Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0002-0477
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-11-30T05:00Z

1
Proposed
Liquified
Natural
Gas
Import
Processing
Terminals
in
the
Lower­
48
States
DRAFT
Last
Updated:
July
19,
2004
Existing
LNG
Import
Terminals
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USGS
DOMAC
Tractebel
Inshore
Everett,
MA
First
LNG
import
facility
in
country
Expansion
approved,
including
LNG
Tank
Base
Impingement
Prevention
(
Distrigas,
4/
2004)
FERC
Cove
Point
LNG,
LP
Dominion
Inshore
Cove
Point,
MD;
on
Chesapeake
Bay,
60
miles
SE
of
Washington,
DC
Expansion
plans
are
to
increase
the
number
of
shipments
to
90
by
2004
(
Congressional
Research
Service,
9/
2003)
(*
see
planned
Dominion
project
in
table
of
planned
LNG
projects
below)
Expansion
approved;
LNG
tank
construction
83%
complete.
(
Dominion,
6/
2004)
FERC
Southern
LNG
El
Paso
Inshore
Elba
Island,
GA
Expansion
plans
are
to
increase
the
number
of
shipments
to
90
by
2006
(
Congressional
Research
Service,
9/
2003)
Expansion
approved
FERC
Trunkline
LNG
Southern
Union
Inshore
Lake
Charles,
LA
Closed
loop
Expansion
plans
are
to
increase
the
number
of
LNG
shipments
to
175
by
2006
(
Congressional
Research
Service,
9/
2003)
(**
see
Trunkline
LNG
in
table
of
proposed
LNG
sites
below)
Expansion
approved.
FERC
2
Approved
Terminals
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USCG
Port
Pelican
Offshore
Deepwater
Port
Chevron­
Texaco
Offshore
Gulf
of
Mexico
(
GOM),
~
36
nautical
miles
S­
SW
of
Freshwater
City,
LA;
in
MMS
Lease
Block
Vermillion
140,
partly
Block
139.
Lat.
29o
01'
33.41"
N,
Long.
92o
32'
11.85"
W
(
USCG)
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Open
loop
Expected
flow
rate
(
million
gal/
day):
176
(
Minello/
Thompson)

GBS
manned
DWP
to
receive,
store,
regasify
and
transfer
natural
gas
from
LNG
tankers
into
U.
S.
national
gas
network.
When
operational,
expected
daily
output:
1.0
billion
cubic
feet
per
day
(
bcfd).
(
USCG)

The
seawater
intake
array
will
be
sited
60
ft.
below
mean
sea
level
at
its
center;
screen
size
will
be
0.25
inches
to
sustain
a
maximum
seawater
through­
screen
intake
velocity
of
0.5
ft/
s.
(
DOT
Secretary
Decision,
11/
2003)
Approved
FEIS
License
issued
(
DOT
Record
of
Decision
(
ROD)
2003)

Application
submitted
Nov.
25,
2002.
Final
EIS
(
FEIS)
issued
Aug.
2003.
Record
of
Decision
(
ROD)
signed
by
MARAD,
Nov.
14,
2003.
(
USCG)
USCG
Energy
Bridge
Offshore
Deepwater
Port
El
Paso
Energy
Offshore
GOM,
~
116
miles
South
of
LA
coastline,
near
town
of
Cameron,
LA;
MMS
Lease
Block
West
Cameron
603.
Lat.
28o
05'
16"
N,
Long.
93o
03'
07"
W
(
Minello/
Thompson)
(
USCG)
In
~
300
feet
of
water
(
NMFS
2003)
Open
loop:
Intake
velocity
will
be
maintained
at
1.0
ft/
s
while
the
LNG
vessels
operate
in
open­
loop
system
for
a
maximum
of
248
days/
yr.
(
DOT
Secretary
Decision,
12/
2003)

Expected
flow
rate
(
million
gal/
day):
133
(
Minello/
Thompson)

STL
unmanned
DWP
to
transfer
natural
gas
into
U.
S.
national
gas
network.
Regasification
to
occur
onboard
gas
carrier.
When
operational,
expected
daily
output:
550
MMcfd.
(
USCG)
Approved
Final
EA
License
issued
(
DOT
ROD
2003)

