FERC Issues Schedule For Environmental Review
Posted on Jul 18, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Issues Schedule For Environmental Review
FERC issued a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review for the Jordan Cove Liquefaction and Pacific Connector Pipeline Projects. The planned schedule set February 27, 2015, as the date for the issuance of notice of availability of the final Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) and May 28, 2015, as the 90-day Federal Authorization Decision Deadline. Jordan Cove’s proposed LNG...
FERC Grants Extension of Time for Comments on Dominion Cove Point LNG
Posted on Jul 16, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNG Exports | Comments Off on FERC Grants Extension of Time for Comments on Dominion Cove Point LNG
FERC issued a notice granting Patuxent Riverkeeper, an environmental group, an extension of time until August 1, 2014, to comment on privileged and Critical Energy Infrastructure Information (“CEII”) documents. Patuxent Riverkeeper received the documents after a June 13, 2014 FERC order requiring Dominion Cove Point LLP (“DCPL”) to provide Patuxent Riverkeeper with CEII and other...
Anti-Fracking Protesters Arrested at FERC
Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on Anti-Fracking Protesters Arrested at FERC
Reuters reports that approximately two dozen protesters were arrested at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Demonstrators protested hydraulic fracturing and the U.S. gas industry’s push to sell “fracked” liquefied natural gas abroad by blocking entrances to the FERC headquarters for more than 90 minutes. Environmental groups have called on...
GDF Suez, Mitsubishi, and NYK Sign Agreement Related to LNG Bunkering
Posted on Jul 10, 2014 in Environmental, LNG Exports, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on GDF Suez, Mitsubishi, and NYK Sign Agreement Related to LNG Bunkering
GDF Suez, Mitsubishi Corp., and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) signed a framework agreement related to the development of an LNG bunkering vessel and an LNG bunkering supply contract between GDF Suez and United European Car Carriers. Under the agreement, NYK will operate an LNG bunkering vessel to be built in South Korea and delivered by 2016. The LNG bunkering vessel will transport LNG...
Canada Environmental Assessment Agency Opens Public Comments on Aurora LNG Project
Posted on Jul 9, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental | Comments Off on Canada Environmental Assessment Agency Opens Public Comments on Aurora LNG Project
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (“the Agency”) will determine whether a federal environmental assessment is required for the proposed Aurora LNG Project in the Prince Rupert area of British Columbia (B.C.). If the Agency determines an environmental assessment is required, then the Government of British Columbia has requested a substitution of the B.C. environmental...
Virginia State Agencies Respond to Cove Point EA
Posted on Jun 25, 2014 in Environmental, Federal Regulation | Comments Off on Virginia State Agencies Respond to Cove Point EA
The Commonwealth of Virginia responded to FERC’s Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed construction of and improvements to Dominion Cove Point LNG’s liquefication facilities at the existing Cove Point LNG Terminal located in Lusby, Maryland. Virginia agencies concluded that, if activities follow the recommendations in the Impacts and Mitigation section, the proposal is...