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offer of settlement. Likewise, as nondecisional staff, pursuant to 18 CFR 

385.2201 (2014), they are prohibited 

from communicating with advisory staff 

concerning any deliberations in this 

docket. 

Exceptions to this designation as nondecisional are: 

Larry Gasteiger 

James Owens 

Justin Shellaway 

Timothy Helwick 

Eric Ciccoretti 

Shawn Bennett 

Jill Davis 

Sebastian Krynski 

Dated: February 19, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP13–193–000] 

Aguirre Offshore GasPort, LLC; Notice 

of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Aguirre Offshore 

Gasport Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project 

(Project), proposed by Aguirre Offshore 

GasPort, LLC (Aguirre LLC), a wholly 

owned subsidiary of Excelerate Energy, 

LP in the above-referenced docket. 

Aguirre LLC is seeking authorization 

from the FERC to develop, construct, 

and operate a liquefied natural gas 

(LNG) import terminal off the southern 

coast of Puerto Rico. 

The final EIS assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Aguirre Offshore GasPort Project in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). Construction and operation of 

the Project would result in mostly 

temporary and short-term 

environmental impacts; however, some 

long-term and permanent environmental 

impacts would occur. The FERC staff 

concluded that approval of the proposed 

Project, with the mitigation measures 

recommended in the EIS, would result 

in limited adverse environmental 

impacts. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, U.S. 

Department of Energy, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Puerto Rico Permits 

Management Office, Puerto Rico 

Environmental Quality Board, Puerto 

Rico Planning Board, Puerto Rico 

Department of Natural and 

Environmental Resources, and Puerto 

Rico Department of Health participated 

as cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of the EIS. Cooperating 

agencies have jurisdiction by law or 

special expertise with respect to 

resources potentially affected by the 

proposal, and participate in the NEPA 

analysis. In addition, other federal, 

state, and local agencies may use this 

EIS in approving or issuing permits for 

all or part of the proposed Project. 

Although the cooperating agencies 

provided input to the conclusions and 

recommendations presented in the final 

EIS, the agencies will present their own 

conclusions and recommendations in 

their respective Records of Decision for 

the Project. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, National Marine 

Fisheries Service also provided 

assistance in preparing this EIS as 

permitting and consulting agencies. 

The Project is being developed in 

cooperation with the Puerto Rico 

Electric Power Authority (PREPA) for 

the purpose of receiving, storing, and 

regasifying the LNG to be acquired by 

PREPA; and delivering natural gas to 

PREPA’s existing Aguirre Power 

Complex (Aguirre Plant) in Salinas, 

Puerto Rico. The Project will help 

diversify Puerto Rico’s energy sources, 

allow the Aguirre Plant to meet the 

EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standard 

rule, reduce fuel oil barge traffic in 

Jobos Bay, and contribute to price 

stabilization for power in the region. 

The final EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

following Project facilities: 

• An offshore berthing platform; 

• an offshore marine LNG receiving 

facility; 

• a Floating Storage and 

Regasification Unit moored at the 

offshore berthing platform; 

• visiting LNG carriers; and 

• a 4.0-mile-long (6.4 kilometer) 

subsea pipeline connecting the Offshore 

GasPort to the Aguirre Plant. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

final EIS to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; other interested individuals and 

groups; newspapers and libraries in the 

Project area; and parties to this 

proceeding. The final EIS was also 

translated in Spanish. Paper copy 

versions of this EIS in English were 

mailed to those specifically requesting 

them; all others received a CD version. 

To accommodate translation, paper 

copy and CD versions of this EIS in 

Spanish are scheduled to be mailed out 

about two weeks after the English 

version. In addition, the final EIS is 

available for public viewing on the 

FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using 

the eLibrary link. A limited number of 

copies are available for distribution and 

public inspection at: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Public 

Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 

502–8371. 

Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

Click on the eLibrary link, click on 

‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the Docket Number field (i.e., CP13– 

193). Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription that 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/esubscription.asp. 

Dated: February 20, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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