provide.
Cameron, LA, 70631; telephone: 337–
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Therefore, submitting this information
569–2454. Free parking is available at
for the Delfin LNG deepwater port makes it public. You may wish to read
the Community Center. The open house
license application for the exportation the Privacy and Use Notice that is
and public meeting in Beaumont, Texas
of natural gas. Delfin LNG, LLC (Delfin available on the www.regulations.gov
will be held at the Holiday Inn
LNG), is the applicant. Web site, and the Department of
Beaumont Plaza, 3950 Walden Road,
A Notice of Application that Transportation (DOT) Privacy Act
Beaumont, Texas 77705; telephone:
summarized the original Delfin LNG Notice that appeared in the Federal
409–842–5995. Free parking is available
license application was published in the Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
at the Holiday Inn Beaumont Plaza.
Federal Register on July 16, 2015 (80 FR The license application, comments, 19477), see PRIVACY ACT. You may
42162). A Notice of Intent to Prepare an supporting information and the DEIS are view docket submissions at the DOT
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) available for viewing at the Docket Operations Facility or
and Notice of Public Meetings was Regulations.gov Web site: http:// electronically at the www.reguations.gov
published in the Federal Register on www.regulations.gov under docket Web site.
July 29, 2015 (80 FR 45270). A Notice number USCG–2015–0472. The Final Public Meeting and Open House
of Receipt of Amended Application was EIS (FEIS), when published, will be You are invited to learn about the
published in the Federal Register on announced and available at this site as proposed Delfin LNG deepwater port at
December 24, 2015 (80 FR 80455). This well. either of the informational open houses
Notice of Availability (NOA) We encourage you to submit and to comment on the proposed action
incorporates the aforementioned Notices comments electronically through the and the environmental impact analysis
by reference. Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// contained in the DEIS. Speakers may
The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater www.regulations.gov. If you submit your register upon arrival and will be
port would be located in Federal waters comments electronically, it is not recognized in the following order:
within the Outer Continental Shelf necessary to also submit a hard copy. If Elected officials, public agency
(OCS) approximately 37.4 to 40.8 you cannot submit material using http:// representatives, then individuals or
nautical miles off the coast of Cameron www.regulations.gov, please contact groups in the order in which they
Parish, Louisiana. either Mr. Roddy Bachman, USCG or registered. In order to accommodate all
The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater Ms. Yvette M. Fields, MARAD, as listed speakers, speaker time may be limited,
port incorporates onshore components, in the following FOR FURTHER meeting hours may be extended, or
which are subject to FERC jurisdiction. INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
both. Speakers’ transcribed remarks will
These facilities are described in the document. This section provides be included in the public docket. You
section of this Notice titled ‘‘FERC alternate instructions for submitting may also submit written material for
Application.’’ written comments. Additionally, if you inclusion in the public docket. Written
Publication of this notice begins a 45- go to the online docket and sign up for material must include the author’s
day comment period, requests public email alerts, you will be notified when name. We ask attendees to respect the
participation in the environmental comments are posted. Anonymous meeting procedures in order to ensure a
impact review process, provides comments will be accepted. All constructive information-gathering
information on how to participate in the comments received will be posted session. Please do not bring signs or
process and announces informational without change to http:// banners inside the meeting venue. The
open houses and public meetings in www.regulations.gov and will include presiding officer will use his/her
Cameron, Louisiana and Beaumont, any personal information you have discretion to conduct the meeting in an
Texas. provided. orderly manner.
DATES: The Maritime Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Public meeting locations are
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
will hold two public meetings in Roddy Bachman, USCG, telephone: wheelchair accessible; however,
connection with the license application 202–372–1451, email: attendees who require special assistance
DEIS. The first public meeting will be Roddy.C.Bachman@uscg.mil; or Ms. such as sign language interpretation or
held in Cameron, Louisiana, on August Yvette M. Fields, Director, Office of other reasonable accommodation, please
9, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Deepwater Ports and Offshore notify the USCG (see FOR FURTHER
second public meeting will be held in Activities, MARAD, telephone: 202– INFORMATION CONTACT) at least five (5)
Beaumont, Texas, on August 10, 2016, 366–0926, email: Yvette.Fields@dot.gov. business days in advance. Please
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carried out within 24 hours, including regulated under Title 33, Code of reactivating approximately 1.1 miles of
LNG tanker berthing, cargo transfer and Federal Regulations (CFR), subchapter the existing UTOS pipeline; the
sail-away. Approximately 31 LNG NN-Deepwater Ports (33 CFR 148, 149 addition of four new onshore
tankers are expected to visit each of the and 150). This includes applicable compressors totaling 120,000
four FLNGVs per year for a total of up waterways management and regulated horsepower of new compression;
to 124 cargo transfer operations per navigations areas, maritime safety and activation of associated metering and
year. Each LNG tanker would be security requirements, risk assessment regulation facilities; the installation of
assisted by up to three tugs during and compliance with domestic and new supply header pipelines (which
approach and mooring and up to two international laws and regulations for would consist of 0.25 miles of new 42-
tugs while departing the Delfin LNG vessels that may call at the port. inch-diameter pipeline to connect the
deepwater port. former UTOS line to the new meter
The FLNGVs would be self-propelled FERC Application
station); and 0.6 miles of new twin 30-
vessels and have the ability to On May 8, 2015, Delfin LNG filed its inch-diameter pipelines between
disconnect from the TYMS and set sail original application with FERC Transco Station 44 and the new
to avoid hurricanes or to facilitate requesting authorizations pursuant to compressor station site.
