A large gas export terminal proposed for southwest Louisiana won’t lead to a significant change in pollution, federal regulators said Friday.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — echoing its own findings from earlier this year — issued its determination in a new final supplemental environmental review for Venture Global’s planned CP2 facility. The project intends to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) out of Louisiana’s Cameron Parish.
Commission staff said the CP2 project would have “significant adverse effects on the visual resources of the surrounding areas.” But staff also said the terminal and an associated compressor station wouldn’t cause “significant cumulative air quality impacts.”
The commission’s staff came to the same conclusion in February, when FERC issued the draft version of the document released Friday. The agency redid its analysis of CP2’s nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter emissions after FERC in November set aside part of its order authorizing the CP2 project.
