81_FR_70892 81 FR 70694 - Waterway Suitability Assessment for Construction of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities; Brownsville, TX

81 FR 70694 - Waterway Suitability Assessment for Construction of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities; Brownsville, TX

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 198 (October 13, 2016)

Page Range70694-70695
FR Document2016-24752

The Coast Guard, at Sector Corpus Christi, announces receipt of a Letter of Intent (LOI) and Waterways Suitability Assessment (WSA) for three Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility construction projects in Brownsville, Texas. The LOI and WSA for Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC (Annova LNG) and Texas LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) were submitted by Rodino, Inc. The LOI and WSA for Rio Grande LNG, LLC was submitted by AcuTech Group, Inc. The Coast Guard is notifying the public of this action to solicit public comments on the proposed construction of these LNG facilities, as defined by 33 CFR 127.005.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24752]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2016-0913]


Waterway Suitability Assessment for Construction of Liquefied 
Natural Gas Facilities; Brownsville, TX

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard, at Sector Corpus Christi, announces receipt 
of a Letter of Intent (LOI) and Waterways Suitability Assessment (WSA) 
for three Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility construction projects in 
Brownsville, Texas. The LOI and WSA for Annova LNG Common 
Infrastructure, LLC (Annova LNG) and Texas LNG Brownsville LLC (Texas 
LNG) were submitted by Rodino, Inc. The LOI and WSA for Rio Grande LNG, 
LLC was submitted by AcuTech Group, Inc. The Coast Guard is notifying 
the public of this action to solicit public comments on the proposed 
construction of these LNG facilities, as defined by 33 CFR 127.005.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via http://www.regulations.gov, or reach the Docket Management Facility, on or 
before December 12, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2016-0913 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document: 
call or email MST2 Rebekah Wagner, Sector Corpus Christi Waterways 
Management Division, Coast Guard; telephone 361-888-3162, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Participation and Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments (or related materials) on this 
notice for the waterway suitability assessments for the construction of 
these LNG facilities. We will consider all submissions and may adjust 
our final action based on your comments. If you submit a comment, 
please include the docket number for this notice, indicate the specific 
section of this document to which each comment applies, and provide a 
reason for each suggestion or recommendation. More information 
regarding these projects can be found on the following Web sites: 
http://annovalng.com/project; http://www.txlng.com/theproject/project-overview.html; http://www.riograndelng.com/project/.
    We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be 
submitted using http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice and all public 
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and 
can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally, 
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will 
be notified when comments are posted or a final rule is published.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov and will include any 
personal information you have provided. For more about privacy and the 
docket, you may review a Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal 
Docket Management System in the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal 
Register (70 FR 15086).

Discussion

    Under 33 CFR 127.007, an owner or operator intending to build a new 
facility handling LNG or Liquefied Hazardous Gas (LHG), or an owner or 
operator planning new construction to expand or modify marine terminal 
operations in an existing facility handling LNG or 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 proposed facility or modification to an existing 
facility, must submit an LOI to the Captain of the Port (COTP) of the 
zone in which the facility is or will be located. Annova LNG submitted 
an LOI and WSA on February 23, 2015; Texas LNG submitted an LOI and WSA 
on February 16, 2016; Rio Grande LNG, LLC submitted an LOI and WSA on 
March 18, 2015.
    For these projects, a Waterway Suitability Assessment Notice and 
Request for Comments was previously published in the Federal Register 
at http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG 2016-0626. The 
comment period ran from August 23, 2016 to September 22, 2016. Twelve 
comments were received during the comment period. However, based on 
additional interest in the projects, we have decided to reopen the 
comment period for an additional 60 days to allow for more comments to 
be submitted.
    Under 33 CFR 127.009, after receiving an LOI, the COTP 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 project as submitted by Rodino, Inc. on behalf of 
Annova LNG and Texas LNG and as submitted by AcuTech Group, Inc. on 
behalf of Rio Grande LNG, LLC. 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 published 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 LOIs and WSAs submitted by Rodino, Inc. and 
AcuTech Group, Inc. A copy of NVIC 01-2011 is available for viewing in 
the public docket for this notice and also 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 
127.009, and 33 CFR 103.205.