required inspections, maintenance and the Natural Gas Act and 18 CFR part 157 Additional information regarding the
repairs. for the onshore components of the details of Delfin LNG’s original and
In the nominal design case, based on proposed deepwater port terminal amended application to FERC is on file
an estimated availability of 92 percent including authorization to use the and open to public inspection. Project
and allowance for consumption of feed existing pipeline infrastructure, which filings may be viewed on the web at
gas during the liquefaction process, each includes leasing a segment of pipeline www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
of the four FLNGVs would produce from HIOS extending from the terminus Enter the docket number excluding the
approximately 146 billion standard of the UTOS pipeline offshore. On May last three digits (i.e., CP15–490) in the
cubic feet per year (Bscf/y) of gas 20, 2015, FERC issued its Notice of docket number field to access project
(approximately 3.0 million metric Application for the onshore components information. For assistance, please
tonnes per annum [MMtpa]) for export of Delfin LNG’s deepwater port project contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@
in the form of LNG. Together, the four in Docket No. CP15–490–000. This ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676
FLNGVs are designed to have the Notice was published in the Federal or TYY, (202) 502–8659.
capability to export 585 Bscf/y of gas Register on May 27, 2015 (80 FR 30226).
(approximately 12.0 MMtpa). Delfin LNG stated in its application that Privacy Act
As detailed engineering and High Island Offshore System, LLC Regardless of the method used for
equipment specification advances would submit a separate application submitting comments or materials, all
during the design process and operating with FERC seeking authorization to submissions will be posted, without
efficiencies are gained post- abandon by lease its facilities to Delfin change, to www.regulations.gov and will
commissioning, the liquefaction process LNG. FERC, however, advised Delfin include any personal information you
could perform better than this nominal LNG that it would not begin processing provide. Therefore, submitting this
design case. It is anticipated that LNG Delfin LNG’s application until such information to the docket makes it
output could improve to as much as time that MARAD and USCG deemed public. You may wish to read the
657.5 Bscf/y in the optimized design Delfin LNG’s deepwater port license Privacy and Security Notice, as well as
case (approximately 13.2 MMtpa) which application complete and High Island the User Notice, that is available on the
is the amount Delfin LNG is requesting Offshore System, LLC submitted an www.regulations.gov Web site. The
authorization to export. abandonment application with FERC. Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal
The proposed Delfin LNG deepwater On June 29, 2015, MARAD and USCG Docket Management System is available
port would take a modular accepted the documentation and in the March 24, 2005, issue of the
implementation approach to allow for deemed the original Delfin license Federal Register (70 FR 15086).
early market entry and accommodate application complete.
market shifts. Offshore construction On November 19, 2015, High Island Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., 49 CFR
1.93(h).
activities are proposed to begin at the Offshore System, LLC filed an
end of first quarter of 2018 and would application (FERC Docket No. CP16–20– Dated: July 7, 2016.
be completed in four stages, with each 000) to abandon certain offshore By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
stage corresponding to the facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
commissioning and operation of an including its 66-mile-long mainline, an Secretary, Maritime Administration.
FLNGV. The anticipated commissioning offshore platform and related facilities [FR Doc. 2016–16540 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am]
of FLNGV 1 is the third quarter of 2019 (‘‘HIOS Repurposed Facilities’’). BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
with start-up of commercial operation of Accordingly, on November 19, 2015,
FLNGV 1 by the end of 2019. It is Delfin LNG filed an amended
anticipated that FLNGVs 2 through 4 application in FERC Docket No. CP15– DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
would be commissioned 12 months 490–001 to use the HIOS Repurposed
apart. Following this schedule and Facilities and to revise the onshore Office of the Secretary
barring unforeseen events, the Delfin component of its deepwater port project.
deepwater port would be completed and On December 1, 2015, FERC issued a Applications of 21 Air, LLC for
Certificate Authority
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
all four FLNGVs would be fully Notice of Application for Delfin LNG’s
operational by the summer of 2022. amendment, which was published in AGENCY: Department of Transportation.
Should a license be issued, the Delfin the Federal Register on December 7, ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause
LNG deepwater port would be designed, 2015 (80 FR 76003). (Order 2016–7–5) Dockets DOT–OST–
fabricated, constructed, commissioned, The amended FERC application 2015–0043 and DOT–OST–2015–0044.
maintained, inspected and operated in specifically discusses the onshore
accordance with applicable codes and facility and adjustments to the onshore SUMMARY: The Department of
standards and with USCG oversight as operations that would involve Transportation is directing all interested
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of availability; notice of public meeting; request for comments. | |
| Dates | The Maritime Administration will hold two public meetings in connection with the license application DEIS. The first public meeting will be held in Cameron, Louisiana, on August 9, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The second public meeting will be held in Beaumont, Texas, on August 10, 2016, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Each public meeting will be preceded by an open house from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The public meeting may end later than the stated time, depending on the number of persons who wish to make a comment on the record. Additionally, material you submit in response to the request for comments must reach www.regulations.gov by close of business August 29, 2016, or 45 days after the date of publication of this NOA in the Federal Register, whichever is later. | |
| Contact | Mr. Roddy Bachman, USCG, telephone: 202-372-1451, email: [email protected]; or Ms. Yvette M. Fields, Director, Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities, MARAD, telephone: 202-366-0926, email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 46157 |
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