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APPENDIX B
Initial Notification Letters Initial Agency Completeness Review Request Governor Letter Request for Agency Review of Application Dear Interested Party Letter
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U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration
The Honorable Greg Abbott Governor of Texas Austin, Texas 78711-2428
Administrator Southeast Federal Center 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
FEB 2 6 2019
Re: SPOT [Sea Port Oil Terminal] Terminal Services, LLC Deepwater Port License Application and Adjacent Coastal State Determination
Dear Governor Abbott:
On January 31 , 2019, SPOT Terminal Services, LLC (SPOT) submitted an application to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) seeking a license to own, construct, and operate a deepwater port off the coast of Freeport, Texas for the export of oil. Pursuant to criteria set forth in the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended (DWPA) (33 U.S.C. §§ 1501 et seq.), I hereby notify you that the State of Texas has been designated as the Adjacent Coastal State for the SPOT deepwater port license application review process.
The overall project would consist of two distinct, but interrelated components: 1) the "offshore" component; and 2) the "onshore" component. The offshore component of the proposed deepwater port would be located in Federal waters within the Outer Continental Shelf Galveston Area Lease Block 463, approximately 27.2 to 30.8 nautical miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas, in water depths of approximately 115 feet. The deepwater port would consist of a manned offshore platform, two single point mooring (SPM) buoys, pipeline end manifolds (PLEMS), floating hoses, and oil pipelines that would connect the offshore component to the onshore component. The onshore component would consist of additional equipment at the existing Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) Terminal, a pipeline from the ECHO Terminal to the proposed Oyster Creek Terminal, a connection between the existing Rancho II pipeline to the proposed ECHO Terminal to Oyster Creek Terminal pipeline, an Oyster Creek Terminal in Brazoria County, Texas with seven (7) aboveground storage tanks each with a total storage capacity of 685,000 barrels, and pipelines from the Oyster Creek Terminal to connect with the offshore component. Additional detailed information regarding the project is contained in the enclosed deepwater port license application.
The DWP A grants the Secretary of Transportation the authority to issue a license to own, construct, and operate a deepwater port. The Secretary has delegated this licensing authority to MARAD. The USCG serves as the co-lead Federal agency with MARAD for processing the SPOT deepwater port license application. Together, MARAD and
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USCG will consult with other Federal agencies, your designated State agencies, county government representatives, and tribal governments to ensure a complete review of the application under the National Environmental Policy Act and other applicable laws and regulations.
The DWPA (33 U.S .C. § 1503(c)(8)) provides that the Secretary may issue a license if the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State approves, or is presumed to approve, issuance of the license. MARAD and USCG will hold public meetings and a public hearing on the application to allow interested parties to receive information on the proposed SPOT deepwater port and provide comments verbally and in writing. The first public meeting for this project is scheduled to be held in Lake Jackson, Texas on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 (please see the enclosed Notice oflntent/Notice of Scoping for additional details). Within 45 days after the final hearing, you may notify MARAD in writing of your approval , approval with conditions, or disapproval of the application. If such approval , approval with conditions, or disapproval is not provided to the Maritime Administrator by that time, approval shall be conclusively presumed. MARAD will not consider your written approval or disapproval of the application before the start of the final 45-day comment period.
Along with the enclosed copy provided to you, a copy of the SPOT deepwater port license application is being sent to the attached list of Texas State agencies. We will work with the Texas State agencies to identify other public stakeholders and will provide them with application information and an invitation to pai1icipate in the public comment process.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Yvette M. Fields, Director of the Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities, Maritime Administration at (202) 366-0926 or by email at [email protected]. We look forward to working with you and your staff on this important endeavor.
Mark H. Buzby
Enclosures: SPOT Terminal Services, LLC Deepwater Port License Application List of Texas State Agencies SPOT Deepwater Port Federal Register Notice of Application SPOT Deepwater Port Federal Register Notice of Intent/Notice of Scoping
cc: Curtis Borland, Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard Efrain Lopez, U.S. Coast Guard Texas State Agencies (with enclosure) Joanne Rotondi, Hogan Lovells LLP Graham W. Bacon, Executive Vice President, SPOT Terminal Services LLC
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The Honorable Gregg Abbott Governor of Texas Office of the Governor 11 00 San Jacinto Austin, TX 78701
Mr. Luis Saenz Chief of Staff Office of the Governor of Texas 1100 San Jacinto Austin, TX 78701
The Honorable Dan Patrick Lieutenant Governor
List of State Agencies
Office of the Lieutenant Governor P.O. Box 12068 Austin, TX 78711
The Honorable Ken Paxton Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 300 West 15th Street Austin, TX 78701
Mr. Jeff Mateer First Assistant for the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 300 West 15th Street Austin, TX 78701
The Honorable George P. Bush Commissioner Texas General Land Office 1700 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701
Mr. JR Hernandez Chief of Staff Texas General Land Office 1700 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701
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Mr. Jesse Solis Texas Coastal Management Program Texas General Land Office 602 North Staples St. Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Mr. Jason Zeplin Texas Coastal Management Program Texas General Land Office 602 North Staples St. Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Mr. Brent Koza Area Manager Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Offices - Region 3 602 North Staples, Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78401-2403
Mr. Bruce Simons Compliance Coordinator Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Offices - Region 3 602 North Staples, Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78401-2403
Ms. Kim Griffith Regional Director - South Texas Coastal Zone Texas General Land Office, Oil Spill Prevention and Response 602 North Staples St. Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Ms. Arny Nunez Submerged Land Leases Texas Coastal Management Program Texas General Land Office 602 North Staples St. Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Ms. Andrea Lofye Director, Federal Affairs Texas Department of Transportation 125 East 11 th Street Austin, TX 78701
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Mr. Peter Schaefer TCEQ Water Quality Standards Implementation Team Leader Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087, MC-150 Austin, TX 78711
Dr. Mimi Wall ace Water Quality Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 12100 Park 3 5 Circle Austin, TX 78753
Ms. Jackie Robinson Natural Resources Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 4300 Waldron Road Corpus Christi , TX 78418
Mr. Jeff Durst Terrestrial Cultural Resources Texas Historical Commission 1511 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78711
Ms. Amy Borgens Nautical Cultural Resources Texas Historical Commission 1511 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78711
Ms. Christi Craddick Chairman Texas Railroad Commission 1701 North Congress Austin, TX 78701
Mr. Steven Rios Pipeline Safety Texas Railroad Commission 10320 I-37 Corpus Christi, TX 78410
The Honorable Judge L.M. Sebesta, Jr. Brazoria County Judge Brazoria County Courthouse 111 E. Locust Street Angleton, TX 77515
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The Honorable Lina Hidalgo Harris County Judge 1001 Preston, Suite 911 Houston, TX 77002
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[email protected]; phone: 202– 267–7669. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0036. Title: Notice of Landing Area
Proposal. Form Numbers: FAA Form 7480–1. Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection. Background: Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 157, Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of Airports, requires that each person who intends to establish, construct, deactivate, or change the status of an airport, runway, or taxiway notify the FAA of such activity. The FAA uses the information collected to determine the effect the proposed action will have on existing airports and on the safe and efficient use of airspace by aircraft, the effects on existing airspace or contemplated traffic patterns of neighboring airports, the effects on the existing airspace structure and projected programs of the FAA, and the effects that existing or proposed manmade objects (on file with the FAA) and natural objects within the affected area will have on the airport proposal. This information also updates aeronautical charts and maps airports having emergency landing or landmark values. The FAA collects this information via an online reporting tool available on the FAA website (FAA Form 7480–1).
