Index of Customers January 2010 Revision 1 of Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP
09/27/2012UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF ) ) FERC Docket No. CP12-509 Freeport LNG Development, L.P. ) FLNG Liquefaction, LLC ) FLNG Liquefaction 2, LLC ) FLNG Liquefaction 3, LLC SIERRA CLUBS MOTION TO INTERVENE, PROTEST, AND COMMENTS Nathan Matthews Kathleen Krust Associate Attorney Paralegal Sierra Club Environmental Law Program Sierra Club Environmental Law Program 85 2nd St., Second Floor 85 2nd St., Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 977-5695 (tel) (415) 977-5696 (tel) (415) 977-5793 (fax) Table of Contents I. Sierra Club Should be Granted Intervention ................................................................ 1 II. Information Regarding the Applicant & Service ........................................................... 3 III. FERCs Legal Obligations ............................................................................................... 4 A. Natural Gas Act .......................................................................................................... 4 B. National Environmental Policy Act ............................................................................ 6 C. Endangered Species Act ............................................................................................. 8 D. National Historic Preservation Act............................................................................. 9 IV. Effects of The Proposed Project.................................................................................. 10 A. Direct Impacts of the Terminal Expansion, Pretreatment Facility, and Pipeline..... 10 1. Air Emissions ......................................................................................................... 10 2. Water Impacts....................................................................................................... 14 3. Noise and Light...................................................................................................... 16 4. Fish and Wildlife.................................................................................................... 16 5. Economic Impacts ................................................................................................. 17 B. Effects of The Additional Gas Production that Exports Will Induce ........................ 17 1. Induced Drilling ..................................................................................................... 18 a. Freeport LNGs Exports and Operations of the Terminal Will Induce Additional Natural Gas Production ................................................................. 18 b. FERC Must Consider Induced Production Here, Notwithstanding FERCs Decision Not to Consider Induced Production in Sabine Pass ........................ 19 c. Natural Gas Production is a Major Source of Air Pollution ............................ 24 i. Air Pollution Problems from Natural Gas ................................................. 24 ii. EPAs Air Rules Will Not Fully Address These