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taken are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

approved on July 24, 2017, Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued 

on July 24, 2017, and other documents 

in the TxDOT project file. The EA, 

FONSI, and other documents in the 

TxDOT project file are available by 

contacting TxDOT at the address 

provided above or the TxDOT Houston 

District Office at 7600 Washington 

Avenue, Houston, Texas 77007; 

telephone (713) 802–5000. 

25. Bulverde Road from Marshall 

Road to Wilderness Oak in Bexar 

County. The project would convert the 

existing two-lane roadway to a four-lane 

roadway with five-foot shoulders, curb 

and gutter, sidewalks and turn lanes. 

The actions by TxDOT and Federal 

agencies and the laws under which such 

actions were taken are described in the 

Final Environmental Assessment (EA) 

approved on July 20, 2016, Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued 

on July 20, 2016 and other documents 

in the TxDOT project file. The EA, 

FONSI, and other documents in the 

TxDOT project file are available by 

contacting TxDOT at the address 

provided above or the TxDOT San 

Antonio District Office at 4615 NW 

Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229; 

telephone (210) 615–5839. 

26. I–10 West from FM 3351 (Ralph 

Fair Road) to La Cantera Parkway, Bexar 

County. The project would add one 

general-purpose lane and one High 

Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane in each 

direction of IH 10 from approximately 

3,800 feet north of FM 3351 (Ralph Fair 

Rd.) to La Cantera Parkway. The project 

would transition to the two generalpurpose lanes approximately 3,800 feet 

north of FM 3351 (Ralph Fair Rd.) and 

would tie into the three general-purpose 

lanes at La Cantera Parkway. In 

addition, a 12-ft wide auxiliary lane 

would be added to the IH 10 westbound 

main lanes between the westbound onramp from Dominion Drive to the 

westbound exit ramp to FM 3351 (Ralph 

Fair Rd.). The actions by TxDOT and 

Federal agencies and the laws under 

which such actions were taken are 

described in the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) approved on March 30, 

2017, Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) issued on March 30, 2017 and 

other documents in the TxDOT project 

file. The EA, FONSI, and other 

documents in the TxDOT project file are 

available by contacting TxDOT at the 

address provided above or the TxDOT 

San Antonio District Office at 4615 NW 

Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229; 

telephone (210) 615–5839. 

27. Loop 1604 from FM 1957 to FM 

471 in Bexar County. The project would 

convert the existing four-lane divided 

roadway to a four-lane expressway, and 

would include the construction of the 

southbound Loop 1604 main lanes and 

frontage road, entrance and exit ramps, 

and three grade separations. The length 

of the proposed project is approximately 

4.1 miles. The actions by TxDOT and 

Federal agencies and the laws under 

which such actions were taken are 

described in the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) approved on May 4, 

2016, Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) issued on May 4, 2016 and 

other documents in the TxDOT project 

file. The EA, FONSI, and other 

documents in the TxDOT project file are 

available by contacting TxDOT at the 

address provided above or the TxDOT 

San Antonio District Office at 4615 NW 

Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229; 

telephone (210) 615–5839. 

28. Loop 1604 from US 90 to FM 1957 

in Bexar County. The project would 

convert the existing four-lane divided 

roadway to a four-lane expressway with 

continuous frontage roads. The project 

would also include the construction of 

grade separations at major intersections 

located within the project limits as well 

as a direct connector from southbound 

LP 1604 to eastbound US 90. The 

actions by TxDOT and Federal agencies 

and the laws under which such actions 

were taken are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

approved on May 27, 2016, Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued 

on May 27, 2016 and other documents 

in the TxDOT project file. The EA, 

FONSI, and other documents in the 

TxDOT project file are available by 

contacting TxDOT at the address 

provided above or the TxDOT San 

Antonio District Office at 4615 NW 

Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229; 

telephone (210) 615–5839. 

29. Quintana Road from Harmon 

Avenue to McKenna Avenue in Bexar 

County. The project includes roadway 

realignment, median, shared use path, 

turn lanes and drainage improvements. 