Respondents: Approximately 350 applicants.
Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 350 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2019. Raymond Zee, Civil Engineer, Airport Engineering Division, Office of Airport Safety and Standards. [FR Doc. 2019–03724 Filed 3–1–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2019–0011]
Deepwater Port License Application: SPOT Terminal Services LLC (SPOT).
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of application.
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG) announce they have received an application for the licensing of a deepwater port and that the application contains information sufficient to commence processing. This notice summarizes the applicant’s plans and the procedures that will be followed in considering the application.
DATES: The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, requires at least one public hearing on this application to be held in the designated Adjacent Coastal State(s) not later than 240 days after publication of this notice, and a decision on the application not later than 90 days after the final public hearing(s).
ADDRESSES: The public docket for the SPOT deepwater port license application is maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
The license application is available for viewing at the Regulations.gov website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number MARAD–2019– 0011.
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. Efrain Lopez, 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. The Federal Docket Management Facility’s telephone number is 202–366–9317 or 202–366– 9826, the fax number is 202–493–2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Efrain Lopez, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202–372–1437, email: [email protected], or Ms. Yvette M. Fields, Maritime Administration, telephone: 202–366–0926, email: [email protected]. For questions regarding viewing the Docket, call Docket Operations, telephone: 202–366– 9317 or 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Receipt of Application
On January 31, 2019, MARAD and USCG received an application from SPOT Terminal Services LLC (SPOT) for Federal authorizations required for a license to own, construct, and operate a deepwater port for the export of oil as authorized by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. (the Act), and implemented under 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 148, 149, and 150. After a coordinated completeness review by MARAD, the USCG, and other cooperating Federal agencies, the application is deemed complete and contains information sufficient to initiate processing.
Background
The Act defines a deepwater port as any fixed or floating manmade structure other than a vessel, or any group of such structures, that are located beyond State seaward boundaries and used or intended for use as a port or terminal for the transportation, storage, and further handling of oil or natural gas for transportation to, or from, any State. A deepwater port includes all components and equipment, including pipelines, pumping or compressor stations, service platforms, buoys, mooring lines, and similar facilities that are proposed as part of a deepwater port to the extent they are located seaward of the high- water mark.
The Secretary of Transportation delegated to the Maritime Administrator authorities related to licensing deepwater ports (49 CFR 1.93(h)). Statutory and regulatory requirements for processing applications and licensing appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. and 33 CFR part 148. Under delegations from, and agreements between, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security, applications are jointly processed by MARAD and USCG. Each application is considered on its merits.
In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1504(f) for all applications, MARAD and the USCG, working in cooperation with other involved Federal agencies and departments, shall comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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(PHMSA), among others, participate in the processing of deepwater port applications and assist in the NEPA process as described in 40 CFR 1501.6. Each agency may participate in scoping and/or other public meeting(s) and may adopt the MARAD/USCG prepared environmental impact review for purposes of their jurisdictional permitting processes, to the extent applicable. Comments related to this deepwater port application addressed to the EPA, USACE, or other Federal agencies should note the Federal docket number, MARAD–2019–0011. Each comment will be incorporated into the Department of Transportation (DOT) docket and considered as the environmental impact analysis is developed to ensure consistency with the NEPA process.
All connected actions, permits, approvals and authorizations will be considered during the processing of SPOT’s deepwater port license application.
MARAD, in issuing this Notice of Application pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1504(c), must designate as an ‘‘Adjacent Coastal State’’ any coastal state which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port as proposed in an application, or (B) would be located within 15 nautical miles of any such proposed deepwater port (see 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(1)). Pursuant to the criteria provided in the Act, Texas is the designated Adjacent Coastal State for this application. Other states may request from the Maritime Administrator designation as an Adjacent Coastal State in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2).
The Act directs that at least one public hearing take place in each Adjacent Coastal State, in this case, Texas. Additional public meetings may be conducted to solicit comments for the environmental analysis to include public scoping meetings, or meetings to discuss the Draft and Final environmental impact documents prepared in accordance with NEPA.
MARAD, in coordination with the USCG, will publish additional Federal Register notices with information regarding these public meeting(s) and hearing(s) and other procedural milestones, including the NEPA environmental impact review. The Maritime Administrator’s decision, and other key documents, will be filed in the public docket at docket number MARAD–2019–0011.
The Deepwater Port Act imposes a strict timeline for processing an application. When MARAD and USCG determine that an application is complete (i.e., contains information
sufficient to commence processing), the Act directs that all public hearings on the application be concluded within 240 days from the date the Notice of Application is published.
Within 45 days after the final hearing, the Governor of the Adjacent Costal State, in this case the Governor of Texas, may notify MARAD of his approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of the application. If such approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval is not provided to the Maritime Administrator by that time, approval shall be conclusively presumed. MARAD may not issue a license without the explicit or presumptive approval of the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State. During this 45-day period, the Governor may also notify MARAD of inconsistencies between the application and State programs relating to environmental protection, land and water use, and coastal zone management. In this case, MARAD may condition the license to make it consistent with such state programs (33 U.S.C. 1508(b)(1)). MARAD will not consider written approvals or disapprovals of the application from the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State until after the final public hearing is complete and the 45-day period commences.
The Maritime Administrator must render a decision on the application within 90 days after the final hearing.
In accordance with section 33 U.S.C. 1504(d), MARAD is required to designate an application area for a deepwater port application intended to transport oil. Section 1504(d)(2) provides MARAD the discretion to establish a reasonable application area constituting the geographic area in which only one deepwater port may be constructed and operated. MARAD has consulted with USCG in developing SPOT’s application area and designates an application area encompassing the deepwater port that is a circle having a radius of no less than three-and-three- tenths (3.30) nautical miles centered at SPOT’s proposed platform, latitude N 28°27′59.22″ and longitude W 95°07′ 24.49″, and 0.25 nautical miles on either side of SPOT’s proposed pipeline route between the terminal and the shore. Any person interested in applying for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port within this designated application area must file with MARAD (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) a notice of intent to file an application for the construction and operation of a deepwater port not later than 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, and shall submit a completed
application no later than 90 days after publication of this notice.
Should a favorable record of decision be rendered and license be issued, MARAD may include specific conditions related to design, construction, operations, environmental permitting, monitoring and mitigations, and financial responsibilities. If a license is issued, USCG in coordination with other agencies as appropriate, would review and approve the deepwater port’s engineering, design, and construction; operations/security procedures; waterways management and regulated navigation areas; maritime safety and security requirements; risk assessment; and compliance with domestic and international laws and regulations for vessels that may call on the port. The deepwater port would be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
In addition, installation of pipelines and other structures may require permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, which are administered by the USACE.