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    Dated: October 7, 2016.
R.A. Hahn,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Corpus Christi, TX.
[FR Doc. 2016-24752 Filed 10-12-16; 8:45 am]
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70694 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 198 / Thursday, October 13, 2016 / Notices Dated: October 5, 2016. assessments for the construction of For these projects, a Waterway Carolyn A. Baum, these LNG facilities. We will consider Suitability Assessment Notice and Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory all submissions and may adjust our final Request for Comments was previously Committee Policy. action based on your comments. If you published in the Federal Register at [FR Doc. 2016–24692 Filed 10–12–16; 8:45 am] submit a comment, please include the http://www.regulations.gov under BILLING CODE 4140–01–P docket number for this notice, indicate docket number USCG 2016–0626. The the specific section of this document to comment period ran from August 23, which each comment applies, and 2016 to September 22, 2016. Twelve provide a reason for each suggestion or comments were received during the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND recommendation. More information SECURITY comment period. However, based on regarding these projects can be found on additional interest in the projects, we Coast Guard the following Web sites: http:// annovalng.com/project; http:// have decided to reopen the comment [Docket No. USCG–2016–0913] www.txlng.com/theproject/project- period for an additional 60 days to overview.html; http:// allow for more comments to be Waterway Suitability Assessment for www.riograndelng.com/project/. submitted. Construction of Liquefied Natural Gas We encourage you to submit Under 33 CFR 127.009, after receiving Facilities; Brownsville, TX comments through the Federal an LOI, the COTP issues a Letter of Coast Guard, DHS. AGENCY: eRulemaking Portal at http:// Recommendation (LOR) as to the www.regulations.gov. If your material suitability of the waterway for LNG or Notice and request for ACTION: cannot be submitted using http:// comments. LHG marine traffic to the appropriate www.regulations.gov, contact the person jurisdictional authorities. The LOR is SUMMARY: The Coast Guard, at Sector in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION based on a series of factors outlined in CONTACT section of this document for Corpus Christi, announces receipt of a 33 CFR 127.009 that relate to the Letter of Intent (LOI) and Waterways alternate instructions. Documents physical nature of the affected waterway Suitability Assessment (WSA) for three mentioned in this notice and all public comments, are in our online docket at and issues of safety and security Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility associated with LNG or LHG marine construction projects in Brownsville, http://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following that Web site’s traffic on the affected waterway. Texas. The LOI and WSA for Annova instructions. Additionally, if you go to The purpose of this notice is to solicit LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC the online docket and sign up for email public comments on the proposed (Annova LNG) and Texas LNG alerts, you will be notified when construction project as submitted by Brownsville LLC (Texas LNG) were comments are posted or a final rule is Rodino, Inc. on behalf of Annova LNG submitted by Rodino, Inc. The LOI and published. and Texas LNG and as submitted by WSA for Rio Grande LNG, LLC was We accept anonymous comments. All submitted by AcuTech Group, Inc. The AcuTech Group, Inc. on behalf of Rio comments received will be posted Grande LNG, LLC. Input from the public Coast Guard is notifying the public of without change to http:// this action to solicit public comments may be useful to the COTP with respect www.regulations.gov and will include on the proposed construction of these to developing the LOR. The Coast Guard any personal information you have LNG facilities, as defined by 33 CFR requests comments to help assess the provided. For more about privacy and 127.005. the docket, you may review a Privacy suitability of the associated waterway DATES: Comments must be submitted to Act notice regarding the Federal Docket for increased LNG marine traffic as it the online docket via http:// Management System in the March 24, relates to navigation, safety, and www.regulations.gov, or reach the 2005, issue of the Federal Register (70 security. Docket Management Facility, on or FR 15086). On January 24, 2011, the Coast Guard before December 12, 2016. Discussion published Navigation and Vessel ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01–2011, Under 33 CFR 127.007, an owner or ‘‘Guidance Related to Waterfront identified by docket number USCG– operator intending to build a new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.’’ 2016–0913 using the Federal facility handling LNG or Liquefied eRulemaking Portal at http:// NVIC 01–2011 provides guidance for Hazardous Gas (LHG), or an owner or www.regulations.gov. See the ‘‘Public owners and operators seeking approval operator planning new construction to Participation and Request for to construct and operate LNG facilities. expand or modify marine terminal Comments’’ portion of the The Coast Guard will refer to NVIC 01– operations in an existing facility SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 2011 for process information and handling LNG or LHG, where the further instructions on submitting guidance in evaluating the project construction, expansion, or comments. included in the LOIs and WSAs modification would result in an increase FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For in the size and/or frequency of LNG or submitted by Rodino, Inc. and AcuTech information about this document: call or LHG marine traffic on the waterway Group, Inc. A copy of NVIC 01–2011 is email MST2 Rebekah Wagner, Sector associated with a proposed facility or available for viewing in the public Corpus Christi Waterways Management modification to an existing facility, must docket for this notice and also on the Division, Coast Guard; telephone 361– submit an LOI to the Captain of the Port Coast Guard’s Web site at http:// 888–3162, Rebekah.S.Wagner@uscg.mil. Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES (COTP) of the zone in which the facility www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvic/2010s.asp. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: is or will be located. Annova LNG This notice is issued under authority submitted an LOI and WSA on February of 33 U.S.C. 1223–1225, Department of Public Participation and Comments 23, 2015; Texas LNG submitted an LOI Homeland Security Delegation Number We encourage you to submit and WSA on February 16, 2016; Rio 0170.1(70), 33 CFR 127.009, and 33 CFR comments (or related materials) on this Grande LNG, LLC submitted an LOI and 103.205. notice for the waterway suitability WSA on March 18, 2015. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:07 Oct 12, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13OCN1.SGM 13OCN1

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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesComments must be submitted to the online docket via http:// www.regulations.gov, or reach the Docket Management Facility, on or before December 12, 2016.
ContactFor information about this document: call or email MST2 Rebekah Wagner, Sector Corpus Christi Waterways Management Division, Coast Guard; telephone 361-888-3162, [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 70694 
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