National Marine Fisheries Service Requests More Information for Jordan Cove Energy Project Biological Assessment
Posted on Jul 14, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on National Marine Fisheries Service Requests More Information for Jordan Cove Energy Project Biological Assessment
The West Coast Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has filed a lengthy request with FERC for more information to enable NMFS to perform its evaluation of FERC’s Biological Assessment for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and interconnected pipeline. NMFS’s request can be found here, and the complete docket for the Jordan...
Decision Stayed Again on Oregon LNG Projects’ Consistency with the State Coastal Management Program
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Decision Stayed Again on Oregon LNG Projects’ Consistency with the State Coastal Management Program
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (OLCD) has entered into an agreement with Oregon LNG to extend for an additional 90 days the deadline by which OLCD must review Oregon LNG’s certification that its proposed bidirectional LNG terminal project in Warrenton, Ore. is consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Program under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act....
B.C. to Conduct Environmental Assessment of the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on B.C. to Conduct Environmental Assessment of the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
The Canadian Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, P.C., M.P., has approved British Columbia (B.C.)’s request for substitution to permit B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office to prepare the environmental assessment for the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project. Last week, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency had ruled that a federal environmental...
BP Energy Files Appeal of FERC Orders Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project
Posted on Jul 9, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on BP Energy Files Appeal of FERC Orders Authorizing Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Project
BP Energy has filed a petition for review of FERC’s orders authorizing construction and operation of the Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) export terminal in Lusby, Md. BP Energy filed the petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge orders in which FERC determined that DCP did not unduly discriminate against BP Energy by not offering BP Energy the same...
Federal Environmental Assessment Required for WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
Posted on Jul 8, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Federal Environmental Assessment Required for WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has ruled that a federal environmental assessment, rather than a provincial environmental assessment as requested by the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office, is required for the WesPac Tilbury Marine Jetty Project. The project, proposed by WesPac Midstream – Vancouver LLC, involves the construction and operation of a new LNG...
FERC Concerned with Viability of CE FLNG Project
Posted on Jul 6, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Concerned with Viability of CE FLNG Project
FERC Staff has sent a letter to CE FLNG, LLC (CE FLNG), an affiliate of Cambridge Energy Group Limited, regarding the status of its proposed self-propelled floating LNG export terminal on the Mississippi River near Baptiste Collette Bayou in Plaquemines Parish, La. The letter states that due to CE FLNG’s project schedule changes and the lack of a complete set of filed draft resource...