Permits from the EPA may also be required pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Air Act, as amended, and the Clean Water Act, as amended.
Summary of the Application SPOT is proposing to construct, own,
and operate a deepwater port terminal in the Gulf of Mexico to export domestically produced crude oil. Use of the deepwater port would include the loading of various grades of crude oil at flow rates of up to 85,000 barrels per hour (bph). The SPOT deepwater port would allow for up to two (2) Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) or other crude oil carriers to moor at single point mooring (SPM) buoys and connect with the deepwater port via floating connecting crude oil hoses and a floating vapor recovery hose. The maximum frequency of loading VLCCs or other crude oil carriers would be 2 million barrels per day, 365 days per year.
The overall project would consist of offshore and marine components as well as onshore components as described below.
The SPOT deepwater port offshore and marine components would consist of the following:
• One (1) fixed offshore platform with eight (8) piles in Galveston Area Outer Continental Shelf lease block 463, approximately 27.2 to 30.8 nautical miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas in a water depth of approximately 115 feet. The fixed offshore platform
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would be comprised of four (4) decks including: A sump deck with shut-down valves and open drain sump; a cellar deck with pig launchers and receivers, generators, and three (3) vapor combustion units; a main deck with a lease automatic custody transfer (LACT) unit, oil displacement prover loop, living quarters, electrical and instrument building, and other ancillary equipment; and a laydown deck with a crane laydown area.
• Two (2) single point mooring buoys (SPMs), each having: Two (2) 24-inch inside diameter crude oil underbuoy hoses interconnecting with the crude oil pipeline end manifold (PLEM); two (2) 24-inch inside diameter floating crude oil hoses connecting the moored VLCC or other crude oil carrier for loading to the SPM buoy; one (1) 24-inch inside diameter vapor recovery underbuoy hose interconnecting with the vapor recovery PLEM; and one (1) 24-inch inside diameter floating vapor recovery hose to connect to the moored VLCC or other crude oil carrier for loading. The floating hoses would be approximately 800 feet in length and rated for 300 psig (21-bar). Each floating hose would contain an additional 200 feet of 16-inch ‘‘tail hose’’ that is designed to be lifted and robust enough for hanging over the edge railing of the VLCC or other crude oil carrier. The underbuoy hoses would be approximately 160 feet in length and rated for 300 psig (21-bar).
• Four (4) PLEMs would provide the interconnection between the pipelines and the SPM buoys. Each SPM buoy would have two (2) PLEMs—one (1) PLEM for crude oil and one (1) PLEM for vapor recovery. Each crude oil loading PLEM would be supplied with crude oil by two (2) 30-inch outside diameter pipelines, each approximately 0.66 nautical miles in length. Each vapor recovery PLEM would route recovered vapor from the VLCC or other crude oil carrier through the PLEM to the three (3) vapor combustion units located on the platform topside via two (2) 16-inch outside diameter vapor recovery pipelines, each approximately 0.66 nautical miles in length.
• Two (2) co-located 36-inch outside diameter, 40.8-nautical mile long crude oil pipelines would be constructed from the shoreline crossing in Brazoria County, Texas, to the SPOT deepwater port for crude oil delivery. These pipelines, in conjunction with 12.2 statute miles of new-build onshore pipelines (described below), would connect the onshore crude oil storage facility and pumping station (Oyster Creek Terminal) to the offshore SPOT deepwater port. The crude oil would be metered at the offshore platform.
Pipelines would be bi-directional for the purposes of maintenance, pigging, changing crude oil grades, or evacuating the pipeline with water.
The SPOT deepwater port onshore storage and supply components would consist of the following:
• New equipment and piping at the existing Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) Terminal to provide interconnectivity with the crude oil supply network for the SPOT Project. This would include the installation of four (4) booster pumps, one (1) measurement skid, and four (4) crude oil pumps.
• An interconnection between the existing Rancho II pipeline and the proposed ECHO to Oyster Creek pipeline consisting of a physical connection as well as ultrasonic measurement capability for pipeline volumetric balancing purposes.
• The proposed Oyster Creek Terminal located in Brazoria County, Texas, on approximately 140 acres of land consisting of seven (7) aboveground storage tanks, each with a total storage capacity of 685,000 barrels (600,000 barrels working storage capacity), for a total onshore storage capacity of approximately 4.8 million barrels (4.2 million barrels working storage) of crude oil. The Oyster Creek Terminal also would include: Six (6) electric-driven mainline crude oil pumps; four (4) electric-driven booster crude oil pumps (two (2) per pipeline), working in parallel to move crude oil from the storage tanks through the measurement skids; two (2) crude oil pipeline pig launchers/receivers; one (1) crude oil pipeline pig receiver; two (2) measurement skids for measuring incoming crude oil—one (1) skid located at the incoming pipeline from the existing Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) Terminal, and one (1) skid installed and reserved for a future pipeline connection; two (2) measurement skids for measuring departing crude oil; three (3) vapor combustion units—two (2) permanent and one (1) portable; and ancillary facilities to include electrical substation, office, and warehouse buildings.
• Three onshore crude oil pipelines would be constructed onshore to support the SPOT deepwater port. These would include: One (1) 50.1 statute mile long 36-inch crude oil pipeline from the existing ECHO Terminal to the Oyster Creek Terminal. This pipeline would be located in Harris County and Brazoria County, Texas; two (2) 12.2 statute mile long, co-located 36- inch crude oil export pipelines from the Oyster Creek Terminal to the shore crossing where these would join the
above described subsea pipelines supplying the SPOT deepwater port. These pipelines would be located in Brazoria County, Texas.
Privacy Act DOT posts comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– 14 FDMS, accessible through www.dot.gov/privacy. To facilitate comment tracking and response, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely optional. Whether or not commenters identify themselves, all timely comments will be fully considered. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information, please contact the agency for alternate submission instructions. (Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501, et seq.; 49 CFR 1.93(h))
* * * * * Dated: February 27, 2019. By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2019–03803 Filed 3–1–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; Interagency Appraisal Complaint Form
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on an information collection renewal as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OCC is soliciting comment concerning the renewal of its information collection titled ‘‘Interagency Appraisal Complaint Form.’’ DATES: Comments must be received by May 3, 2019.
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Dated: March 4, 2019. By Order of the Maritime Administrator. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr. Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2019–04101 Filed 3–6–19; 8:45 am]
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[email protected]; phone: 202– 267–7669. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0036. Title: Notice of Landing Area
Proposal. Form Numbers: FAA Form 7480–1. Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection. Background: Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 157, Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of Airports, requires that each person who intends to establish, construct, deactivate, or change the status of an airport, runway, or taxiway notify the FAA of such activity. The FAA uses the information collected to determine the effect the proposed action will have on existing airports and on the safe and efficient use of airspace by aircraft, the effects on existing airspace or contemplated traffic patterns of neighboring airports, the effects on the existing airspace structure and projected programs of the FAA, and the effects that existing or proposed manmade objects (on file with the FAA) and natural objects within the affected area will have on the airport proposal. This information also updates aeronautical charts and maps airports having emergency landing or landmark values. The FAA collects this information via an online reporting tool available on the FAA website (FAA Form 7480–1).
