Voglio sapere a riguardo di…

53146

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 183 / Friday, September 24, 2021 / Notices
Virtual Public Meeting and Open House You are invited to learn about the proposed GulfLink deepwater port at the virtual informational open house and to comment on the proposed action and the environmental impact analysis contained in the DEIS during the virtual public meeting.
The virtual informational open house website http TexasGulfLinkDWP_
EIS.consultation.ai will be available throughout the public comment period for the Final Environmental Impact Statement FEIS, which will end 45
days after the FEIS Notice of Availability for the Gulflink Deepwater Port License Application is published in the Federal Register.
The website includes information about the project, including the DEIS, presented in a virtual open house format. The project docket, located online at www.regulations.gov docket number MARAD20190093 will be available for viewing during the DEIS
public comment period as well as after the end of the DEIS public comment period.
The public meeting will be a virtual event hosted on the Zoom platform. The virtual public meeting will be recorded and transcribed for placement in the public docket for the GulfLink project.
The Zoom program can be accessed online by visiting the Zoom website at www.zoom.us. Meeting details, such as the virtual room number and access code, will be provided after registration.
See the Registration section of this Notice for details.
Registration Interested parties must register to speak during the virtual public meeting as well as to attend the meeting. You may register at http
TexasGulfLinkDWP_EIS.consultation.ai or obtain help registering by contacting AECOM toll free at 8335881191.
Public meetings are intended to be accessible to all participants.
Individuals who require special assistance such as sign language services, Spanish language interpreters or other reasonable accommodation, please indicate your special assistance need when registering either at http
TexasGulfLinkDWP_EIS.consultation.ai or toll free at 8335881191. Requests for special assistance must be made at least five business days in advance of the virtual public meeting. It is requested that you advise AECOM of any language needs such as interpretation when registering. Please include contact information as well as information about your specific needs.
Those requiring special assistance such
VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:50 Sep 23, 2021

Jkt 253001

as sign language services, Spanish language interpreters, or other reasonable accommodations will need to attend the virtual meeting via a computer, tablet, telephone, or smart phone for these services to be accessible. Instructions for accessing the meeting will be sent to all registrants via email or will be provided by AECOM by registrants calling the toll-free number.
Meeting Procedure Registered speakers will be recognized in the following order:
elected officials, public agency representatives, then individuals or groups in the order in which they registered. In order to accommodate all speakers, speaker time may be limited, meeting hours may be extended, or both. Speakers transcribed remarks will be included in the public docket. You may also submit written material for inclusion in the public docket. Written material must include the authors name. We ask attendees to respect the meeting procedures to ensure a constructive information-gathering session. The presiding officer will use his/her discretion to conduct the meeting in an orderly manner.
Background On January 31, 2019, MARAD and USCG received a license application from GulfLink for all Federal authorizations required for a license to construct, own, and operate a deepwater port for the export of crude oil. The proposed deepwater port would be located in Federal waters approximately 26.6 nautical miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas. Texas was designated as the Adjacent Coastal State ACS for the GulfLink license application.
The Federal agencies involved held a public scoping meeting in connection with the GulfLink license application.
The public scoping meeting was held in Lake Jackson, Texas on March 20, 2019.
The transcript of the scoping meeting is included in the public docket located at www.regulations.gov under docket number MARAD20190093.
MARAD and USCG issued a regulatory stop-clock letter to GulfLink for its application on May 31, 2019, which remained in effect until October 23, 2019, when MARAD, in consultation with the USCG, determined the agencies received sufficient information to continue the Federal review process. A second stop clock letter was issued to GulfLink on September 15, 2020 for additional information requests and remained in effect until November 30, 2020.

PO 00000

Frm 00119

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

On December 16, 2020 and December 17, 2020, MARAD and USCG held virtual DEIS public meetings for the GulfLink deepwater port license application. During the December 16, 2020 public meeting, the public requested Spanish language assistance.
MARAD and the USCG provided limited Spanish language translation at the December 17, 2020 meeting.
After thorough review and consultation with the USCG, MARAD
found that the affected environmental justice communities and Limited English Proficient persons had not been provided sufficient and adequate opportunity to fully participate in the complete scope of the application and environmental review process for the GulfLink Deepwater Port License application. Therefore, MARAD and USCG are re-opening the public comment period for the DEIS for an additional 45 days and hosting this virtual public meeting to provide affected communities, including Limited English Proficient persons, further opportunity to review and comment on the DEIS. This Federal Register Notice reissues the DEIS that was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2020 85 FR 76157
76158.
The purpose of the DEIS is to analyze reasonable alternatives to, and the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts of, the proposed action. The DEIS is currently available for public review at the Federal docket website: www.regulations.gov under docket number MARAD20190093.
Summary of the License Application GulfLink 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 GulfLink deepwater port would allow for up to two 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. The maximum frequency of loading VLCCs or other crude oil carriers would be 1.1
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 GulfLink deepwater port offshore and marine components would consist of the following:

E:FRFM24SEN1.SGM

24SEN1