Document ID: USCG-2017-0033-0001
Agency: uscg
Document Type: Notice
Title: Waterway Suitability Assessment for Construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas Facility; Jacksonville, FL
Posted Date: 2017-03-07T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12822-12823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04380]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket Number USCG-2017-0033]

Waterway Suitability Assessment for Construction of a Liquefied 
Natural Gas Facility; Jacksonville, FL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville received a Letter of 
Intent (LOI) and Waterways Suitability Assessment (WSA) for a Liquefied 
Natural Gas (LNG) facility construction project in Jacksonville, 
Florida. The LOI and WSA for Eagle LNG were submitted by Rodino, Inc. 
The Coast Guard requests comments on the proposed construction of this 
LNG facility, as defined by 33 CFR 127.005.

DATES: Comments and related material must be received by the Coast 
Guard on or before April 6, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2017-0033 using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. See the ``Public Participation and Request for 
Comments'' portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further 
instructions on submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document: 
call or email Lieutenant Allan Storm, Sector Jacksonville, Waterways 
Management Division, U.S. Coast Guard; telephone (904) 714-7616, email 
Allan.H.Storm@uscg.mil.

I. Background and Purpose

    Under 33 CFR 127.007(a), an owner or operator intending to build a 
new facility handling LNG, or an owner or operator planning new 
construction to expand or modify marine terminal operations in an 
existing facility handling LNG, where the construction, expansion, or 
modification would result in an increase in the size and/or frequency 
of LNG marine traffic on the waterway associated with a proposed 
facility or modification to an existing facility, must submit an LOI to 
the Captain of the Port (COTP) of the zone in which the facility is or 
will be located. Eagle LNG submitted an LOI and WSA on November 25, 
2014, and a Follow-on WSA on November 10, 2016.
    Under 33 CFR 127.009, after receiving an LOI, the COTP issues a 
Letter of Recommendation (LOR) as to the suitability of the waterway 
for LNG marine traffic to the appropriate jurisdictional authorities. 
The LOR is based on a series of factors outlined in 33 CFR 127.009 that 
relate to the physical nature of the affected waterway and issues of 
safety and security associated with LNG marine traffic on the affected 
waterway.
    The purpose of this notice is to solicit public comments on the 
proposed construction project as submitted by Rodino, Inc. on behalf of 
Eagle LNG. Input from the public may be useful to the COTP with respect 
to developing the LOR. The Coast Guard requests comments to help assess 
the suitability of the associated waterway for increased LNG marine 
traffic as it relates to navigation, safety, and security.
    On January 24, 2011, the Coast Guard published Navigation and 
Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 01-2011, ``Guidance Related to 
Waterfront Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.'' NVIC 01-2011 
provides guidance for owners and operators seeking approval to 
construct and operate LNG facilities. The Coast Guard will refer to 
NVIC 01-2011 for process information and guidance in evaluating the 
project included in the LOIs and WSAs submitted by Rodino, Inc. A copy 
of NVIC 01-2011 is available on the Coast Guard's Web site at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/nvic/2010s.asp.
    This notice is issued under authority of 33 U.S.C. 1223-1225, 
Department of Homeland Security Delegation Number 0170.1(70), 33 CFR 
127.009, and 33 CFR 103.205.

II. Public Participation and Request for Comments

    We encourage you to submit comments on this notice for the waterway 
suitability assessment for the construction of this LNG facility. We 
will consider all submissions and may adjust our final action based on 
your comments. If you submit a comment, please include the docket 
number for this notice, indicate the specific section of this document 
to which each comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion 
or recommendation. More information regarding this project can be found 
on the following Web site: http://eaglelng.com/projects/jacksonville-fl.
    Please submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
http://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using 
http://www.regulations.gov, contact the person in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate 
instructions. Documents mentioned in this notice and all public 
comments, are in our online docket at http://www.regulations.gov and 
can be viewed by following that Web site's instructions. Additionally, 
if you go to the online docket and sign up for email alerts, you will 
be notified when comments are posted or a final rule is published.
    We accept anonymous comments. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://

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www.regulations.gov and will include any personal information you have 
provided. For more about privacy and the docket, you may review a 
Privacy Act notice regarding the Federal Docket Management System in 
the March 24, 2005, issue of the Federal Register (70 FR 15086).

    Dated: February 28, 2017.
J.F. Dixon,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the Port Jacksonville.
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