The actions by TxDOT and Federal 

agencies and the laws under which such 

actions were taken are described in the 

Final Environmental Assessment (EA) 

approved on June 22, 2017, Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued 

on June 22, 2017 and other documents 

in the TxDOT project file. The EA, 

FONSI, and other documents in the 

TxDOT project file are available by 

contacting TxDOT at the address 

provided above or the TxDOT San 

Antonio District Office at 4615 NW 

Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229; 

telephone (210) 615–5839. 

30. SH 211 from FM 1957 to FM 471 

in Bexar and Medina Counties. The 

project includes construction of a new 

7.6 mile two-lane rural arterial roadway 

on new location. The actions by TxDOT 

and Federal agencies and the laws 

under which such actions were taken 

are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) 

approved on July 14, 2017, Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) issued 

on July 14, 2017 and other documents 

in the TxDOT project file. The EA, 

FONSI, and other documents in the 

TxDOT project file are available by 

contacting TxDOT at the address 

provided above or the TxDOT San 

Antonio District Office at 4615 NW 

Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78229; 

telephone (210) 615–5839. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: August 6, 2018. 

Michael T. Leary, 

Director, Planning and Program Development, 

Federal Highway Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17144 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0114] 

Deepwater Port License Application: 

Texas Gulf Terminals, Inc. 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; notice of public 

meeting; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), 

in coordination with the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), will prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS) as part of the environmental 

review of the Texas Gulf Terminals, Inc. 

(TGTI) deepwater port license 

application. The application proposes 

the ownership, construction, operation 

and eventual decommissioning of an 

offshore oil export deepwater port that 

would be located in Federal waters 

approximately 12.7 nautical miles off 

the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas in a 

water depth of approximately 93 feet. 

The deepwater port would allow for the 

loading of Very Large Crude Carriers 

(VLCCs) via a single point mooring buoy 

system. 

This Notice of Intent (NOI) requests 

public participation in the scoping 

process, provides information on how to 

participate and announces an 

informational open house and public 

meeting in Texas. Pursuant to the 

criteria provided in the Deepwater Port 

Act of 1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 

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Adjacent Coastal State for this 

application. 

DATES: There will be one public scoping 

meeting held in connection with the 

TGTI deepwater port application. The 

meeting will be held in Corpus Christi, 

Texas on September 12, 2018, from 6:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The public meeting 

will be preceded by an informational 

open house from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

The public meeting may end later 

than the stated time, depending on the 

number of persons wishing to speak. 

Additionally, materials submitted in 

response to this request for comments 

on the TGTI deepwater port license 

application must reach the Federal 

Docket Management Facility as detailed 

below by September 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The open house and public 

meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas will be 

held at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel, 

900 North Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus 

Christi, TX 78401, phone: (361) 887– 

1600, web address: https://

www.omnihotels.com/hotels/corpuschristi. Free parking is available at the 

venue. 

The public docket for MARAD–2018– 

0114 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–2018– 

0114. 

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. Roddy Bachman, USCG or 

Mr. Wade Morefield, MARAD, as listed 

in the following FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document, which also 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 202–366–9329, the fax 

number is 202–493–2251. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Roddy Bachman, USCG, telephone: 

202–372–1451, email: 

Roddy.C.Bachman@uscg.mil, or Mr. 

Wade Morefield, MARAD, telephone: 

202–366–7026, email: Wade.Morefield@

dot.gov. For questions regarding viewing 

the Docket, call Docket Operations, 

telephone: 202–366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Meeting and Open House 

We encourage you to attend the 

informational open house and public 

meeting to learn about, and comment 

on, the proposed deepwater port. You 

will have the opportunity to submit 

comments on the scope and significance 

of the issues related to the proposed 

deepwater port that should be addressed 

in the EIS. 

Speaker registrations will be available 

at the door. Speakers at the public 

scoping meeting will be recognized in 

the following order: Elected officials, 

public agencies, individuals or groups 

in the sign-up order and then anyone 

else who wishes to speak. 

