52422 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 170 / Friday, September 2, 2005 / Notices 

Ms. Barbara Davis), 2100 Second Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

telephone number is (202) 267–2326. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Barbara Davis, Office of Information 

Management, telephone (202) 267–2326 

or fax (202) 267–4814, for questions on 

these documents; or Ms. Andrea M. 

Jenkins, Program Manager, Docket 

Operations, (202) 366–0271, for 

questions on the docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast 

Guard invites comments on the 

proposed collection of information to 

determine whether the collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department. In 

particular, the Coast Guard would 

appreciate comments addressing: (1) 

The practical utility of the collections; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated burden 

of the collections; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information that is the subject of the 

collections; and (4) ways to minimize 

the burden of collections on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments to DMS or OIRA must 

contain the OMB Control Number of the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

addressed. Comments to DMS must 

contain the docket number of this 

request, [USCG 2005–21322]. For your 

comments to OIRA to be considered, it 

is best if OIRA receives them on or 

before the October 3, 2005. 

Public participation and request for 

comments: We encourage you to 

respond to this request for comments by 

submitting comments and related 

materials. We will post all comments 

received, without change, to http:// 

dms.dot.gov, and they will include any 

personal information you have 

provided. We have an agreement with 

DOT to use their Docket Management 

Facility. Please see the paragraph on 

DOT’s ‘‘Privacy Act Policy’’ below. 

Submitting comments: If you submit a 

comment, please include your name and 

address, identify the docket number for 

this request for comment [USCG–2005–

21322], indicate the specific section of 

this document or the ICR to which each 

comment applies, and give the reason 

for each comment. You may submit 

your comments and material by 

electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery 

to the Docket Management Facility at 

the address under ADDRESSES, but 

please submit them by only one means. 

If you submit them by mail or delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit them by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the Facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

The Coast Guard and OIRA will 

consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

We may change the documents 

supporting this collection of 

information or even the underlying 

requirements in view of them. 

Viewing comments and documents: 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this notice as 

being available in the docket, go to 

http://dms.dot.gov at any time and 

conduct a simple search using the 

docket number. You may also visit the 

Docket Management Facility in room 

PL–401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received in 

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.). 

You may review the Privacy Act 

Statement of DOT in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19477), or you may visit http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard has already published the 

60-day notice (70 FR 32839, June 6, 

2005) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). 

That notice elicited no comment. 

Information Collection Request 

Title: Bridge Permit Application 

Guide. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0015. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Public and private 

owners of bridges over navigable waters 

of the United States. 

Forms: None. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is a request for a bridge 

permit submitted as an application for 

approval by the Coast Guard of any 

proposed bridge project. An applicant 

must submit to the Coast Guard a letter 

of application along with letter-size 

drawings (plans) and maps showing the 

proposed project and its location. 

Burden Estimates: The estimated 

burden has been decreased from 4,000 

hours to 2,240 hours a year. 

Dated: August 24, 2005. 

Nathaniel Heiner, 

Acting Assistant Commandant for Command, 

Control, Communications Computers and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 05–17471 Filed 9–1–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[USCG–2005–22219] 

Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, 

L.L.C., Liquefied Natural Gas 

Deepwater Port License Application 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS; Maritime 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard and the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD) 

announce that they have received an 

application for the licensing of a natural 

gas deepwater port, and that the 

application appears to contain the 

required information. This notice 

summarizes the applicant’s plans and 

the procedures that will be followed in 

considering the application. 

DATES: The Deepwater Port Act of 1974, 

as amended, requires any public hearing 

on this application to be held not later 

than May 1, 2006, and requires a 

decision on the application to be made 

not later than July 31, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The public docket for 

USCG–2005–22219 is maintained by 

the: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

Docket contents are available for 

public inspection and copying, at this 

address, in room PL–401, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

Facility’s telephone is 202–366–9329, 

its fax is 202–493–2251, and its Web site 

for electronic submissions or for 

electronic access to docket contents is 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roddy Bachman, U.S. Coast Guard, 

telephone: 202–267–1752, email: 

RBachman@comdt.uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Andrea M. Jenkins, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone: 202–366–

0271. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 170 / Friday, September 2, 2005 / Notices 52423 

Receipt of Application 

On June 13, 2005, the Coast Guard 

and MARAD received an application 

from Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, 

L.L.C., a subsidiary of Excelerate Energy 

Limited Partnership, for all Federal 

authorizations required for a license to 

own, construct, and operate a deepwater 

port governed by the Deepwater Port 

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

et seq. (the Act). On August 19, 2005, 

we determined that the application 

contains all information required by the 

Act. 

Background 

According to the Act, a deepwater 

port is a fixed or floating manmade 

structure other than a vessel, or a group 

of structures, located beyond State 

seaward boundaries and used or 

intended for use as a port or terminal for 

the transportation, storage, and further 

handling of oil or natural gas for 

transportation to any State. 

Adeepwater port must be licensed by 

the Secretary of Transportation. 