Respondents: Approximately 350 applicants.
Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 350 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2019. Raymond Zee, Civil Engineer, Airport Engineering Division, Office of Airport Safety and Standards. [FR Doc. 2019–03724 Filed 3–1–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2019–0011]
Deepwater Port License Application: SPOT Terminal Services LLC (SPOT).
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of application.
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG) announce they have received an application for the licensing of a deepwater port and that the application contains information sufficient to commence processing. This notice summarizes the applicant’s plans and the procedures that will be followed in considering the application.
DATES: The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, requires at least one public hearing on this application to be held in the designated Adjacent Coastal State(s) not later than 240 days after publication of this notice, and a decision on the application not later than 90 days after the final public hearing(s).
ADDRESSES: The public docket for the SPOT deepwater port license application is maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
The license application is available for viewing at the Regulations.gov website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number MARAD–2019– 0011.
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. Efrain Lopez, 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. The Federal Docket Management Facility’s telephone number is 202–366–9317 or 202–366– 9826, the fax number is 202–493–2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Efrain Lopez, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202–372–1437, email: [email protected], or Ms. Yvette M. Fields, Maritime Administration, telephone: 202–366–0926, email: [email protected]. For questions regarding viewing the Docket, call Docket Operations, telephone: 202–366– 9317 or 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Receipt of Application
On January 31, 2019, MARAD and USCG received an application from SPOT Terminal Services LLC (SPOT) for Federal authorizations required for a license to own, construct, and operate a deepwater port for the export of oil as authorized by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. (the Act), and implemented under 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 148, 149, and 150. After a coordinated completeness review by MARAD, the USCG, and other cooperating Federal agencies, the application is deemed complete and contains information sufficient to initiate processing.
Background
The Act defines a deepwater port as any fixed or floating manmade structure other than a vessel, or any group of such structures, that are located beyond State seaward boundaries and used or intended for use as a port or terminal for the transportation, storage, and further handling of oil or natural gas for transportation to, or from, any State. A deepwater port includes all components and equipment, including pipelines, pumping or compressor stations, service platforms, buoys, mooring lines, and similar facilities that are proposed as part of a deepwater port to the extent they are located seaward of the high- water mark.
The Secretary of Transportation delegated to the Maritime Administrator authorities related to licensing deepwater ports (49 CFR 1.93(h)). Statutory and regulatory requirements for processing applications and licensing appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. and 33 CFR part 148. Under delegations from, and agreements between, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security, applications are jointly processed by MARAD and USCG. Each application is considered on its merits.
In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1504(f) for all applications, MARAD and the USCG, working in cooperation with other involved Federal agencies and departments, shall comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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(PHMSA), among others, participate in the processing of deepwater port applications and assist in the NEPA process as described in 40 CFR 1501.6. Each agency may participate in scoping and/or other public meeting(s) and may adopt the MARAD/USCG prepared environmental impact review for purposes of their jurisdictional permitting processes, to the extent applicable. Comments related to this deepwater port application addressed to the EPA, USACE, or other Federal agencies should note the Federal docket number, MARAD–2019–0011. Each comment will be incorporated into the Department of Transportation (DOT) docket and considered as the environmental impact analysis is developed to ensure consistency with the NEPA process.
All connected actions, permits, approvals and authorizations will be considered during the processing of SPOT’s deepwater port license application.
MARAD, in issuing this Notice of Application pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1504(c), must designate as an ‘‘Adjacent Coastal State’’ any coastal state which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port as proposed in an application, or (B) would be located within 15 nautical miles of any such proposed deepwater port (see 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(1)). Pursuant to the criteria provided in the Act, Texas is the designated Adjacent Coastal State for this application. Other states may request from the Maritime Administrator designation as an Adjacent Coastal State in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2).
The Act directs that at least one public hearing take place in each Adjacent Coastal State, in this case, Texas. Additional public meetings may be conducted to solicit comments for the environmental analysis to include public scoping meetings, or meetings to discuss the Draft and Final environmental impact documents prepared in accordance with NEPA.
MARAD, in coordination with the USCG, will publish additional Federal Register notices with information regarding these public meeting(s) and hearing(s) and other procedural milestones, including the NEPA environmental impact review. The Maritime Administrator’s decision, and other key documents, will be filed in the public docket at docket number MARAD–2019–0011.
The Deepwater Port Act imposes a strict timeline for processing an application. When MARAD and USCG determine that an application is complete (i.e., contains information
sufficient to commence processing), the Act directs that all public hearings on the application be concluded within 240 days from the date the Notice of Application is published.
Within 45 days after the final hearing, the Governor of the Adjacent Costal State, in this case the Governor of Texas, may notify MARAD of his approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of the application. If such approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval is not provided to the Maritime Administrator by that time, approval shall be conclusively presumed. MARAD may not issue a license without the explicit or presumptive approval of the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State. During this 45-day period, the Governor may also notify MARAD of inconsistencies between the application and State programs relating to environmental protection, land and water use, and coastal zone management. In this case, MARAD may condition the license to make it consistent with such state programs (33 U.S.C. 1508(b)(1)). MARAD will not consider written approvals or disapprovals of the application from the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State until after the final public hearing is complete and the 45-day period commences.
The Maritime Administrator must render a decision on the application within 90 days after the final hearing.
In accordance with section 33 U.S.C. 1504(d), MARAD is required to designate an application area for a deepwater port application intended to transport oil. Section 1504(d)(2) provides MARAD the discretion to establish a reasonable application area constituting the geographic area in which only one deepwater port may be constructed and operated. MARAD has consulted with USCG in developing SPOT’s application area and designates an application area encompassing the deepwater port that is a circle having a radius of no less than three-and-three- tenths (3.30) nautical miles centered at SPOT’s proposed platform, latitude N 28°27′59.22″ and longitude W 95°07′ 24.49″, and 0.25 nautical miles on either side of SPOT’s proposed pipeline route between the terminal and the shore. Any person interested in applying for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port within this designated application area must file with MARAD (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) a notice of intent to file an application for the construction and operation of a deepwater port not later than 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, and shall submit a completed
application no later than 90 days after publication of this notice.
Should a favorable record of decision be rendered and license be issued, MARAD may include specific conditions related to design, construction, operations, environmental permitting, monitoring and mitigations, and financial responsibilities. If a license is issued, USCG in coordination with other agencies as appropriate, would review and approve the deepwater port’s engineering, design, and construction; operations/security procedures; waterways management and regulated navigation areas; maritime safety and security requirements; risk assessment; and compliance with domestic and international laws and regulations for vessels that may call on the port. The deepwater port would be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
In addition, installation of pipelines and other structures may require permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, which are administered by the USACE.
Permits from the EPA may also be required pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Air Act, as amended, and the Clean Water Act, as amended.
