FERC Releases Environmental Assessment for EcoEléctrica’s LNG Pipeline
Posted on May 20, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Releases Environmental Assessment for EcoEléctrica’s LNG Pipeline
FERC has released its Environmental Assessment (EA) for EcoEléctrica’s proposed 0.4 mile pipeline to deliver LNG from its import terminal in Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, to a planned non-FERC jurisdictional LNG Truck Loading Facility for delivery to large end-users to use as fuel. The EA concludes that if EcoEléctrica constructs and operates the proposed facilities in accordance with its...
Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Environmental Assessment of the Cove Point LNG Export Project
Posted on May 16, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Critical of FERC’s Environmental Assessment of the Cove Point LNG Export Project
Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, and other environmental and citizen groups released a joint statement critical of FERC’s Environment Assessment (EA) of the proposed Dominion Cove Point LNG export project. Among other things, the groups claim the EA (1) fails to analyze the cumulative greenhouse gas emission impacts from additional hydraulic fracturing...
FERC Releases Environmental Reports for Dominion Cove Point LNG and Downeast LNG Projects
Posted on May 15, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Releases Environmental Reports for Dominion Cove Point LNG and Downeast LNG Projects
FERC has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Dominion Cove Point LNG export project to be located at Lusby, Md. The EA concludes that if the project is constructed and operated as proposed, with appropriate mitigation measures, project approval would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The EA...
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Submits Request to Initiate FERC Pre-filing Process
Posted on May 12, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Gulf LNG Liquefaction Submits Request to Initiate FERC Pre-filing Process
Gulf LNG Liquefaction (GLL) filed a request with FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for a gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal to be located at the existing Gulf LNG import terminal near Pascagoula, MS, and an interconnected pipeline. GLL proposes to construct two LNG trains in two phases, each with a production capacity of 5 million tonnes per year. ...
DOE Receives Long-Term LNG Export Applications from Strom and Alturus
Posted on May 9, 2014 in Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on DOE Receives Long-Term LNG Export Applications from Strom and Alturus
The U.S. Department of Energy recently posted on its website applications to export LNG submitted by Strom, Inc. and Alturus LLC. Strom requests authority to export up to 7 Bcf/year of LNG over a 25-year period from a proposed LNG facility in Starke, FL to specific nations without a Free Trade Agreement (Non-FTA) with the United States, including primarily Caribbean nations, and also...