Deepwater Port License Application: Texas GulfLink LLC; Extension of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2019-0093]

Deepwater Port License Application: Texas GulfLink LLC; Extension of Draft Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period

AGENCY:

Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION:

Notice of extension of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement comment period.

SUMMARY:

By

Federal Register

notice of Friday, November 27, 2020, titled

Notice of Availability; Notice of Virtual Public Meetings; Request for Comments,

the Maritime Administration (MARAD), in coordination with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Texas GulfLink LLC (GulfLink) deepwater port license application for the export of crude oil from the United States to nations abroad. Publication of this notice announced a 45-day comment period, requested public participation in the environmental impact review process, provided information on how to participate in the environmental impact review process, and announced the two virtual public meetings and an informational open house website for the DEIS.

The notice advised that the comment period for Texas GulfLink would end on January 11, 2021. MARAD and USCG have determined that an extension of the public comment period to January 22, 2021 for the GulfLink application is necessary to allow the public and interested parties a full 45 days to review the application and provide written feedback to the agencies. This extension is due to delays in getting the DEIS fully posted on the project's docket at

www.regulations.gov.

This notice announces the extension of the comment period and new comment period end date.

DATES:

Comments or related material on the Texas GulfLink deepwater port license application must be received by January 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES:

The public docket for the Texas GulfLink deepwater port license application 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-2019-0093.

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. Patrick Clark, USCG or Linden Houston, 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 202-366-9317 or 202-366-9826, the fax number is 202-493-2251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Patrick Clark, U.S. Coast Guard, telephone: 202-372-1358, email:

Patrick.W.Clark@uscg.mil

or Mr. Linden Houston, Maritime Administration, telephone: 202-366-4839, email:

Linden.Houston@dot.gov.

For questions regarding viewing the Docket, call Docket Operations, telephone: 202-366-9317 or 202-366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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. 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 extended scoping period.

The license application, comments and associated documentation, as well as the DEIS and Final Environmental Impact Statement (when published), are available for viewing at the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) website:

http://www.regulations.gov

under docket number MARAD-2019-0093.

Public comment submissions should include:

• Docket number MARAD-2019-0093.

• 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-2019-0093.

• By mail to the Federal Docket Management Facility (MARAD-2019-0093), 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 8

1/2

by 11 inches and suitable for copying and electronic scanning. The format of electronic submissions should also be no larger than 8

1/2

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.

Privacy Act

The electronic form of all comments received into the FDMS can be searched by the name of the individual

submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). The Department of Transportation Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in the

Federal Register

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 19477-78) or by visiting

http://www.regulations.gov.

Authority:

33 U.S.C. 1501,

et seq.,

49 CFR 1.93(h).

Dated: December 16, 2020.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 2020-28044 Filed 12-18-20; 8:45 am]

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