Summary of the Application SPOT is proposing to construct, own,
and operate a deepwater port terminal in the Gulf of Mexico to export domestically produced crude oil. Use of the deepwater port would include the loading of various grades of crude oil at flow rates of up to 85,000 barrels per hour (bph). The SPOT deepwater port would allow for up to two (2) Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) or other crude oil carriers to moor at single point mooring (SPM) buoys and connect with the deepwater port via floating connecting crude oil hoses and a floating vapor recovery hose. The maximum frequency of loading VLCCs or other crude oil carriers would be 2 million barrels per day, 365 days per year.
The overall project would consist of offshore and marine components as well as onshore components as described below.
The SPOT deepwater port offshore and marine components would consist of the following:
• One (1) fixed offshore platform with eight (8) piles in Galveston Area Outer Continental Shelf lease block 463, approximately 27.2 to 30.8 nautical miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas in a water depth of approximately 115 feet. The fixed offshore platform
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would be comprised of four (4) decks including: A sump deck with shut-down valves and open drain sump; a cellar deck with pig launchers and receivers, generators, and three (3) vapor combustion units; a main deck with a lease automatic custody transfer (LACT) unit, oil displacement prover loop, living quarters, electrical and instrument building, and other ancillary equipment; and a laydown deck with a crane laydown area.
• Two (2) single point mooring buoys (SPMs), each having: Two (2) 24-inch inside diameter crude oil underbuoy hoses interconnecting with the crude oil pipeline end manifold (PLEM); two (2) 24-inch inside diameter floating crude oil hoses connecting the moored VLCC or other crude oil carrier for loading to the SPM buoy; one (1) 24-inch inside diameter vapor recovery underbuoy hose interconnecting with the vapor recovery PLEM; and one (1) 24-inch inside diameter floating vapor recovery hose to connect to the moored VLCC or other crude oil carrier for loading. The floating hoses would be approximately 800 feet in length and rated for 300 psig (21-bar). Each floating hose would contain an additional 200 feet of 16-inch ‘‘tail hose’’ that is designed to be lifted and robust enough for hanging over the edge railing of the VLCC or other crude oil carrier. The underbuoy hoses would be approximately 160 feet in length and rated for 300 psig (21-bar).
• Four (4) PLEMs would provide the interconnection between the pipelines and the SPM buoys. Each SPM buoy would have two (2) PLEMs—one (1) PLEM for crude oil and one (1) PLEM for vapor recovery. Each crude oil loading PLEM would be supplied with crude oil by two (2) 30-inch outside diameter pipelines, each approximately 0.66 nautical miles in length. Each vapor recovery PLEM would route recovered vapor from the VLCC or other crude oil carrier through the PLEM to the three (3) vapor combustion units located on the platform topside via two (2) 16-inch outside diameter vapor recovery pipelines, each approximately 0.66 nautical miles in length.
• Two (2) co-located 36-inch outside diameter, 40.8-nautical mile long crude oil pipelines would be constructed from the shoreline crossing in Brazoria County, Texas, to the SPOT deepwater port for crude oil delivery. These pipelines, in conjunction with 12.2 statute miles of new-build onshore pipelines (described below), would connect the onshore crude oil storage facility and pumping station (Oyster Creek Terminal) to the offshore SPOT deepwater port. The crude oil would be metered at the offshore platform.
Pipelines would be bi-directional for the purposes of maintenance, pigging, changing crude oil grades, or evacuating the pipeline with water.
The SPOT deepwater port onshore storage and supply components would consist of the following:
• New equipment and piping at the existing Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) Terminal to provide interconnectivity with the crude oil supply network for the SPOT Project. This would include the installation of four (4) booster pumps, one (1) measurement skid, and four (4) crude oil pumps.
• An interconnection between the existing Rancho II pipeline and the proposed ECHO to Oyster Creek pipeline consisting of a physical connection as well as ultrasonic measurement capability for pipeline volumetric balancing purposes.
• The proposed Oyster Creek Terminal located in Brazoria County, Texas, on approximately 140 acres of land consisting of seven (7) aboveground storage tanks, each with a total storage capacity of 685,000 barrels (600,000 barrels working storage capacity), for a total onshore storage capacity of approximately 4.8 million barrels (4.2 million barrels working storage) of crude oil. The Oyster Creek Terminal also would include: Six (6) electric-driven mainline crude oil pumps; four (4) electric-driven booster crude oil pumps (two (2) per pipeline), working in parallel to move crude oil from the storage tanks through the measurement skids; two (2) crude oil pipeline pig launchers/receivers; one (1) crude oil pipeline pig receiver; two (2) measurement skids for measuring incoming crude oil—one (1) skid located at the incoming pipeline from the existing Enterprise Crude Houston (ECHO) Terminal, and one (1) skid installed and reserved for a future pipeline connection; two (2) measurement skids for measuring departing crude oil; three (3) vapor combustion units—two (2) permanent and one (1) portable; and ancillary facilities to include electrical substation, office, and warehouse buildings.
• Three onshore crude oil pipelines would be constructed onshore to support the SPOT deepwater port. These would include: One (1) 50.1 statute mile long 36-inch crude oil pipeline from the existing ECHO Terminal to the Oyster Creek Terminal. This pipeline would be located in Harris County and Brazoria County, Texas; two (2) 12.2 statute mile long, co-located 36- inch crude oil export pipelines from the Oyster Creek Terminal to the shore crossing where these would join the
above described subsea pipelines supplying the SPOT deepwater port. These pipelines would be located in Brazoria County, Texas.
