Mid Louisiana Gas Transmission, LLC submits tariff filing per 284.224: Mid Louisiana Gas Transmission, LLC Application for a Blanket Certificate to be effective 9/1/2015 under PR15-36 Filing Type : 1340
05/05/2015UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION IN THE MATTERS OF ) ) DOCKET NOS. Sabine Pass Liquefaction Expansion, ) LLC ) CP13-552 Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ) Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. ) ) Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. ) CP13-553 Request for Rehearing Pursuant to Section 19(a) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717r(a), and Rule 713 of the Rules of Practice of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), 18 C.F.R. 385.713, the Sierra Club hereby requests rehearing of FERCs Order Granting Authorizations under Section 3 of The Natural Gas Act and Issuing Certificate (Order), issued April 6, 2015, 151 FERC 61,012, in the above-captioned matter. The Order grants Sabine Pass Liquefaction Expansion, LLC, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. and Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. (collectively, Applicants) authority to site, construct, and operate natural gas liquefaction equipment, liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities, and related pipeline infrastructure. Specifically, this project concerns construction and operation of fifth and sixth liquefaction trains to expand the previously-approved four train liquefaction and export project at the Sabine Pass site, and pipeline expansion to deliver gas to this facility. Sierra Club asks that the Order and the Environmental Assessment for this project be withdrawn and that further environmental analysis be undertaken. All communications regarding this motion should be addressed to and served upon Nathan Matthews, Staff Attorney, and Natalie Spiegel, Legal Assistant, at Sierra Club, 85 2nd St., Second Floor, San Francisco, California 94105. I. Procedural History The above-captioned dockets, CP13-552 and CP13-553, concern a proposal to construct new facilities to export natural gas, including liquefaction facilities, at the site of an existing LNG import facility on the Sabine River in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, across the river from Port Arthur, Texas. Sierra Club filed a protest of this application on October 31, 2013, together with a motion to intervene. Sierra Club then submitted comments on the Environmental Assessment for these projects on January 9 and 12, 2015. On April 6, 2015, FERC issued the Order approving the project. Order Granting Authorizations under Section 3 of The Natural Gas Act and Issuing Certificate under CP13-552, CP13-553, 151 FERC 61,012 (Apr. 6, 2015) (Order). This Order granted Sierra Clubs motion to intervene, 21, but rejected the arguments Sierra Club raised in Sierra Clubs protest and comments, see generally, 57-123. For the reasons set forth below, Sierra Club now seeks rehearing on and rescission of FERCs decision to grant the certificates and ask that the Order and the ...