The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued draft environmental impact statements (EIS) for two proposed LNG export operations: onefor Eagle LNG Partners’ project near Jacksonville, Fla., and another for Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Gulf Liquefaction Project in Jackson County, Miss.
FERC determined that construction and operation of the Eagle LNG project would have some limited adverse environment impacts that would not be significant with implementation of the mitigation measures proposed by Eagle LNG and those recommended by FERC.
Factors leading to this conclusion included the project’s location in an area currently zoned for industrial use, and along an existing, maintained ship channel in the St. Johns River.
“Eagle LNG would minimize impacts on natural and cultural resources during construction and operation of the project by implementing its project-specific Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan and Wetland and Waterbody Construction and Mitigation Procedures, and other project-specific plans,” FERC said in the draft EIS.
In its findings for the Gulf Liquefaction Project’s draft EIS, FERC noted that while approval would have some adverse environmental impacts, these would be avoided or reduced to less-than-significant levels with certain mitigation measures.
It noted that the project would expand an existing, operating LNG terminal with working storage tanks and berthing and loading-unloading facilities.
“Gulf LNG’s compensatory wetland mitigation plan would adequately address impacts on wetlands,” FERC said. “Gulf LNG would implement its Project-specific Upland Erosion Control, Revegetation, and Maintenance Plan and its Project-specific Wetland and Waterbody Construction and Mitigation Procedures to minimize construction impacts on soils, wetlands, and waterbodies.”
Contact Nick Snow at [email protected].