Comment of Susan Jean Eckert for GCELC under CP11-72.

SANTARELLA & ECKERT, LLC 7050 PUMA TRAIL TELEPHONE: 303-932-7610 LITTLETON, CO 80125 FACSIMILE: 888-321-9257 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING January 27, 2012 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 888 First Street NE, Room 1A Washington, DC 20426 www.ferc.gov Re: Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project (Cameron Parish, LA) Docket No. CP11-72-000 Dear Secretary Bose: On behalf of the Gulf Coast Environmental Labor Coalition (GCELC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the environment and worker interests in the Gulf Coast Region, and its individual members including its members who work, reside, and recreate in the vicinity of the above-referenced proposed project,1 undersigned legal counsel submit the following written comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for proposed Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project to be located at 9243 Gulf Beach Road, Johnson Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) notice: Sabine Pass LNG, LP, and Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (Permit Applicants), request authorization to construct and operate facilities to be used for the liquefaction and exportation of natural gas at the existing Sabine Pass LNG Import Terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The Project would be capable of processing an average of approximately 2.6 billion cubic feet per day of pipeline quality natural gas from the Creole Trail Pipeline, which interconnects with the SPLNG Terminal. Sabine Pass would liquefy the natural gas, store the liquefied natural gas (LNG), and export approximately 16 million metric tons per annum of LNG via LNG carriers. 1 GCELC was formed to ensure a balance between the rapid population growth, labor interests and the preservation of the natural environment in the Gulf Coast region with a commitment to unite labor leaders, union members, environmental activists and other concerned local citizens in the Gulf Coast region to fight for good jobs and a clean environment. GCELC consists of twenty-five different local labor unions and their constituent members totaling approximately 27,000 members throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Oklahoma. At least forty-six members and their families reside in Sabine Pass, Texas, and Port Arthur, Texas, and Cameron Parish, Louisiana, within close proximity of the proposed Sabine Pass LNG Terminal. GCELC Comments on Draft Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project EA Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory Commission January 27, 2012 Page 2 of 52 The FERC transmittal letter at 1-2, attached to the Draft Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project EA, states that the Proposed Project includes the following facilities: ...