In order to allow everyone a chance 

to speak at a public meeting, we may 

limit speaker time, extend the meeting 

hours, or both. You must identify 

yourself, and any organization you 

represent by name. Your remarks will be 

recorded and/or transcribed for 

inclusion in the public docket. 

You may submit written material at a 

public meeting, either in place of, or in 

addition to, speaking. Written material 

must include your name and address 

and will be included in the public 

docket. 

Public docket materials will be made 

available to the public on the Federal 

Docket Management Facility website 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Our public meeting location is 

wheelchair-accessible and compliant 

with the Americans with Disabilities 

Act. If you plan to attend an open house 

or public meeting and need special 

assistance such as sign language 

interpretation, non-English language 

translator services or other reasonable 

accommodation, please notify the USCG 

or MARAD (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5 

business days in advance of the public 

meeting. Include your contact 

information as well as information 

about your specific needs. 

Request for Comments 

We request public comment on this 

proposal. The comments may relate to, 

but are not limited to, the 

environmental impact of the proposed 

action. All comments will be accepted. 

The public meeting is not the only 

opportunity you have to comment on 

the TGTI deepwater port license 

application. In addition to, or in place 

of, attending a meeting, you may submit 

comments directly to the Federal Docket 

Management Facility during the public 

comment period (see DATES). We will 

consider all comments and material 

received during the 30-day scoping 

period. 

The license application, comments 

and associated documentation, as well 

as the draft and final EISs (when 

published), are available for viewing at 

the Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website: http://

www.regulations.gov under docket 

number MARAD–2018–0114. 

Public comment submissions should 

include: 

• Docket number MARAD–2018– 

0114. 

• Your name and address. 

Submit comments or material using 

only one of the following methods: 

• Electronically (preferred for 

processing) to the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) website: 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number MARAD–2018–0114. 

• By mail to the Federal Docket 

Management Facility (MARAD–2018– 

0114), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• By personal delivery to the room 

and address listed above between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• By fax to the Federal Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

Faxed, mailed or hand delivered 

submissions must be unbound, no larger 

than 81⁄2 by 11 inches and suitable for 

copying and electronic scanning. The 

format of electronic submissions should 

also be no larger than 81⁄2 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. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments, all submissions 

will be posted, without change, to the 

FDMS website (http://

www.regulations.gov) 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 


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Docket Management Facility or 

electronically on the FDMS website. 

Background 

Information about deepwater ports, 

the statutes, and regulations governing 

their licensing, including the 

application review process, and the 

receipt of the current application for the 

proposed TGTI deepwater port appears 

in the TGTI Notice of Application, 

August 6, 2018 edition of the Federal 

Register. The ‘‘Summary of the 

Application’’ from that publication is 

reprinted below for your convenience. 

Consideration of a deepwater port 

license application includes review of 

the proposed deepwater port’s impact 

on the natural and human environment. 

For the proposed deepwater port, USCG 

and MARAD are the co-lead Federal 

agencies for determining the scope of 

this review, and in this case, it has been 

determined that review must include 

preparation of an EIS. This NOI is 

required by 40 CFR 1501.7. It briefly 

describes the proposed action, possible 

alternatives and our proposed scoping 

process. You can address any questions 

about the proposed action, the scoping 

process or the EIS to the USCG or 

MARAD project managers identified in 

this notice (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The proposed action requiring 

environmental review is the Federal 

licensing of the proposed deepwater 

port described in ‘‘Summary of the 

Application’’ below. The alternatives to 

licensing the proposed port are: (1) 

Licensing with conditions (including 

conditions designed to mitigate 

environmental impact), (2) proposed 

deepwater port site alternatives or (3) 

denying the application, which for 

purposes of environmental review is the 

‘‘no-action’’ alternative. 