Application
submitted
Dec.
24,
2002.
Final
EA
issued
Nov,
2003.
FONSI
issued
Nov.
26,
2003.
ROD
issued
Dec.
31,
2003.
(
USCG)
USCG
Cameron
LNG,
LLC
Sempra
Energy
Inshore
Hackberry,
LA
~
15
miles
S
of
Lake
Charles
Closed
loop
3
LNG
storage
tanks,
which
will
hold
equivalent
of
3.5
billion
cubic
feet
of
gas;
35.4­
mile
pipeline
(
FERC
News
Release,
9/
2003)
Approved
FEIS
FERC
approved
(
FERC
News
Release,
9/
2003)
Docket
Nos.
CP02­
374­
000
CP02­
376­
000
CP02­
377­
000
CP02­
378­
000
Construction
began
in
June,
2004
(
Sempra
Energy,
6/
2004)
FERC
3
Proposed
Terminals
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USCG
Gulf
Landing
Offshore
Deepwater
Port
Shell
USA
Oil
&
Gas
Offshore
Gulf
of
Mexico,
~
38
NM
off
the
coast
of
Louisiana
in
MMS
Lease
Block
West
Cameron
Block
213.
(
USCG);
South
of
Lake
Charles,
LA
(
Minello/
Thompson)

Alternative
location
­
GOM,
~
30
miles
offshore
in
West
Cameron
Block
183;
near
existing
shipping
fairway
servicing
Calcasieu
River
and
ports
(
USCG
DWP
License
App.
Appendix
1,
4/
2004)
Open
loop
Expected
flow
rate
(
million
gal/
day):
136
(
Minello/
Thompson)

GBS
manned
DWP
to
receive,
store,
regasify
and
transfer
natural
gas
from
LNG
tankers
into
U.
S.
national
gas
network.
When
operational,
expected
daily
output:
0.9
bcfd.
(
USCG)

Impingement
and
entrainment
impacts
will
be
mitigated
by:
centering
the
seawater
intake
array
at
36ft
below
sea
level;
maintaining
maximum
seawater
intake
velocity
at
0.15
m/
s;
and
implementing
a
monitoring
plan
with
NMFS
(
DEIS,
6/
2004)

Environmental
Review
Appendix
D
(
developed
as
an
application
supplement
in
response
to
NOAA's
request
for
quantified
fish
egg
and
larvae
entrainment
data):
seawater
intake
screen
will
have
0.25­
inch
mesh
size;
intake
velocity
will
be
maintained
at
0.5
ft/
s;
will
monitor
impact
on
marine
life
(
12/
2003)
Proposed
DEIS
6/
2004
Application
submitted
Nov.
3,
2003.
Initially
declared
incomplete,
Notice
of
Application
published
in
FR,
Jan.,
22,
2004.
Notice
of
Intent
(
NOI)
&
Notice
of
Public
Meeting,
to
initiate
development
of
preliminary
EIS,
published.
Scoping
Meeting,
scheduled
for
March
16
in
Lafayette,
LA.
(
USCG)
USCG
Compass
Port
Terminal
Conoco­
Phillips
Offshore
GOM
11
miles
south
of
Mobile
Bay
Inlet,
AL
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Open
loop
Expected
flow
rate
(
million
gal/
day):
200
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)
6/
2004
USCG
Cabrillo
Port
Offshore
Deepwater
Port
Terminal
BHP
Billiton
Offshore
Pacific
Ocean,
14
NM
off
Ventura
County,
Calif.
Nearest
lease
block
OPC­
P
0202.
(
USCG)

Approximately
21
miles
offshore
from
City
of
Port
Hueneme
(
CEC)
FSRU,
manned,
ship­
hull
facility
to
receive,
regasify,
store
and
transfer
natural
gas
into
Southern
California
gas
pipeline
network.
(
USCG)

