Notice2022-24487
Deepwater Port License Application: Texas GulfLink LLC; Extension of Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period
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Published
November 10, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
By Federal Register notice of Friday, September 30, 2022, titled Notice of Availability; Notice of Virtual Public Meetings; Request for Comments, the Maritime Administration (MARAD), in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announced the availability of the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Texas GulfLink LLC (GulfLink) deepwater port license application for the export of crude oil from the United States to nations abroad. Publication of the September notice announced a 45-day comment period, requested public participation in the environmental impact review process, provided information on how to participate in the environmental impact review process, and announced the virtual public meeting and an informational open house website for the SDEIS. The notice also provided that the comment period would end on November 14, 2022. MARAD is extending the public comment period to November 30, 2022, to allow the public and interested parties a full 45 days to review the SDEIS and provide written comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 217 (Thursday, November 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68001-68002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24487]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0093]
Deepwater Port License Application: Texas GulfLink LLC; Extension
of Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of extension of the Supplemental Draft Environmental
Impact Statement comment period.
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SUMMARY: By Federal Register notice of Friday, September 30, 2022,
titled Notice of Availability; Notice of Virtual Public Meetings;
Request for Comments, the Maritime Administration (MARAD), in
coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announced the
availability of the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(SDEIS) for the Texas GulfLink LLC (GulfLink) deepwater port license
application for the export of crude oil from the United States to
nations abroad. Publication of the September notice announced a 45-day
comment period, requested public participation in the environmental
impact review process, provided information on how to participate in
the environmental impact review process, and announced the virtual
public meeting and an informational open house website for the SDEIS.
The notice also provided that the comment period would end on November
14, 2022. MARAD is extending the public comment period to November 30,
2022, to allow the public and interested parties a full 45 days to
review the SDEIS and provide written comments.
DATES: Comments or related material on the Texas GulfLink deepwater
port license application must be received by November 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number
MARAD-2019-0093 by any one of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, search MARAD-2019-0093 and follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: The Docket Management Facility is
in the West Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. Department of
Transportation. The Docket Management Facility location address is U.S.
Department of Transportation, MARAD-2019-0093, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, West Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Faxed, mailed or hand delivered submissions must be unbound, no
larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches and suitable for copying and electronic
scanning. The format of electronic submissions should also be no larger
than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches. If you mail your submission and want to know
when it reaches the Federal Docket Management Facility, please include
a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope.
Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your comments, we recommend that
you
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include your name and a mailing address, an email address, and/or a
telephone number on a cover page, so that we can contact you if we have
questions regarding your submission. Instructions: All submissions
received must include the agency name and specific docket number
(MARAD-2019-0093). All comments received will be posted without change
to the docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided. For additional information please contact USCG
via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bffbdadacfc8decbdacdefd0cdcbccffcaccdcd891d2d6d3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1a5e7f7f6a6d7b6e7f684a75686e695a6f69797d34777376">[email protected]</span></a> and MARAD via email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5512203933193c3b3e0a101c0615313a217b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e093b222802272025110b071d0e2a213a60292138">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``MARAD-2019-0093'' in the subject line
of the message. These email addresses will not be relied on for the
intake of comments on the GulfLink deepwater port license application.
To submit written comments and other material submissions, please
follow the directions above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Request for Comments
We request public comment on the GulfLink SDEIS. The comments may
relate to, but are not limited to, the environmental impact of the
proposed action. You may submit comments directly to the Federal Docket
Management Facility during the public comment period (see ADDRESSES).
We will consider all substantive comments and material received during
the extended comment period.
The license application, comments, and associated documentation, as
well as the DEIS, SDEIS and the Final Environmental Impact Statement
(when published), are available for viewing at the Federal Docket
Management System website: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> under docket
number MARAD-2019-0093.
This extension is intended to accommodate public review of a
version of the SDEIS, which displays horizontal lines in the margins,
indicating changes made to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS). An unmarked version of the SDEIS was posted on September 30,
2022, on the project's docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Other
than the addition of the horizontal lines in the margins indicating
changes made to the DEIS, there have been no further changes made to
the document from that published on September 30, 2022.
All comments submitted to the docket via <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or delivered to the Federal Docket Management
Facility will be posted, without change, to the Federal Docket
Management Facility website (<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>) and will
include any personal information you provide. Therefore, submitting
this information to the docket makes it public. You may wish to read
the Privacy and Use Notice that is available on the FDMS website and
the Department of Transportation Privacy Act Notice that appeared in
the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), see Privacy Act.
You may view docket submissions at the Federal Docket Management
Facility or electronically on the FDMS website.
Privacy Act
The electronic form of all comments received into the Federal
Docket Management System can be searched by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). The Department of
Transportation Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages
19477-78) or by visiting <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
(Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501, et seq., 49 CFR 1.93(h)).
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-24487 Filed 11-9-22; 8:45 am]
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