FERC Announces Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Freeport LNG Projects
Posted on Jan 21, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Announces Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Freeport LNG Projects
FERC announced in today’s Federal Register that it will prepare an environmental assessment analyzing the LNG re-export, boil-off gas liquefaction, and LNG truck delivery projects proposed by Freeport...
FERC Commissioner Dissents in AES Sparrows Point LNG Project Authorization
Posted on Jan 21, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Commissioner Dissents in AES Sparrows Point LNG Project Authorization
FERC Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff issued a dissent to FERC’s conditional approval of the AES Sparrows Point LNG project that concludes that the project “is not, on balance, in the public interest.” Commissioner Wellinghoff argues that the terminal is not necessary to meet the energy needs of the surrounding regions, and that environmental and community concerns...
FERC: Kenai LNG Export Facility Subject to Same Reporting Requirements as Other U.S. LNG Facilities
Posted on Jan 21, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Liquefaction | Comments Off on FERC: Kenai LNG Export Facility Subject to Same Reporting Requirements as Other U.S. LNG Facilities
On January 15 FERC issued an order clarifying that the Kenai LNG liquefaction facility must comply with the same reporting and inspection requirements under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act that apply to other U.S. LNG terminals. FERC’s determination is available in its eLibrary under Docket No....
MARAD Announces New Location for Safe Harbor LNG Open House
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on MARAD Announces New Location for Safe Harbor LNG Open House
MARAD announced in today’s Federal Register that it has changed the location for an open house and public meeting scheduled for January 29, 2009, regarding the Safe Harbor LNG deepwater port...
Environmental Groups Request FERC Revoke Order Authorizing Bradwood Landing
Posted on Jan 15, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Request FERC Revoke Order Authorizing Bradwood Landing
Several environmental groups, including Columbia Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club, filed a letter with FERC requesting that the Commission revoke its order authorizing the Bradwood Landing LNG regasification terminal. The groups object to FERC’s granting of an extension to the project’s developers to submit certain environmental information, claiming that it lacks a firm...
FERC Approves AES Sparrows Point LNG Project and Associated Pipeline
Posted on Jan 15, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Approves AES Sparrows Point LNG Project and Associated Pipeline
Today FERC issued a conditional approval to the AES Sparrows Point LNG terminal and associated Mid-Atlantic Express natural gas pipeline. In a press release, Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher said that FERC’s “primary concern is assuring public safety,” and noted further that 169 conditions attached to the authorization will “protect public safety and...