Permanently
moored
import
facility
(
floating
storage
&
regasification
unit,
FSRU)
to
include
three
storage
tanks,
eight
vaporizers,
and
an
underwater,
21.1
mile
pipeline
that
would
connect
to
an
existing
SoCal
Gas
pipeline.
Maximum
water
depth
at
the
location
of
the
planned
mooring
is
about
2,900
feet.
(
CEC)
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)
2/
2004
Application
submitted
Sept.
3,
2003.
Initially
declared
incomplete,
Notice
of
Application
issued
in
FR,
Jan.
27,
2004.
Notice
of
Intent/
Notice
of
Preparation
&
Public
Meeting
to
conduct
environmental
review
IAW
NEPA/
CEQA.
(
USCG)
USCG
4
Proposed
Terminals
cont'd
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USCG
Clearwater
Port
Offshore
Deepwater
Port
Crystal
Energy,
LLC
Offshore
Off
the
coast
of
Ventura
County,
Southern
California
in
MMS
Lease
Block
217,
Lat.
34o
10'
47"
N,
Long.
119o
28'
05"
W
(
USCG)

~
11
miles
offshore
from
the
City
of
Oxnard
in
the
Santa
Barbara
Channel
(
CEC)

Adjacent
to
Channel
Islands
National
Marine
Sanctuary
Conversion
of
existing
OCS
fixed
oil
platform
into
LNG
DWP
to
receive,
regasify
and
transfer
natural
gas
ashore
through
subsea
pipeline
to
tie­
in
to
the
Southern
California
gas
Company
pipeline.
When
operational,
expected
daily
output:
1.2
bcfd.
(
USCG)
Proposed
Application
pending
approval;
preparing
for
scoping
(
NOI)

Application
submitted
Jan.,
28,
2004.
Application
distributed
for
designated
federal
&
state
agencies
for
determination
of
completeness
IAW
DWPA
Section
1504(
c)(
1).
(
USCG)
USCG
Main
Pass
Energy
Hub
Deepwater
Port
Freeport­
Mcmoran
Energy
LLC
Offshore
GOM,
~
16
NM
off
the
coast
of
Louisiana
in
MMS
Lease
Blocks
Main
Pass
299
(
Main
facility)
&
164
(
Metering
Station)
(
USCG)

17
miles
east
of
Pass
a
Loutre,
east
of
the
Miss.
River
delta
(
Minello/
Thompson)

offshore
SE
LA
and
~
100
miles
S­
SW
of
AL
coastline
(
Environmental
Report,
Exhibit
F­
1,
2/
27/
04)
Open
loop
Expected
flow
rate
(
million
gal/
day):
100
(
Minello/
Thompson)

Conversion
of
inactive
sulfur
mining
facility
into
LNG
DWP
to
receive,
regasify
store
and
transfer
natural
gas
and
natural
gas
liquids
into
U.
S.
national
gas
network.
Port
concept
proposes
use
of
subterranean
salt
domes
for
storage
of
LNG.
(
USCG)

FERC
application
proposes
Coden
Onshore
Pipeline.
No
mention
of
biological
impingement;
minimal
mention
of
entrainment,
with
general
provisions
to
screen
intake
hose,
if
necessary,
and
maintain
sufficient
flow
rates
"
to
protect
aquatic
life"
(
Environmental
Report,
Exhibit
F­
1,
2/
27/
04)
Proposed
Application
pending
approval;
preparing
for
scoping
(
NOI)

Application
for
construction
and
operation
of
offshore
sections
submitted
Feb.
27,
2004.
Application
distributed
for
designated
federal
&
state
agencies
for
determination
of
completeness
IAW
DWPA
Section
1504(
c)(
1).
(
USCG)
USCG
Freeport
LNG
Development,
LLP
Cheniere
Energy,
Inc.
Inshore
Freeport,
TX
Brazoria
County
Closed
loop
Freeport
LNG
will
mitigate
impacts
resulting
from
pipeline
construction
in
EFH
and
report
to
NMFS.
To
prevent
entrainment,
they
will:
screen
the
intake
hose;
not
use
certain
water
bodies;
maintain
flow
rates
adequate
to
protect
aquatic
life;
and
locate
hydrostatic
test
manifolds
outside
riparian
areas
and
wetlands
(
Final
EIS,
5/
2004)
Proposed
FEIS
(
Notice
of
availability
5/
2004)

