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Chapter 8. Draft EIS Comment-Response

8.1 INTRODUCTION

The Notice of Availability for the draft EIS was published on May 26, 2006. The comment period for the
draft EIS ended on July 10, 2006, 45 days later. During the comment period, DOE held five public
hearings between June 20, 2006, and June 28, 2006, in Pascagoula, MS; Richton, MS; Port Gibson, MS;
Lake Jackson, TX; and Houma, LA.

DOE received oral or written comments from the following:

9 elected officials;
15 government agencies;
8 companies or other organizations; and
76 individuals.

These commenters submitted 93 written comment letters and 21 of them provided oral comments at the
public hearings.

This chapter contains the text of comments extracted from the comment letters and hearing transcripts,
together with DOE responses to the extracted comments. The transcripts of the public hearings and
comment letters are reproduced in appendix N.

Section 8.2 describes DOE’s methodology for acquiring, categorizing, addressing, and documenting the
comments. Section 8.3 provides guidance to help readers find comments and responses. Section 8.4
presents the comments and the corresponding responses. See section 1.4.4 for a summary of the major
comments received on the draft EIS and the major changes to the EIS that resulted from the public
comments.

8.2 METHODOLOGY

In preparing the EIS, DOE considered all comments, including those submitted after the close of the
comment period. After identifying specific comments in the comment documents, DOE categorized the
comments by the issues they addressed, prepared responses, and modified the EIS if appropriate. In some
cases, more than one commenter submitted comments on the same issue. In this situation, DOE grouped
the comments and prepared a single response.

Comments were extracted from comment documents as submitted by the commenters. DOE has neither
edited nor rewritten the comments submitted. In some cases to ensure clarity, DOE added words, which
are indicated with brackets. DOE did not modify comments excerpted from certified transcripts of public
meetings. However, where transcripts contained obvious errors (for example, misspelled names or
words), DOE made corrections.

8.3 HOW TO FIND COMMENTS AND RESPONSES

Comments on the draft EIS and the corresponding DOE responses can be located using the two tables in
this section. As described further below, table 8.3-1 lists the commenters and the categories of issues
each commenter addressed; table 8.3-2 outlines these issue categories, which generally follow the
organization of the EIS, and provides the page number for responses to comments on each issue category.

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In table 8.3-1, comment documents are organized by the following groups of commenters: Federal, state,
or local elected official; Federal, state, or local agencies; other organizations; and individuals. Comment
documents are in alphabetical order by commenter within each commenter category. In addition to
identifying the person submitting the comment and any associated organization, the table lists the
document number, the comment numbers, and the comment issue categories.

DOE assigned each comment letter a number based on when it was received. For example, D0074
thwas the 74 comment document received. For the public meeting transcripts, DOE assigned a
number for the testimony of each oral commenter. These comment document numbers go from
D0083 through D0103. See the footnotes to table 8.3-1.

Within each comment document or public hearing statement, DOE numbered the comments
sequentially starting with “1.” Each of these numbered comments was assigned to a comment
category or, in a few instances, two or more comment categories.

Table 8.3-2 indexes the comments by issue category, generally following the structure of the EIS, and
provides the page number for DOE responses, found in section 8.4.

Section 8.4 presents the comments, sorted by issue category, and DOE responses. Some issues were
addressed by multiple comments, which are listed in order of commenter number. The corresponding
responses are numbered sequentially. For example, the response to the fifth comment on the issue of
Land Use, which is issue 3.3, is numbered 3.3-5.

Appendix N presents the comment documents organized by document number and identifies the
numbered comments in each document.

As an actual example, Martin Mayer submitted a letter on behalf of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
To read the DOE responses to these comments, first find the name of the agency in the “Agencies-Federal
Government” section of table 8.3-1. In addition to the name of the agency, the table includes the number
of the comment document (D0074) and the comment categories for the five comments in the letter. For
example, the second comment is directed to comment category 2.2 on capacity issues of specific
alternatives. To see this comment and DOE’s response, go to category 2.2 on capacity in section 8.4 and
look for comment D0074-02. To read the comment in the context of the entire comment document go to
table N.1-1 in appendix N and find U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the “Agencies-Federal
Government” section, then turn to the page listed.

