26 June 2012
MARAD Cancels TORP Offshore LNG Terminal
Reason for the cancellation not provided. The
Record
of Decision is positive but sets stiff operational and enviromental
protection terms for the applicant. More is revealed in the 823 documents
filed for the application:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!searchResults;rpp=25;so=DESC;sb=postedDate;po=0;s=USCG-2006-24644
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38128-38129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15623]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[USCG-2006-24644]
Withdrawal of TORP Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore Energy
Terminal Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Deepwater Port Application
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Deepwater port, application withdrawal announcement; notice.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announces TORP Terminal
LP's (TORP) withdrawal of the deepwater port license application for
the proposed Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal (BOET). All actions
related to the processing and agency coordination activities required
under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, as amended, are hereby
terminated, and the official Record of Decision on the BOET application
issued October 29, 2010, by David T. Matsuda, Maritime Administrator,
is hereby rescinded.
DATES: The date of withdrawal and cancellation of all actions related
to this application was effective June 14, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket
for this project. The docket may be viewed electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2006-24644, or in person
at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the TORP
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Terminal LP Deepwater Port project, contact Ms. Yvette M. Fields,
Director, Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities, Maritime
Administration at 202-366-0926 or Yvette.Fields@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 13, 2012, MARAD received
notification from the applicant, TORP Terminal LP, of the withdrawal of
its application to own, construct, and operate a deepwater port for a
liquefied natural gas deepwater port facility, located approximately
62.6 miles south of Fort Morgan, Alabama in the Federal waters of the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) on Main Pass Block 258 and connected to
existing offshore pipelines. Consequently, MARAD has terminated all
activities pertaining to TORP's application and has rescinded its
Record of Decision for this deepwater port project. All agency records
and documents related to the BOET deepwater port license application
are being preserved and retained by MARAD and USCG. Further information
pertaining to this application may be found in the public docket (see
ADDRESSES).
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: June 18, 2012.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-15623 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
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