
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26341-26342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10643]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket Nos. CP13-193-000; PF12-4-000]


Aguirre Offshore GasPort, LLC; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on April 17, 2013, Aguirre Offshore GasPort, LLC 
(Aguirre), 1450 Lake Robbins Drive, Suite 200, The Woodlands, Texas 
77380, filed in the above referenced docket an application pursuant 
section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), as amended, and Parts 153 and 
380 of the Commission's regulations, requests authorization to 
construct and operate certain liquefied natural gas (LNG) import 
terminal facilities, including a 4.1-mile subsea interconnecting 
natural gas pipeline, to be located in Salinas, along the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico in Commonwealth waters, all as more fully set forth in 
the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    Any questions concerning this application may be directed to Mike 
Trammel, Senior Director--Government and Environmental Affairs, 
Excelerate Energy L.P., 1450 Lake Robbins, Suite 200, The Woodlands, 
Texas 77380, (832) 813-7629.
    In addition to the LNG terminal, the Aguirre Offshore GasPort 
Project will include a non-jurisdictional Energy Bridge Regasification 
Vessel functioning as the floating storage and regasification unit for 
the Project. The project will provide up to 3.2 billion cubic feet of 
LNG storage capacity and a sustained deliverability of 500 million 
standard cubic feet per day (MMscf/d), with a peak deliverability of 
600 MMscf/d of natural gas directly to the Aguirre Power Plant. Aguirre 
is developing this project in cooperation with the Puerto Rico Electric 
Power Authority (PREPA) to supply PREPA's Aguirre Power Plant with 
natural gas as an alternative fuel to produce electricity for Puerto 
Rico's businesses and consumers.
    On January 11, 2012, the Commission staff granted Aguirre's request 
to use the pre-filing process and assigned Docket No. PF12-4-000 for 
this proceeding during the pre-filing review of the

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project. Now, as of the filing of the application on April 17, 2013, 
the pre-filing process for this project has ended. From this time 
forward, Aguirre's proceeding will be conducted in Docket No. CP13-193-
000, as noted in the caption of this Notice.
    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 
within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: 
Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the 
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a 
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule 
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other 
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of 
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this 
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for 
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for 
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of 
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the 
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days 
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of 
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by 
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or 
before the comment date stated below, file with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person 
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by 
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all 
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must 
submit seven copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a 
copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only 
parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders 
in the proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have 
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with 
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and 
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project. 
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the 
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will 
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's 
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project 
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly 
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of 
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments 
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be 
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive 
copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings 
associated with the Commission's environmental review process. 
Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed 
documents on all other parties. However, the non-party commentors will 
not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by 
the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents 
issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court 
review of the Commission's final order.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, 
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link 
at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should 
submit an original and five copies of the protest or intervention to 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: May 21, 2013.

    Dated: April 30, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-10643 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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