EPA suggests revision to FERC’s LNG applicants guidance

United States Environmental Protection Agency recently issued comments on the draft guidance manual for environmental report preparation for applications filed under the natural gas act. 

In its recommendations, EPA suggests LNG project applicants should provide information regarding “the potential for increased natural gas production and the potential for environmental impacts associated with the potential increase.”

EPA also recommended that in addition to greenhouse gas emission from the construction and operation of the project, LNG applicants should include emissions associated with the production, transport, and combustion of the natural gas.

According to the recommendations, EPA also suggested to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to request the applicants provide information on the purpose and need for a proposed project in the context of broader natural gas supply market.

LNG World News Staff