Freeport LNG Selects Texas Agency as the Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority for its LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Apr 7, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Selects Texas Agency as the Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority for its LNG Export Terminal
Freeport LNG Development (FLNG) has filed a letter with FERC stating that it has selected the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) as the reviewing authority for FLNG’s pending application for a Greenhouse Gas Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit for FLNG’s proposed LNG export terminal near Quintana Island, Texas. According to the letter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of transferring such permitting authority to the TCEQ and gave FLNG the choice of whether it wanted EPA or TECQ to complete review of its permit application. FLNG’s letter can be found here, and the complete docket for the FLNG export project can be found on eLibrary under Docket No. CP09-6.