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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 oversee the review and approval 

of 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 

TGTI 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 DWP would include the loading of 

various grades of crude oil at flow rates 

of up to 60,000 barrels per hour (bph). 

Approximately eight Very Large Crude 

Carrier (VLCC) vessels (or equivalent 

volumes) would be loaded per month 

from the proposed deepwater port. 

Loading of one VLCC vessel is expected 

to take 48 hours, including vessel 

approach, mooring, cargo transfer, and 

vessel departure. 

The overall project would consist of 

three distinct, but interrelated 

components: (1) The ‘‘offshore’’ 

component; (2) the ‘‘inshore’’ 

component; and (3) the ‘‘onshore’’ 

component. 

The proposed deepwater port 

(offshore component) would be located 

approximately 12.7 nautical miles off 

the coast of North Padre Island (Kleberg 

County, TX) and consists of 14.71 miles 

of two new parallel 30-inch diameter 

crude oil pipelines, which terminate at 

a single point mooring (SPM) buoy. The 

SPM buoy system would be positioned 

in water depths of approximately 93 feet 

and consist of a pipeline end manifold, 

catenary anchor leg mooring system, 

and other associated equipment. The 

SPM would be located in BOEM lease 

block number 823 at latitude 

27°28′42.60′′ N and longitude 

97°00′48.43′′ W. 

The inshore components associated 

with the proposed project include 5.74 

miles of two new parallel 30-inch 

diameter pipelines and onshore valve 

stations used to connect the onshore 

project components to offshore project 

components. The inshore portions of the 

proposed pipeline infrastructure cross 

the Laguna Madre Bay complex, the 

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and extend 

across North Padre Island to the mean 

high tide line located at the interface of 

North Padre Island and the Gulf of 

Mexico. The inshore project 

components include the installation of 

an onshore valve station on North Padre 

Island to allow for the isolation of 

portions of the proposed pipeline 

infrastructure for servicing, 

maintenance, and inspection operations. 

Onshore components associated with 

the proposed project include the 

construction and operation of an 

onshore storage terminal facility 

(OSTF), booster station, and 

approximately 6.36 miles of two new 

parallel 30-inch diameter pipelines 

located within Nueces and Kleberg 

Counties, TX. The OSTF would occupy 

approximately 150 acres in Nueces 

County, TX and would consist of all 

necessary infrastructure to receive, 

store, measure and transport crude oil 

through the proposed inshore and 

deepwater port pipeline infrastructure. 

The proposed booster station would 

occupy approximately 8.25 acres in 

Kleberg County, TX and would consist 

of the necessary pumping infrastructure 

to support the transport of crude oil 

from the OSTF to the deepwater port. 

Onshore pipeline infrastructure would 

extend from the OSTF to the landward 

side of the mean high tide line located 

at the interface of the western shoreline 

of the Laguna Madre. 

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DOT solicits comments from the public 

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rulemaking processes. DOT posts 

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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 

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instructions. 

(Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1501, et seq.; 49 CFR 

1.93(h)) 

Dated: July 31, 2018. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

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Disciplinary Appeals Board Panel 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

ACTION: Notice with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Section 203 of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs Health Care 

Personnel Act of 1991 (Pub. L. 102–40), 

dated May 7, 1991, revised the 

disciplinary grievance and appeal 

procedures for employees. It also 

required the periodic designation of 

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qualified to serve on Disciplinary 

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Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, Acting Chief of 

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2018, for publication. 

Dated: August 1, 2018. 

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