The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced their intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assist in the evaluation of a deepwater port license application submitted by Liberty Natural Gas.
Liberty proposes to own, construct, and operate the Port Ambrose Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Deepwater Port located in the Federal Waters in the New York Bight approximately 17 nautical miles southeast of Jones Beach, New York and 24 nautical miles east of Long Branch, New Jersey.
The pipeline would tie into the existing Transco Lateral approximately 2.2 nautical miles south of Long Beach, New York and 13 nautical miles east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
New York and New Jersey are both adjacent coastal states by definition in the Deepwater Port Act of 1974.
The Application, notices, supporting materials, and comments may be viewed at the Federal Docket Management Facility website: https://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2013-0363.
The USCG and the MARAD are now in the scoping period and invite public comments relating to the scope of the EIS.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, July 8, 2013; Image: Port Ambrose