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submitted during the comment period 

and at any time during the 5-year period 

of the exemption. If safety is being 

compromised or if continuation of the 

exemption would not be consistent with 

the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b)(1), FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

FCSG exemption. 

Robin Hutcheson, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08806 Filed 4–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2022–0076] 

Deepwater Port License Application: 

New Fortress Energy Louisiana FLNG 

LLC 

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 New Fortress Energy 

Louisiana FLNG LLC (Applicant) 

deepwater port license application. The 

application proposes the ownership, 

construction, operation and eventual 

decommissioning of an offshore natural 

gas export deepwater port, known as 

New Fortress Energy Louisiana FLNG, 

that would be located in Federal waters 

approximately 16 nautical miles off the 

southeast coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana 

in a water depth of approximately 30 

meters. The deepwater port would allow 

for the loading of liquefied natural gas 

(LNG) trading carriers. This Notice of 

Intent (NOI) requests public 

participation in the scoping process, 

provides information on how to 

participate and announces an 

informational virtual open house and 

virtual public meeting. Pursuant to the 

criteria provided in the Deepwater Port 

Act of 1974, as amended, Louisiana is 

the designated Adjacent Coastal State 

(ACS) for this application. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

virtually, on May 11, 2022, from 6:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central Standard Time 

(CST). The virtual public meeting will 

be preceded by a virtual open house 

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. CST. The 

public meeting may end later than the 

stated time, depending on the number of 

persons who wish to make a comment 

on the record. Additionally, materials 

submitted in response to this request for 

comments on the New Fortress Energy 

Louisiana FLNG deepwater port license 

application must be submitted to the 

www.regulations.gov website or the 

Federal Docket Management Facility as 

detailed in the ADDRESSES section below 

by the close of the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket Number 

MARAD–2022–0076 by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Search 

MARAD–2022–0076 and follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: The Docket 

Management Facility is in the West 

Building, Ground Floor of the U.S. 

Department of Transportation. The 

Docket Management Facility location 

address is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, MARAD–2022–0076, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building, Room W12–140, Washington, 

DC 20590. Due to flexible work 

schedules in response to COVID–19, call 

202–493–0402 to determine facility 

hours prior to hand delivery. 

Note: If you mail or hand-deliver your 

comments, we recommend that you 

include your name and a mailing 

address, an email address, and/or a 

telephone number in a cover page so 

that we can contact you if we have 

questions regarding your submission. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

specific docket number. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to the docket at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments, see the section 

entitled Public Participation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Brian Barton, Maritime Administration, 

telephone 202–366–0302, email: 

Brian.Barton@dot.gov, or Ms. Galia 

Kaplan, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 

202–372–1567, email: Galia.Kaplan@

uscg.mil. 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 virtual 

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 registration is available 

online http://

louisianaflngnepaprocess.com/ or by 

calling 1–877–589–8895. Speakers at the 

virtual public 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 

though docket submission or by 

contacting the MARAD or USCG project 

manager identified in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT either in place of, 

or in addition to, speaking. Written 

material should 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). 

If you plan to participate in the 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 MARAD 

or the USCG (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 New Fortress Energy Louisiana 

FLNG 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–2022–0076. 


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Public comment submissions should 

include: 

• Docket number MARAD–2022– 

0076. 

• 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–2022–0076. 

• By mail to the Federal Docket 

Management Facility (MARAD–2022– 

0076), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• By fax to the Federal Docket 

Management Facility at 202 366–9826. 

Faxed or mailed 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 

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 New Fortress Energy 

Louisiana FLNG deepwater port appears 

in the New Fortress Energy Louisiana 

FLNG Notice of Application, April 26, 

2022 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, 

MARAD and the USCG 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 MARAD or 

USCG 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) evaluation of 

proposed deepwater port and onshore 

site/pipeline route alternatives or (3) 

denying the application, which for 

purposes of environmental review is the 

‘‘no-action’’ alternative. 

Summary of the Application 

The application proposes the 

ownership, construction, operation, and 

eventual decommissioning of the New 

Fortress Energy (‘‘NFE’’) Louisiana 

FLNG deepwater port (‘‘DWP’’) terminal 

to be located approximately 16 nautical 

miles off the southeast coast of Grand 

Isle, Louisiana. The project proposes to 

source domestic natural gas from 

multiple supply hubs in the Southeast 

Louisiana local market, liquify, and 

export as LNG up to 2.8 million tonnes 

per annum (MTPA), from a deepwater 

port located in federal waters off 

Louisiana. 

The project will involve the 

installation of two nominal 1.4 MTPA 

liquefaction systems (FLNG1 and 

FLNG2) installed in the West Delta 

Outer Continental Shelf Lease Block 38 

(‘‘WD–38’’) in approximately 30 meters 

(98 feet) of water. Each system will 

contain three platforms consisting of 

natural gas processing, natural gas 

liquefaction, and utilities and 

accommodations. FLNG1 will 

incorporate self-elevating platforms 

(otherwise known as jack-up platforms 

or rigs), and FLNG2, which will be 

located adjacent to FLNG1, will utilize 

fixed platform structures. An additional 

self-elevating platform will house feed 

gas compressors. Other than temporary 

construction staging areas, there are no 

onshore facilities associated with the 

Project. Staging for construction, if 

needed, will utilize existing staging, 

laydown, and warehouse space near 

Port Fourchon, Port Sulphur, or Venice. 

The feed gas supply to the project will 

be transported to the WD–38 site via the 

existing Kinetica Energy Express, LLC 

(‘‘Kinetica’’) offshore natural gas 

pipeline system and two newly 

constructed, 24-inch pipeline laterals 

connecting the Kinetica pipeline system 

to the Project. The Kinetica pipeline has 

been in continuous natural gas service 

since it was placed in service. The 

pipeline pressure is currently operating 

at 750 pounds per square inch (‘‘psi’’) 

with an onshore Maximum Allowable 

Operating Pressure (‘‘MAOP’’) of 1,000 

psi and an offshore MAOP of 1,250 psi. 