Privacy Act DOT posts comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– 14 FDMS, accessible through www.dot.gov/privacy. To facilitate comment tracking and response, we encourage commenters to provide their name, or the name of their organization; however, submission of names is completely optional. Whether or not commenters identify themselves, all timely comments will be fully considered. If you wish to provide comments containing proprietary or confidential information, please contact the agency for alternate submission instructions. (Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501, et seq.; 49 CFR 1.93(h))
* * * * * Dated: February 27, 2019. By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2019–03803 Filed 3–1–19; 8:45 am]
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Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) Deepwater Port Application Distribution List
March 4, 2019
The following representatives received the SPOT Notice of Application packet, distributed the week of March 4, 2019:
Agencies / Contacts:
Salutation/Name Title Affiliation 1 Affiliation 2 Address Mr. Perry Boudreaux
Section Chief, Environmental Operations Section
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf Region, Office of the Environment
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans LA 70123
Mr. Quazi Islam Senior Physical Scientist, Environmental Operations Section
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf Region, Office of the Environment
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70123
Mr. Greg Kozlowski Deputy Regional Supervisor Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf Region, Office of the Environment
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70123
Ms. Terri L. Thomas Regional Supervisor Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf Region, Office of the Environment
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70123
Mr. Casey Rowe NEPA Coordinator, Senior Environmental Scientist
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Office of the Environment 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70123
Mr. TJ Broussard Regional Environmental Officer Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf Region, Office of Environmental Compliance
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70123
Mr. Jarvis Abbott Petroleum Engineer Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA 20166
Mr. Lars Herbst Regional Director Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70123
Mr. Douglas Cotton Environmental Protection Specialist
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Office of Energy Projects 888 1st Street N.E. Washington, DC 20426
Ms. Jackie Rolleri Natural Resource Management Specialist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office for Coastal Management 1305 East West Hwy. 10TH Floor (N/ORM3) Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Mr. Kerry Kehoe Federal Consistency Specialist National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office for Coastal Management 1305 East West Hwy. 10th Floor Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ms. Katherine Renshaw
Section Chief National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Office of General Counsel, Environmental Review and Coordination Section
1315 East‐West Hwy. Room 61111 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Mr. David Kaiser Senior Policy Analyst & Federal Consistency Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Response Research Center
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, University of New Hampshire
246 Gregg Hall 35 Colovos Road Durham, NH 3824
Mr. Rusty Swafford Supervisor National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Gulf of Mexico Branch, Habitat Conservation Division
4700 Avenue U. Building 307 Galveston, TX 77551
Ms. Virginia M. Fay Assistant Regional Administrator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Ms. Rachel Lipsy NEPA Coordination National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of General Counsel, NEPA Coordination
1315 East‐West Hwy Room 15132 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Mr. David Bernhart Assistant Regional Administrator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Protected Resources Division 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Dr. Roy E. Crabtree Regional Administrator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Protected Resources Division 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Ms. Kelly Shotts Fisheries Biologist National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Protected Resources Division 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Ms. Karla Reece Section 7 Team Lead National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Region 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Mr. Noah Silverman NEPA Coordinator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Region 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Mr. Michael Tucker National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Region 263 13th Ave. S St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Mr. Adam Brame National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Southeast Region, Protected Resources Division
263 13th Ave. S. St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Mr. Stanley C. Bond Chief Archaeologist National Park Service Archaeology Program 1849 C St. NW Washington, DC 20240
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Ms. Astrid Liverman National Historic Landmarks Program Manager
National Park Service Intermountain Region 12795 W. Alameda Pkwy. Denver, CO 80228
Ms. Justin Henderson
Program Manager National Park Service Intermountain Region, Heritage Partnership’s Program
12795 W. Alameda Pkwy. Denver, CO 80228
Mr. Pat Gaume State Liaison PHMSA Pipeline Safety Southwest Region Office
Southwest Region 8701 S. Gessner Road Suite 630 Houston, TX 77074
Ms. Kimberly Baggette
Chief U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, Regulatory Division
P.O. Box 1229 Galveston, TX 77553
Mr. Robert Heinly Deputy Division Chief U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, Regulatory Division
2000 Fort Point Road Galveston, TX 77550
Mr. Steve Walls Project Manager U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, Regulatory Division, Policy Branch
2000 Fort Point Road Galveston, TX 77553
Ms. Laura Knoll Waterways Management U.S. Coast Guard Eighth Division, New Orleans
500 Poydras St New Orleans, LA 70130
Lieutenant Commander Michael Pierno
Waterways Management U.S. Coast Guard Eighth Division, New Orleans
500 Poydras St New Orleans, LA 70130
Mr. Roddy Bachman Deepwater Ports Project Manager U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Attn: Vessel and Facility Operating Standards Division CG‐OES‐2 Coast Guard STOP 7509 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
Mr. Curtis Borland Attorney Advisor U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters COMMANDANT (CG‐OES‐2) ATTN: Vessel & Facility Operating Standards US COAST GUARD STOP 7509 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
Mr. Patrick Brown Staff Engineer U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters COMMANDANT (CG‐OES‐2) ATTN: Vessel & Facility Operating Standards US COAST GUARD STOP 7509 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
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Mr. George Detweiler
Navigation Standards U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Attn: Navigation Standards Division, CG‐NAV‐2 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
Mr. Efrain Lopez Deepwater Ports Project Manager U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters COMMANDANT (CG‐OES‐2) ATTN: Vessel & Facility Operating Standards US COAST GUARD STOP 7509 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
Ms. Melissa Perera Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Attn: Environmental Standards Division CG‐OES‐3 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
Mr. Kevin Tone Transportation Safety Specialist U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters COMMANDANT (CG‐OES‐2) ATTN: Vessel & Facility Operating Standards US COAST GUARD STOP 7509 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Washington, DC 20593
Captain Kevin Oditt Sector Commander U.S. Coast Guard Houston‐Galveston 13411 Hillard St. Houston, TX 77034 Mr. Carlos Villarreal Soils Scientist U.S. Department of Agriculture,
National Resources Conservation Service
Texas State Soils Office 101 S Main St. Temple, TX 76501
Dr. Shawn Alam Biologist U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance
1849 C Street NW (MS 5538) Washington, DC 20240
Ms. Yvette Fields Director U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
Office of Deepwater Ports & Offshore Activities
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE W21‐233 Washington, DC 20590
Mr. Linden Houston Project Manager U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
Office of Deepwater Ports & Offshore Activities
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE W21‐233 Washington, DC 20590
Mr. Wade Morefield Project Manager U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
Office of Deepwater Ports & Offshore Activities
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE W21‐233 Washington, DC 20590
Ms. Kristine Gilson U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590
Mr. Michael Pucci U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590
Mr. Thomas Shepard
U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590
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Mr. Kenneth Lee Director, Engineering and Research
U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Office of Pipeline Safety 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590
Mr. Zaid Obeidi Engineer U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Office of Pipeline Safety 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590
Mr. Joseph Sieve Engineer U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Office of Pipeline Safety 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590
Ms. Mary McDaniel Director U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
8701 S. Gessner Rd. Suite 630 Houston, TX 77074
Ms. Candi Schaedle U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
HQ (7241B), Office of Federal Activities
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004
Mr. Robert Tomiak Director U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Federal Activities, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004
Ms. Tina Alvarado ORC – NEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. David Gillespie ORC – Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Raul Gutierrez Section 404 Permit Review U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 c/o US COE 7400 Leake Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118
Mr. Keith Hayden Environmental Scientist/NEPA Specialist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 6EN‐WS 1445 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Robert Houston Chief Special Projects Section U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Bruce Jones ORC – Air U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Paul Kaspar Waters of the U.S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 10625 Fallastone Road Houston, TX 77009
Ms. Barbara Keeler Coastal U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Brent Larson NPDES U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Rob Lawrence Senior Policy Advisor, Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202
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Ms. Melanie Magee Air Permits U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202
Ms. Maria Martinez Section 404 Permit Review, Supervisor
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Ashley Mohr Air Modeling U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202
Ms. Maria Okpala NPDES U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6 1445 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Jeff Robinson Chief U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6, Air Permits Section
1445 Ross Ave. Dallas, TX 75202
Mr. Maguire Charles Director U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Region 6, Water Division
1445 Ross Ave. Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75202
Ms. Christine Willis Energy Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Regional Office, Division of Environmental Review, Ecological Services
1875 Century Blvd. Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30345
Mr. Chuck Ardizzone
Project Leader U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Texas Ecological Services Field Office
17629 El Camino Real Suite 211 Houston, TX 77058
Mr. Mike Wilson, P.E.
