By: Larry Persily
Alaska LNG’s second round of draft resource reports Nos. 1 through 10 have been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and are available on the Kenai Peninsula Borough website. Click here to select and download the reports. The project expects to file its last two draft reports later in August: No. 11, Reliability and Safety; and No. 13, Engineering and Design Material.
Some of the files are very large and download time with vary with your Internet connection speed. A few of the appendices to the reports (mostly data sheets) are too large to easily accommodate on the Kenai Borough server. If you are interested in these documents, contact Larry Persily in the mayor's office at [email protected]. The reports also are available from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission website at http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgensearch.asp. Enter PF14-21 for the docket number and set the date range for July 7, 2016, through July 26, 2016, to collect all of the resource reports and appendix files.
The environmental and construction planning reports are the second drafts submitted to FERC — the first were submitted in February 2015 — and will be reviewed by federal and state regulatory agencies. FERC also will accept public comments. Alaska LNG will fill in any remaining information gaps and provide additional details in its final reports. The final resource reports could be ready for delivery to FERC by the end of this year, along with a complete project application, though partners ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips and the state of Alaska are undecided on that next step due to weak market conditions, a global oversupply of LNG, and a lack of consensus on fiscal and commercial terms.
FERC would use the final reports as the base for its preparation of the project’s environmental impact statement. The reports provide detailed information on pipeline routing, waterway crossings, community impacts and multiple environmental issues for construction and operation of the natural gas liquefaction plant and marine terminal in Nikiski, gas treatment plant on the North Slope, and 804 miles of pipeline connecting the two facilities.
Reports available at the borough website are:
- No. 1 General Project Description, including detailed route maps
- No. 2 Water Use and Quality, and Wastewater
- No. 3: Fish, Wildlife and Vegetation
- No. 4 Cultural Resources
- No. 5: Socioeconomics
- No. 6 Geological Resources
- No. 7 Soils
- No. 8: Land Use, Recreation and Aesthetics
- No. 9: Air and Noise Quality
- No. 10 Project Alternatives
Expected later this month are:
- No. 11: Reliability and Safety
- No. 13: Engineering and Design Material
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