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Table 8.3-1: Index of Comment Documents and Comments
Comment Comment # Comment Issue Commenter Commenter Document (Comment Issue Category
Organization/Title # Category) (Comment #)
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Federal Government
aRepresentative Ron Paul Diane Kile D0097 1 (2.2.2), 2 (3.3), 2.2.2 (1), 2.2.2 (3),
3 (2.2.2) 3.3 (2)
Senator Thad Cochran Senators Thad Cochron D0016 1 (2.2.1), 2 (2.2.1) 2.2.1 (1), 2.2.1 (2)
and Senator Trent Lott and Trent Lott
Local Government
Brazoria County Donald Payne D0021 1 (3.8), 2 (2.2.2), 3 (3.8), 2.2.2 (2), 3.3 (3), 3.3 (4),
3.8 (1), 3.8 (3), 3.8 (5), Precinct 1, Commissioner 3 (3.3), 3 (5), 4 (3.3),
5 (3.8), 6 (3.8), 7 (3.8) 3.8 (6), 3.8 (7), 5 (3)
aBrazoria County Donald Payne D0095 1 (3.8), 2 (2.2.2), 3 (3.8) 2.2.2 (2), 3.8 (1), 3.8 (3)
Claiborne County Board of Charles Shorts D0015 1 (2.2.1) 2.2.1 (1)
Supervisors, President
bty Board of James Miller D0090 1 (2.2.1) 2.2.1 (1)
Supervisors
cJackson County Board of Frank Leach D0084 1 (1.2), 2 (3.3), 3 (2.2), 1.1 (8), 1.2 (1), 1.2 (10),
Supervisors 4 (3.6.2.2), 5 (2.2), 1.2 (11), 2.2 (3), 2.2 (5),
6 (2.2), 7 (2.2), 8 (1.1), 2.2 (6), 2.2 (7),
9 (3.7.6.1), 10 (1.2), 2.2.2 (12), 3.3 (2),
11 (1.2), 12 (2.2.2) 3.6.2.2 (4), 3.7.6.1 (9)
Jackson County Board of Frank Leach D0010 - -
Supervisors, District IV
Supervisor
dLafourche Parish, Charlotte Randolph D0103 1 (2.2.1), 2 (2.2.3) 2.2.1 (1), 2.2.3 (2)
President
aLake Jackson, Immediate Shane Pirtle D0099 1 (2.2.2) 2.2.2 (1)
and Former Mayor
AGENCIES
Federal Government
NOAA Fisheries Rickey N. Ruebsamen D0073 1 (3.7.1), 2 (3.7.6.2), 2.2.3 (12), 3.3 (9),
3 (3.7.6.2), 4 (3.7.6.2), 3.7.1 (1), 3.7.4.2 (8),
5 (3.7.6.2), 6 (3.73.7.6.2 (2), 3.7.6.2 (3),
7 (3.7.6.2), 8 (3.7.4.2), 3.7.6.2 (42 (5),
9 (3.3), 10 (3.7.6.2), 3.7.6.2 (6), 3.7.6.2 (7),
11 (4.2), 12 (2.2.3) 3.7.6.2 (10), 4.2 (11)
U.S. Army Corps of Martin S. Mayer D0074 1 (2.2), 1 (3.7.3.2), 2.2 (1), 2.2 (2), 2.2 (3),
Engineers, New Orleans 2 (2.2), 3 (2.2), 4 (4.3.2), 3.7.3.2 (1), 3.7.4.2 (5),
District 5 (3.7.4.2), 5 (3.7.6.2) 3.7.6.2 (5), 4.3.2 (4)
a See Lake Jackson Public Hearing transcript, which covers Documents #D0091 to D0100.
b See Port Gibson Public Hearing transcript, which covers Documents #D0088 to D0090.
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See Pascagoula transcript, which covet3 to D0086.
d See Houma Public Hearing transcript, which covers Documents #D0101 to D0103.
e See Richton Publicng transcript, which covers Document #D0087.
f
USFWS and Mississippi Natural Heritage Program submitted joint comments.
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Table 8.3-1: Index of Comment Documents and Comments
Comment Comment # Comment Issue Commenter Commenter Document (Comment Issue Category
Organization/Title # Category) (Comment #)
U.S. Department of James M. Greenwade D0006 1 (3.3) 3.3 (1)
Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation
Service, Texas Office
U.S. Department of the Stephen R. Spencer D0078 1 (3.7.2.1), 2 (3.7.4.1), 2.1 (8), 3.3 (7),
Interior 3 (3.7.3.2), 4 (3.7.2.1), 3.7.2.1 (1), 3.7.2.1 (4),
5 (3.7.5.2), 6 (3.73.7.2.1 (61 (11),
7 (3.3), 7 (3.7.5.2), 3.7.2.1 (14), 3.7.3.1 (9),
8 (2.1), 9 (3.7.3.1), 3.7.3.1 (13), 3.7.3.2 (3),
10 (3.7.4.1), 3.7.4.1 (2), 3.7.4.1 (10),
11 (3.7.2.1), 3.7.5.1 (12), 3.7.5.2 (5),
12 (3.7.5.1), 3.7.5.2 (7)
13 (3.7.3.1), 14 (3.7.2.1)
U.S. Department of the Stephen R. Spencer D0081 1 (3.3), 2 (3.7.4.2), 3.3 (1), 3.3 (3),
Interior, National Park 3 (3.3), 4 (3.7.6.2), 3.6.2.2 (5), 3.6.5.1 (8),
Service, Gulf Islands 5 (3.6.2.2), 5 (3.7.6.2), 3.7.3.1 (11), 3.7.4.2 (2),
National Seashore 6 (3.7.4.2), 7 (3.7.4.2), 3.7.4.2 (6), 3.7.4.2 (7),
8 (3.6.5.1), 9 (3.7.5.2), 3.7.5.2 (9), 3.7.6.2 (4),
10 (3.7.6.2), 11 (3.7.3.1) 3.7.6.2 (52 (1