Director Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Air Permits Division PO Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711
Dr. Mimi Wallace Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Water Quality 12100 Park 35 Circle Austin, TX 78753
Mr. Peter Schaefer Team Leader Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Water Quality Standard Implementation
P.O. Box 13087 MC‐150 Austin, TX 78711
Ms. Andrea Lofye Director Texas Department of Transportation
Federal Affairs 125 East 11th Street Austin, TX 78701
Mr. Gus Cannon Director, Right‐of‐Way Program Texas Department of Transportation
125 E. 11th Street Austin, TX 78701
Mr. Brent Koza Area Manager Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Offices ‐ Region 3 602 North Staples Street Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Mr. Bruce Simons Compliance Coordinator Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Offices ‐ Region 3 602 North Staples Street Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Ms. Kim Griffith Regional Director Texas General Land Office Oil Spill Prevention and Response, South Texas Coastal Zone
602 North Staples Street Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Mr. Jesse Solis Texas General Land Office Texas Coastal Management Program
602 North Staples Street Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
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Mr. Jason Zeplin Texas General Land Office Texas Coastal Management Program
602 North Staples Street Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
Ms. Amy Nunez Texas General Land Office Texas Coastal Management Program, Submerged Land Leases
602 North Staples Street Suite 240 Corpus Christi, TX 78412
The Honorable George P. Bush
Commissioner Texas General Land Office 1700 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701
Mr. JR Hernandez Chief of Staff Texas General Land Office 1700 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701
Ms. Amy Borgens Texas Historical Commission Nautical Cultural Resources 1511 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78711
Mr. Jeff Durst Texas Historical Commission Terrestrial Cultural Resources 1511 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78711
Mr. Mark Wolfe Executive Director Texas Historical Commission PO Box 12276 1511 Colorado Street Austin, TX 78711
Ms. Jackie Robinson Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Natural Resources 4300 Waldron Road Corpus Christi, TX 78418
Ms. Rachel Lange Habitat Assessment Biologist Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road Austin, TX 78744
Mr. Jerry Mambretti Upper Coast Regional Director (Coastal Fisheries)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
1502 FM 517 East Dickinson, TX 77539
Ms. Laura Zebehazy Habitat Assessment Program Leader
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road Austin, TX 78744
Mr. Steven Rios Texas Railroad Commission Pipeline Safety 10320 I‐37 Corpus Christi, TX 78410 Ms. Christi Craddick Chairman Texas Railroad Commission 1701 North Congress Austin, TX
78701 Mr. Bruce Waterman
Oil & Gas Permitting Lead Texas Railroad Commission PO Box 12967 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78711
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Tribes / Contacts:
Name Title Tribe Address JoAnn Battise Chairperson Alabama‐Coushatta Tribe of Texas 571 State Park Rd. 56 Livingston, TX 77351 Bryant Celestine Historical Preservation Clerk Alabama‐Coushatta Tribe of Texas 571 State Park Rd. 56 Livingston, TX 77351 Tarpie Yargee Chief Alabama‐Quassarte Tribal Town P.O. Box 187 Wetumka, OK 74883 Ramon Vasquez Executive Director American Indians in Texas at the Spanish
Colonial Missions 1313 Guadalupe St. Suite 104 San Antonio, TX 78207
Bobby Komardley Chairman Apache Tribe of Oklahoma 511 E Colorado Anadarko, CO 73005 Tamara Michele Francis Four‐killer Chairperson Caddo Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 487 Binger, OK 73047 Phil Cross THPO Caddo Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 487 Binger, OK 73047 Michael Attocknie Tribal Administrator Caddo Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 487 Binger, OK 73047 Bill John Baker Principal Chief and THPO Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 984 Tahlequah, OK 74465‐0948 Willie Nelson Chairman Comanche Nation of Oklahoma 584 NW Bingo Road Elgin, OK 73538 Susan Nahwooksy Comanche Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Box 908 Lawton, OK 73502 Lovelin Poncho Chairman Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 1940 C.C. Bel Road Elton, LA 70532 Linda Langley THPO Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana P.O. Box 818 Elton, LA 70532 Jeffrey Haozous Chairman Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma 43187 US Highway 281 Apache, OK 73006 Mekko‐Tiger Hobia Kialegee Tribal Town P.O. Box 332 Wetumka, OK 74883 Estavio Elizondo Chairman Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas 2212 Rosita Valley Road Eagle Pass, TX 78852 David Pacheco Chairperson Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 70 McLoud, OK 74851 Matthew Komalty Chairperson Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 369 Carnegie, OK 73015 Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma 100 Kiowa Way Carnegie, OK 73015 Bernard F. Barcena Jr. Chairman, Council Officer Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas P.O. Box 5218 McAllen, TX 78502 Danny H. Breuninger Sr. President Mescalero Apache Tripe 101 Central Avenue Mescalero, NM 88340 Holly Houghton THPO Mescalero Apache Tripe P.O. Box 227 Mescalero, NM 88340 Stephanie Bryan Chairwoman Poarch Band of Creek Indians 5811 Jack Springs Road Atmore, AL 36502 Robert Thrower THPO Poarch Band of Creek Indians 5811 Jack Springs Road Atmore, AL 36502 John Berrey Chairman Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma South 630 Road Quapaw, OK 74363 Everett Bandy THPO Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 765 Quapaw, OK 74363‐0765 Kerry Holton President The Delaware Nation P.O. Box 825 Anadarko, OK 73005 Ryan Morrow Town King Thlopthlocco Tribal Town P.O. Box 188 Okemah, OK 74859 Emman Spain THPO Thlopthlocco Tribal Town P.O. Box 188 Okemah, OK 74859
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Russell Martin President Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma 1 Rush Buffalo Road Tonkawa, OK 74653‐4449 Chapman‐Rachal Beverly Co‐Administrator Tunica‐Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana 151 Melacon Drive Marksville, LA 71351 Sampson Marshall Sr. Co‐Administrator Tunica‐Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana 151 Melacon Drive Marksville, LA 71351 Earl J. Barbry Jr. THPO Tunica‐Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana P.O. Box 1589 Marksville, LA 71531 Joe Bunch Chief United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians P.O. Box 746 Tahlequah, OK 74465 Terri Parton President Wichita and Affiliated Tribes P.O. Box 729 Anadarko, OK 73005
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[email protected]; phone: 202– 267–7669. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0036. Title: Notice of Landing Area
Proposal. Form Numbers: FAA Form 7480–1. Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection. Background: Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 157, Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of Airports, requires that each person who intends to establish, construct, deactivate, or change the status of an airport, runway, or taxiway notify the FAA of such activity. The FAA uses the information collected to determine the effect the proposed action will have on existing airports and on the safe and efficient use of airspace by aircraft, the effects on existing airspace or contemplated traffic patterns of neighboring airports, the effects on the existing airspace structure and projected programs of the FAA, and the effects that existing or proposed manmade objects (on file with the FAA) and natural objects within the affected area will have on the airport proposal. This information also updates aeronautical charts and maps airports having emergency landing or landmark values. The FAA collects this information via an online reporting tool available on the FAA website (FAA Form 7480–1).