Docket
No.
CP03­
75­
000
FERC
5
Proposed
Terminals
cont'd
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USCG
Golden
Pass
LNG
Exxon­
Mobil
Corp.
Inshore
GOM
Western
side
of
Sabine
Pass,
TX
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Closed
loop
Primary
heat
source:
yearround
gas­
fired
boilers.
Considering
Neches
River
water
as
primary
additional
heat
source
(
not
seawater)
(
NOAA
correspondence,
7/
2004)
Proposed
Draft
EIS
(
Draft
Environ
mental
Resource
Report
11
issued
6/
2004)

Docket
No.
PF04­
1­
000
FERC
Vista
del
Sol
LNG
Exxon­
Mobil
Corp.
Inshore
Ingleside,
TX
La
Quinta
Channel
GOM
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Closed
loop
Expected
flow
rate
(
million
gal/
day):
100
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Proposed
Draft
EIS
(
Draft
Environ
mental
Resource
Report
10
issued
6/
2004)

Joint
NOI,
for
this
project
and
Ingleside
Energy
Center
LNG
Project
Docket
Nos.
PF04­
3­
000
PF04­
9­
000
FERC
Ingleside
Energy
Center
LNG
Project
Ingleside
Energy
Center
LLC
and
San
Patricio
Pipeline
LLC
(
Occidental
Energy
Ventures)
Inshore
Ingleside,
San
Patricio
County,
TX
In
Corpus
Christi
Bay,
adjacent
to
La
Quinta
Ship
Channel
Oxy­
Chem
site
Closed
loop
Proposed
Draft
EIS
(
Draft
Environ
mental
Report
10
issued
6/
2004)

March
13
request
for
pre­
filing
status
approved
Joint
NOI,
for
both
this
project
and
Vista
del
Sol
LNG
Terminal
Project
Docket
No.
PF04­
9­
000
FERC
Weaver's
Cove
LNG
Project
Weaver's
Cove
Energy
LLC
&
Mill
River
Pipeline
LLC
Inshore
Fall
River,
MA
Mount
Hope
Bay
LNG
terminal
development
and
dredging
activities
Access
to
NOI
application
restricted
to
non­
internet
public
at
this
time
(
7/
9/
2004)
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)
Issued
7/
2004
Docket
No.
CP04­
36­
000
FERC
Cheniere
Corpus
Christi
LNG
Terminal
and
Pipeline
Project
Corpus
Christi
LNG,
L.
P.
&
Cheniere
Corpus
Christi
Pipeline
Co.
(
Cheniere
LNG
Partners)
Inshore
Ingleside,
San
Patricio
and
Nueces
Cos.,
TX
On
La
Quinta
Ship
Channel
Adjacent
(
W)
to
aluminum
plant
Closed
loop
(
Minello/
Thompson)
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)

Docket
Nos.
CP04­
37­
000
CP04­
44­
000
FERC
6
Proposed
Terminals
cont'd
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USCG
Sabine
Pass
LNG
Terminal
Cheniere
Sabine
Pass
Pipeline
Company
(
Cheniere
Sabine)/
Cheniere
Energy
Inc.
Inshore
Sabine
Pass
Channel,
Sabine,
LA
Cameron
Parish
Closed
loop
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)
2/
2004
Docket
Nos.
CP04­
47­
000
CP04­
38­
000
FERC
Crown
Landing
LNG
BP
Inshore
Logan
Township,
NJ
Gloucester
County,
NJ
and
New
Castle
County,
DE
Closed
loop
("
closed
loop
shell
and
tube
heat
exchanger
vaporization
system")