Both FLNG1 and FLNG2 will be 

connected to a single Floating LNG 

Storage Unit (‘‘FSU’’) via a flexible, 

partially submerged, 220-meter 

cryogenic hose transfer system. The FSU 

will be positioned approximately 107 

meters (350 feet) from the FLNGs. To 

export the LNG, the FSU will receive 

one (1) commercially traded LNG carrier 

(LNGC) at a time, which will have a 

nominal cargo capacity of 

approximately 125,000 m3 to 160,000 

m3. The LNGCs will berth along the 

starboard side of the FSU and receive 

the LNG cargo through a ship-to-ship 

transfer cargo transfer system. The 

LNGC will approach the DWP and 

depart from the DWP using an extension 

to the established safety fairway, which 

serves maritime traffic calling at the 

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port. 

Approximately 40 LNGCs will call on 

the Project per year. 

For more information, please contact 

either Mr. Brian Barton, MARAD, or Ms. 

Galia Kaplan, as listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this document. 

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, 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; 


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• 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 MARAD 

or USCG project manager identified in 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You 

will have an opportunity to review and 

comment on the Draft EIS. MARAD, the 

USCG, 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 be held 

in the ACS. Its purpose is to receive 

comments on matters related to whether 

or not a deepwater port license should 

be issued to the applicant by the 

Maritime Administrator. The final 

public hearing will be held after the 

Final EIS is made available for public 

review and comment. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received into any 

of our dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). For information on DOT’’s 

compliance with the Privacy Act, please 

visit https://www.transportation.gov/ 

privacy. 

(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93). 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08857 Filed 4–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Notice of Funding Opportunity for 

America’s Marine Highway Projects 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of funding for grants and 

establishes selection criteria and 

application requirements for the 

America’s Marine Highway Program 

(‘‘AMHP’’). The purpose of this program 

is to make grants available to previously 

designated Marine Highway Projects 

that support the development and 

expansion of documented vessels or 

port and landside infrastructure. The 

Department also seeks eligible grant 

projects that will strengthen American 

supply chains. The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (‘‘DOT’’ or 

‘‘Department’’) will award Marine 

Highway Grants to implement projects 

or components of projects previously 

designated by the Secretary of 

Transportation (‘‘Secretary’’) under the 

AMHP. Only Marine Highway Projects 

the Secretary designates before the 

Notice of Funding Opportunity 

(‘‘NOFO’’) closing date are eligible for 

funding as described in this notice. This 

notice is amended on April 21, 2022 to 

reflect additional funding made 

available under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2022 and 

associated requirements. 

DATES: Applications must be received 

by the Maritime Administration 

(‘‘MARAD’’) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

on June 17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be 

submitted electronically using 

Grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov). 

Please be aware that you must complete 

the Grants.gov registration process 

before submitting your application and 

that the registration process usually 

takes 2 to 4 weeks to complete. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

make submissions in advance of the 

deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Jones, Office of Ports & Waterways 

Planning, Room W21–311, Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

phone 202–366–1123, or email 

Fred.Jones@dot.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

business hours. The FIRS is available 

twenty-four hours a day, seven days a 

week, to leave a message or question 

with the above individual. You will 

receive a reply during regular business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each 

section of this notice contains 

information and instructions relevant to 

the Marine Highway Grants application 

process. All applicants should read this 

notice in its entirety so that they have 

the information they need to submit 

eligible and competitive applications. 

Applications received after the deadline 

will not be considered except in the 

case of unforeseen technical difficulties 

as outlined below in Section D.6. 

Table of Contents 

A. Program Description 

B. Federal Award Information 

C. Eligibility Information 

D. Application and Submission Information 

E. Application Review Information 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

A. Program Description 

The Secretary, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 55601, established a marine 

highway transportation grant program to 

implement projects or components of 

designated Marine Highway Projects 

that provide a coordinated and capable 

alternative to landside transportation or 

that promote marine highway 

transportation. The primary goal of the 

AMHP is to expand the use of the 

nation’s navigable waters to relieve 

landside congestion, reduce air 

emissions, and generate other public 

benefits by increasing the efficiency of 

the surface transportation system, and 

Marine Highway Grants will be awarded 

to further this purpose. 

The Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117–58, November 15, 

2021) (‘‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’’ 

or ‘‘BIL’’) appropriated $25,000,000 to 

be awarded by the Department for 

Marine Highway Grants. On March 15, 

2022, the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117–103, ‘‘FY 2022 

Appropriations Act’’) appropriated an 

additional $14,819,000 for the FY 2022 

AMHP. Therefore, a total of $39,819,000 

in funding is now available for the FY 

2022 AMHP. This notice solicits 

applications for projects to be funded 

under the AMHP, and includes the 

funding appropriated by the BIL in 

addition to the funding appropriated for 

the AMHP under the FY 2022 

Appropriations Act. The grant funds 

currently available are for projects 

related to vessels documented under 46 

U.S.C. Chapter 121 and port and 

landside infrastructure. Section E of this 

notice, which outlines the Marine 

Highway Grants selection criteria, 

describes the process for selecting 

projects that further this goal. Section 

F.3. describes progress and performance 

reporting requirements for selected 

projects, including the relationship 

between that reporting and the 

program’s selection criteria. 

Since this program was created, more 

than $51.7 million has been awarded 

through competitive grants to 

implement projects or components of 

projects designated under 46 U.S.C. 

55601. Throughout the program, these 

discretionary grants have been awarded 


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