Respondents: Approximately 350 applicants.
Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 350 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2019. Raymond Zee, Civil Engineer, Airport Engineering Division, Office of Airport Safety and Standards. [FR Doc. 2019–03724 Filed 3–1–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2019–0011]
Deepwater Port License Application: SPOT Terminal Services LLC (SPOT).
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice of application.
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Coast Guard
(USCG) announce they have received an application for the licensing of a deepwater port and that the application contains information sufficient to commence processing. This notice summarizes the applicant’s plans and the procedures that will be followed in considering the application.
DATES: The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, requires at least one public hearing on this application to be held in the designated Adjacent Coastal State(s) not later than 240 days after publication of this notice, and a decision on the application not later than 90 days after the final public hearing(s).
ADDRESSES: The public docket for the SPOT deepwater port license application is maintained by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Management Facility, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
The license application is available for viewing at the Regulations.gov website: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number MARAD–2019– 0011.
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. Efrain Lopez, 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. The Federal Docket Management Facility’s telephone number is 202–366–9317 or 202–366– 9826, the fax number is 202–493–2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Efrain Lopez, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202–372–1437, email: [email protected], or Ms. Yvette M. Fields, Maritime Administration, telephone: 202–366–0926, email: [email protected]. For questions regarding viewing the Docket, call Docket Operations, telephone: 202–366– 9317 or 202–366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Receipt of Application
On January 31, 2019, MARAD and USCG received an application from SPOT Terminal Services LLC (SPOT) for Federal authorizations required for a license to own, construct, and operate a deepwater port for the export of oil as authorized by the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. (the Act), and implemented under 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 148, 149, and 150. After a coordinated completeness review by MARAD, the USCG, and other cooperating Federal agencies, the application is deemed complete and contains information sufficient to initiate processing.
Background
The Act defines a deepwater port as any fixed or floating manmade structure other than a vessel, or any group of such structures, that are located beyond State seaward boundaries and used or intended for use as a port or terminal for the transportation, storage, and further handling of oil or natural gas for transportation to, or from, any State. A deepwater port includes all components and equipment, including pipelines, pumping or compressor stations, service platforms, buoys, mooring lines, and similar facilities that are proposed as part of a deepwater port to the extent they are located seaward of the high- water mark.
The Secretary of Transportation delegated to the Maritime Administrator authorities related to licensing deepwater ports (49 CFR 1.93(h)). Statutory and regulatory requirements for processing applications and licensing appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq. and 33 CFR part 148. Under delegations from, and agreements between, the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Homeland Security, applications are jointly processed by MARAD and USCG. Each application is considered on its merits.
In accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1504(f) for all applications, MARAD and the USCG, working in cooperation with other involved Federal agencies and departments, shall comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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(PHMSA), among others, participate in the processing of deepwater port applications and assist in the NEPA process as described in 40 CFR 1501.6. Each agency may participate in scoping and/or other public meeting(s) and may adopt the MARAD/USCG prepared environmental impact review for purposes of their jurisdictional permitting processes, to the extent applicable. Comments related to this deepwater port application addressed to the EPA, USACE, or other Federal agencies should note the Federal docket number, MARAD–2019–0011. Each comment will be incorporated into the Department of Transportation (DOT) docket and considered as the environmental impact analysis is developed to ensure consistency with the NEPA process.
All connected actions, permits, approvals and authorizations will be considered during the processing of SPOT’s deepwater port license application.
MARAD, in issuing this Notice of Application pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1504(c), must designate as an ‘‘Adjacent Coastal State’’ any coastal state which (A) would be directly connected by pipeline to a deepwater port as proposed in an application, or (B) would be located within 15 nautical miles of any such proposed deepwater port (see 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(1)). Pursuant to the criteria provided in the Act, Texas is the designated Adjacent Coastal State for this application. Other states may request from the Maritime Administrator designation as an Adjacent Coastal State in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2).
The Act directs that at least one public hearing take place in each Adjacent Coastal State, in this case, Texas. Additional public meetings may be conducted to solicit comments for the environmental analysis to include public scoping meetings, or meetings to discuss the Draft and Final environmental impact documents prepared in accordance with NEPA.
MARAD, in coordination with the USCG, will publish additional Federal Register notices with information regarding these public meeting(s) and hearing(s) and other procedural milestones, including the NEPA environmental impact review. The Maritime Administrator’s decision, and other key documents, will be filed in the public docket at docket number MARAD–2019–0011.
The Deepwater Port Act imposes a strict timeline for processing an application. When MARAD and USCG determine that an application is complete (i.e., contains information
sufficient to commence processing), the Act directs that all public hearings on the application be concluded within 240 days from the date the Notice of Application is published.
Within 45 days after the final hearing, the Governor of the Adjacent Costal State, in this case the Governor of Texas, may notify MARAD of his approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of the application. If such approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval is not provided to the Maritime Administrator by that time, approval shall be conclusively presumed. MARAD may not issue a license without the explicit or presumptive approval of the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State. During this 45-day period, the Governor may also notify MARAD of inconsistencies between the application and State programs relating to environmental protection, land and water use, and coastal zone management. In this case, MARAD may condition the license to make it consistent with such state programs (33 U.S.C. 1508(b)(1)). MARAD will not consider written approvals or disapprovals of the application from the Governor of the Adjacent Coastal State until after the final public hearing is complete and the 45-day period commences.
The Maritime Administrator must render a decision on the application within 90 days after the final hearing.
In accordance with section 33 U.S.C. 1504(d), MARAD is required to designate an application area for a deepwater port application intended to transport oil. Section 1504(d)(2) provides MARAD the discretion to establish a reasonable application area constituting the geographic area in which only one deepwater port may be constructed and operated. MARAD has consulted with USCG in developing SPOT’s application area and designates an application area encompassing the deepwater port that is a circle having a radius of no less than three-and-three- tenths (3.30) nautical miles centered at SPOT’s proposed platform, latitude N 28°27′59.22″ and longitude W 95°07′ 24.49″, and 0.25 nautical miles on either side of SPOT’s proposed pipeline route between the terminal and the shore. Any person interested in applying for the ownership, construction, and operation of a deepwater port within this designated application area must file with MARAD (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) a notice of intent to file an application for the construction and operation of a deepwater port not later than 60 days after the date of publication of this notice, and shall submit a completed
application no later than 90 days after publication of this notice.
Should a favorable record of decision be rendered and license be issued, MARAD may include specific conditions related to design, construction, operations, environmental permitting, monitoring and mitigations, and financial responsibilities. If a license is issued, USCG in coordination with other agencies as appropriate, would review and approve the deepwater port’s engineering, design, and construction; operations/security procedures; waterways management and regulated navigation areas; maritime safety and security requirements; risk assessment; and compliance with domestic and international laws and regulations for vessels that may call on the port. The deepwater port would be designed, constructed and operated in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
In addition, installation of