FERC Receives Comments on Contentious Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Feb 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Receives Comments on Contentious Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG Export Terminal
This week FERC received numerous comments on its draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Jordan Cove Energy Project LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore. Comments opposing the project include petitions of Oregon Wild, signed by 1,360 citizens, and Friends of the Earth, with 23,470 signatures. Comments in support include comments by North America’s Building Trades Unions...
Alaska LNG Files Draft Resource Reports with FERC
Posted on Feb 13, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Alaska LNG Files Draft Resource Reports with FERC
Alaska LNG filed draft resource reports with FERC as part of the pre-filing environmental review process for its proposed LNG export terminal on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet, in the Nikiski area of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The draft resource reports are part of the initial process to develop the proposed LNG export terminal. As reported by BusinessWire, the second drafts of...
FERC Issues Revised Schedule for Environmental Review of Jordan Cove Energy Project’s LNG Export Terminal
Posted on Feb 9, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Issues Revised Schedule for Environmental Review of Jordan Cove Energy Project’s LNG Export Terminal
FERC has issued a notice of a revised schedule for its environmental review of Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed LNG export terminal at Coos Bay, Ore., and the proposed interconnected pipeline. The final environmental impact statement will be released June 12, 2015. Other federal agencies having jurisdiction over the project will have until September 10, 2015 to complete their...
Senator Wyden Requests FERC and PHMSA LNG Vapor Cloud Dispersion Model Information
Posted on Feb 5, 2015 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Senator Wyden Requests FERC and PHMSA LNG Vapor Cloud Dispersion Model Information
Senator Wyden (D-OR) has requested that FERC and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provide him with information related to the vapor cloud dispersion models used by those agencies for evaluating LNG terminal applications. In his letter, Wyden noted that public comments have raised “serious concerns . . . regarding the adequacy of the hazard modeling...
Environmental Groups File Court Appeal of FERC’s Freeport LNG Export Terminal Orders
Posted on Feb 3, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Groups File Court Appeal of FERC’s Freeport LNG Export Terminal Orders
Sierra Club and Galveston Baykeeper (together, Groups) have filed a petition for review with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging FERC’s orders authorizing construction of the Freeport LNG export terminal on Quintana Island, near Freeport, Texas. Among other issues, the Groups allege that (1) FERC erred in concluding that the effects of the Freeport LNG project...
Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Status Report
Posted on Feb 2, 2015 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Dominion Cove Point LNG Files Status Report
Dominion Cove Point LNG (DCP) has filed a status report with FERC on the construction of DCP’s LNG export terminal in Lusby, Md. The report states that for the facilities in Maryland, engineering is 74% complete, procurement is 77% complete, and construction is less than 1%...