Statutory and regulatory requirements 

for licensing appear in 33 U.S.C. 1501 

et seq. and in 33 CFR Part 148. Under 

delegations from and agreements 

between the Secretary of Transportation 

and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

applications are processed by the Coast 

Guard and MARAD. Each application is 

considered on its merits. 

The Act provides strict deadlines for 

processing an application. Once we 

determine that an application contains 

the required information, we must hold 

public hearings on the application 

within 240 days, and the Secretary of 

Transportation must render a decision 

on the application within 330 days. We 

will publish additional Federal Register 

notices to inform you of these public 

hearings and other procedural 

milestones, including environmental 

review. The Secretary’s decision, and 

other key documents, will be filed in the 

public docket. 

At least one public hearing must take 

place in each adjacent coastal State. For 

purposes of the Act, Massachusetts is 

the adjacent coastal State for this 

application. Other States can apply for 

adjacent coastal State status in 

accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1508(a)(2). 

Summary of the Application 

Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, 

L.L.C., has proposed a facility to import 

liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the New 

England region providing a base load 

delivery of 400 million cubic feet per 

day (MMcfd) and capable of peak 

deliveries of approximately 800 MMcfd 

or more. The facility will be located 

offshore in Massachusetts Bay, 

approximately 13 miles south-southeast 

of the city of Gloucester, MA, in federal 

waters approximately 270 to 290 feet in 

depth, commonly referred to as Block 

125. 

Northeast Gateway will deliver 

natural gas to onshore markets via a new 

24-inch pipeline, approximately 16.4 

miles in length, from the proposed 

deepwater port to the existing offshore 

30-inch Algonquin HubLine Pipeline 

System. The proposed new pipeline 

lateral will be owned and operated by 

Algonquin Gas Transmission. 

Algonquin is seeking Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission approval for the 

pipeline concurrent with this deepwater 

port application. The new pipeline will 

also be included in the National 

Environmental Policy Act review as part 

of the deepwater port application 

process. 

The Northeast Gateway facility will 

consist of two subsea submerged turret 

loading buoys (STL buoys), two flexible 

risers, two pipeline end manifolds 

(PLEMs), and two subsea flow lines. 

Each STL buoy will connect to a PLEM 

using the flexible riser assembly, and 

the PLEM will connect to the subsea 

flow line. A fleet of specially designed 

Energy Bridge regasification vessels 

(EBRVs), each capable of transporting 

approximately 4.9 million cubic feet 

(138,000 cubic meters) of LNG, will 

deliver natural gas to the Northeast 

Gateway deepwater port. 

The EBRVs will vaporize the LNG in 

a closed Loop mode of recirculating 

fresh water on-board the ship requiring 

no intake or discharge of seawater. 

Natural gas fired boilers will be used to 

generate steam for the regasification 

facilities as well as to provide vessel 

electrical needs in normal operation. 

Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Howard L. Hime, 

Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety, 

Security,and Environmental Protection, U.S. 

Coast Guard. 

H. Keith Lesnick, 

Senior Transportation, Specialist, Deepwater 

Ports, Program Manager, U.S. Maritime 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–17553 Filed 9–1–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2005–22260] 

Towing Safety Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Towing Vessel Inspection 

Working Group of the Towing Safety 

Advisory Committee (TSAC) will meet 

to discuss matters relating to these 

specific issues of towing safety. The 

meetings will be open to the public. 

DATES: The Towing Vessel Inspection 

Working Group will meet on 

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 from 9 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday, 

September 15, 2005 from 8:30 a.m. to 

2:30 p.m. The meetings may close early 

if all business is finished. Written 

material and requests to make oral 

presentations should reach the Coast 

Guard on or before September 7, 2005. 

Requests to have a copy of your material 

distributed to each member of the 

Working Group should reach the Coast 

Guard on or before September 7, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The Working Group will 

meet in the Gallery 2 room of the 

Arlington Hilton Hotel, 950 N. Stafford 

St., Arlington, VA 22203. Please bring a 

government-issued ID with photo (e.g., 

driver’s license). Send written material 

and requests to make oral presentations 

to Mr. Gerald Miante, Commandant (G–

MSO–1), U.S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. This 

notice and related documents are 

available on the Internet at http:// 

dms.dot.gov under the docket number 

USCG–2005–22260. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Gerald Miante, Assistant Executive 

Director of TSAC, telephone 202–267–

0214, fax 202–267–4570, or e-mail 

gmiante@comdt.uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

these meetings is given under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770, as amended). 

Agenda of Working Group Meetings: 

The agenda for the Towing Vessel 

Inspection Working Group tentatively 

includes the following items: 

(1) Safety management system 

requirements to be included in a 

subchapter devoted to the inspection for 

certification of towing vessels; 

(2) Equipment requirements and 

personnel standards to be included in a 

subchapter devoted to the inspection for 

certification of towing vessels; and 

(3) Audit and oversight requirements, 

including the use of third parties, to be 

included in a subchapter devoted to the 

inspection for certification of towing 

vessels. 

Procedural: 

The meetings are open to the public. 

Please note that the meetings may close 

early if all business is finished. At the