FERC Releases Final EIS for Jordan Cove Energy Project

FERC has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal in Coos Bay, Ore. The Final EIS “concludes that constructing and operating the project would result in temporary, long-term, and permanent impacts on the environment. Many of these impacts would not be significant or would be reduced to less than significant levels with the implementation of proposed and/or recommended impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures. However, some of these impacts would be adverse and significant. Specifically, the final EIS concludes that constructing the project would temporarily, but significantly impact housing in Coos Bay; that constructing and operating the project would permanently and significantly impact the visual character of Coos Bay; that noise resulting from pile driving activities at the LNG terminal would temporarily, but significantly impact the Coos Bay area; and that the project could have a significant impact on the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport operations. Furthermore, constructing and operating the project is likely to adversely affect 18 federally-listed or proposed threatened and endangered species.”