Scoping Process 

Public scoping is an early and open 

process for identifying and determining 

the scope of issues to be addressed in 

the EIS. Scoping begins with this notice, 

continues through the public comment 

period (see DATES), and ends when 

USCG and MARAD have completed the 

following actions: 

• Invites the participation of Federal, 

state, and local agencies, any affected 

Indian tribe, the applicant, in this case 

TGTI, and other interested persons; 

• Determines the actions, alternatives 

and impacts described in 40 CFR 

1508.25; 

• Identifies and eliminates from 

detailed study, those issues that are not 

significant or that have been covered 

elsewhere; 

• Identifies other relevant permitting, 

environmental review and consultation 

requirements; 

• Indicates the relationship between 

timing of the environmental review and 

other aspects of the application process; 

and 

• At its discretion, exercises the 

options provided in 40 CFR 1501.7(b). 

Once the scoping process is complete, 

USCG and MARAD will prepare a draft 

EIS. When complete, MARAD will 

publish a Federal Register notice 

announcing public availability of the 

Draft EIS. (If you want that notice to be 

sent to you, please contact the USCG or 

MARAD project manager identified in 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You 

will have an opportunity to review and 

comment on the Draft EIS. The USCG, 

MARAD and other appropriate 

cooperating agencies will consider the 

received comments and then prepare 

the Final EIS. As with the Draft EIS, we 

will announce the availability of the 

Final EIS and give you an opportunity 

for review and comment. The Act 

requires a final public hearing to be held 

in the Adjacent Coastal State. Its 

purpose is to receive comments on 

matters related to whether or not an 

operating license should be issued. The 

final public hearing will be held in 

Corpus Christi, Texas after the Final EIS 

is made available for public review and 

comment. 

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 N 

27°28′42.60′′ and longitude W 

97°00′48.43′′. 

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. 

Privacy Act 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

DOT solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its administrative and 

rulemaking processes. 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; 


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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: August 6, 2018. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17108 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Creating Options for Veterans 

Expedited Recovery (COVER) 

Commission; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the Creating 

Options for Veterans Expedited 

Recovery (COVER) Commission gives 

notice that the second meeting will be 

held on August 21 and August 22, 2018 

at the JW Marriott Hotel, 1331 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20004–1710. The meeting will 

convene at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 

p.m. EST on both days. The meeting 

will be open to the public through the 

entirety of Day One, August 21, and 

again on Day Two, August 22 through 

the 2:00 p.m. session. On August 22, the 

meeting will be closed from 3:00 p.m. to 

5:00 p.m. under S.C. 552b(c) under 

(9)(B) because it would reveal 

information the disclosure of which 

would, ‘‘in the case of an agency, be 

likely to significantly frustrate 

implementation of a proposed agency 

action.’’ This closed session would 

include continued discussion and final 

decisions on ground rules, decision 

making protocol, and strategy. Any 

precipitous release of those discussions 

through an open session will frustrate 

implementation and potentially our 

Veterans who we consider our greatest 

customer/benefactor of the commission. 

Day 1 will focus on CARA Legislation 

(full scope) and integration with 

COVER, current VHA Mental Health 

Services and Resources and Current 

Process, Specialty and Recreational 

Therapies, Hyper Baric Therapy, 

Integrative Health, and a Question and 

Answer Panel by VA leading experts in 

CARA legislation, Mental Health and 

Whole Health Practices. Day 2 will 

include further review and discussion 

on past surveys of Veterans Mental 

Health and approach to a way forward. 

A listening line will be available to the 

public who prefer to call in rather than 

attend the open sessions at the JW 

Marriott. This listening line number will 

be activated 10 minutes before each of 

the two open sessions. The listening 

line number is 800–767–1750; access 

code 48664#. 

The purpose of the COVER 

Commission is to examine the evidencebased therapy treatment model used by 

the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 

for treating mental health conditions of 

Veterans and the potential benefits of 

incorporating complementary and 

integrative health approaches as 

standard practice throughout the 

Department. 

Any member of the public seeking 

additional information should email 

COVERCommission@va.gov. The 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

Commission is Ms. Sheila B. Hickman. 

She and the staff will be monitoring and 

responding to questions or comments 

sent to this email box. The Committee 

will also accept written comments 

which may be sent to the same email 

box. In the public’s communications 

with the Committee, the writers must 

identify themselves and state the 

organizations, associations, or persons 

they represent. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

LaTonya L. Small, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17205 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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