The Veresen’s wholly-owned subsidiary Jordan Cove LNG and Pacific Connector are planning to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal at Coos Bay, Oregon and a 232-mile natural gas pipeline from Malin, Oregon to the LNG terminal respectively.
Jordan Cove LNG president and CEO Elizabeth Spomer said: "Receipt of our final EIS demonstrates our strong progress on the permitting front and paves the way for Jordan Cove LNG to be the first LNG export facility to be built on the west coast.
"This regulatory milestone will be viewed as great news by our target customers."
The projects are expected to receive final order and certificates on or before 29 December 2015.
Veresen plans to make a final investment decision upon securing FERC’s notice to proceed in mid-2016.
The Jordan Cove Energy project involves a natural gas liquefaction and export facility, with a capacity of 6.8 million tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and an adjacent 420MW power generation plant.
The Pacific Connector project comprises a 232-mile, 36-inch diameter interstate natural gas transmission system capable of transporting up to 1.07 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas to Jordan Cove’s LNG export terminal.
FERC says that the construction and operation of the projects could have some limited adverse environmental impacts.
It added that the impacts, however, would be reduced to less-than-significant levels with the implementation of the applicants’ proposed mitigation measures.
Pacific Connector is equally owned by a subsidiary of Veresen and a subsidiary of Williams Companies.
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