LNG
import
terminal
would
unload
LNG
ships,
store
up
to
450,000
m3
of
LNG
and
send
out
natural
gas
at
a
rate
of
1.2
billion
ft3.
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)
4/
2004
Docket
Nos.
PF04­
2­
000
PF04­
5­
000
FERC
Trunkline
LNG
and
Loop
Project
Southern
Union
Inshore
Lake
Charles,
LA
Two
proposed
projects
for
modification
of
existing
LNG
site
(**
see
Trunkline
LNG
expansion
in
table
of
existing
LNG
sites
above)
Proposed
Scoping
(
NOI)
4/
2004
Docket
Nos.
CP02­
60­
004
CP04­
64­
000
FERC
Long
Beach
LNG
Import
Project
Sound
Energy
Solutions
Inshore
Port
of
Long
Beach,
CA
~
25
acres
at
Pier
T
East,
Berth
126
(
CEC)
Import
facility
to
include
an
LNG
carrier
berth,
two
full
containment
storage
tanks,
shell
and
tube
vaporizers,
metering
and
odorizing
facilities,
equipment
for
recovering
natural
gas
liquids,
LNG
vehicle
fuel
truckloading
facility,
and
a
new
2.3
mile
natural
gas
pipeline
connecting
to
an
existing
SoCal
Gas
pipeline.
(
CEC)
Proposed
Notice
of
Application
(
2/
2004)

Docket
No.
CP04­
58­
000
FERC
Keyspan
&
BG
LNG
BG
Group
and
KeySpan
Corp.
Inshore
Providence,
RI
Proposed
expansion
of
existing
LNG
storage
terminal
to
an
import
terminal.
It
could
be
ready
to
receive
cargoes
by
2006
(
http://
www.
bggroup
com,
accessed
7/
2004).
Proposed
Application
for
authorization
submitted
Docket
Nos.
CP04­
223­
000
CP04­
293­
000
FERC
Port
Arthur
LNG
Receiving
Terminal
Project
Sempra
Energy
LNG
Inshore
Port
Arthur,
TX
Project
proposes
3
storage
tanks,
an
LNG
send­
out
system,
and
a
vaporization
and
vapor
handling
system.
In
process
of
reviewing
several
vaporization
strategies.
Proposed
Request
to
initiate
NEPA
pre­
filing
process
5/
2004
Docket
No.
PF04­
11­
000
FERC
7
Planned
Terminals
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Lead
NEPA
Agency:
FERC/
USCG
El
Paso
Global
Offshore
Belmar,
NJ
Planned
USCG
Port
Penguin
LNG
Facility
(
TBD)

Chevron
Texaco
Offshore
West
Coast
Specific
site
details
TBD
The
project
is
a
gravitybased
system
similar
to
the
GNL
Mar
Adentro
de
Baja
California
project.
(
CEC)

More
TBD
Planned
Details
TBD
USCG
Northeast
Gateway
Excelerate
Energy,
Limited
Partnership
Offshore
Boston,
MA
Block
125,
one
mile
from
Stellwagen
Bank
National
Marine
Sanctuary
Planned
USCG
ExxonMobil
Mobile
Exxon­
Mobil
Corp.
Inshore
GOM
Mobile
Bay,
AL
~
200
acres
Hollinger's
Island
Closed
loop
Proposal
for
this
land­
based
facility
"
on
hold"
in
favor
of
possible
Texas
onshore
site
and
Louisiana
offshore
site
(
4/
2004,
Mobile
Register)
Planned
FERC
Cheniere
LNG
Partners
Inshore
Brownsville,
TX
Port
of
Brownsville
Closed
loop
Planned
Project
still
under
evaluation
for
future
development
FERC
Additional
Planned
Terminals
and
Expansions
Project
Name/
Project
Owner
Location
Case
Description
Status/
Stage
in
NEPA
Process
Somerset
LNG
Somerset,
MA
Planned
Not
identified
Searsport,
ME
Planned
Dominion
Cove
Point,
MD
(*
see
planned
Dominion
project
expansion
in
table
of
existing
LNG
projects
above)
Cheniere
Mobile
Cheniere
LNG
Partners
Mobile
Bay,
AL
Pinto
Island
Closed
loop
Planned
ExxonMobil
GOM
Planned
Cherry
Point
Energy
LLC
Cherry
Point,
WA
Planned