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USCG Will Not Require a Revised Letter of Intent Nor Waterway Suitability Assessment for Sabine Pass LNG Re-Export Proposal

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has determined that it will not require revisions to the Waterway Suitability Assessment or a Letter of Intent for the Sabine Pass LNG re-export proposal. However, the USCG did note that the Operations Manual, Emergency Manual, and Facility Security Plan must be updated to reflect the changes to the facility’s operations. The USCG’s determination...

DC District Court Affirms MARAD’s Designation of New Jersey as “Adjacent Coastal State” in Safe Harbor Energy Proceeding

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today issued a memorandum opinion and order upholding the Maritime Administration’s (MARAD’s) designation of New Jersey as an adjacent coastal state in the Safe Harbor Energy deepwater port licensing proceeding. Under the Deepwater Port Act, governors of adjacent coastal states have the authority to veto proposed...

Texas Environmental Commission and USCG Examine Freeport LNG’s Re-Export Plan

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has determined that emissions associated with Freeport LNG’s proposal to re-export imported LNG “will not exceed the emissions from the applicable state implementation plan.” The Commission’s determination is available under Docket No.CP03-75 in FERC’s eLibrary. Separately, the U.S. Coast Guard has determined that...

FERC Requests that Weaver’s Cove Address New Right Whale Rule

Yesterday FERC issued an Environmental Information Request to Weaver’s Cove Energy LLC seeking information on how Weaver’s Cove will address vessel speed restrictions and other operational aspects to reduce ship strikes of the endangered North Atlantic right whale that are contained in the recently issued final rule by NOAA. The request is available in the FERC eLibrary...

Regional Officials Vote to Support Ban on LNG Tanker Traffic in Two B.C. Waterways

The Regional District of Nanaimo recently voted to support a resolution that would prohibit LNG tanker traffic from transiting the Strait of Georgia and the Malaspina Strait, two waterways adjacent to Texada Island, the proposed site for the WestPac LNG project. The Daily News (Nanaimo, Canada) provides additional...

Canadian Government Plans Second Study of LNG Tanker Traffic in Head Harbour Passage

The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) reports that the Canadian federal government plans to conduct a second study on LNG tanker traffic transiting Head Harbour Passage, citing deficiencies in the first report released last...

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