Gulfstream Seeks Approval for Massive Louisiana LNG Plant
Published Date: 7/24/2025
Notice
Summary
Gulfstream LNG wants to build a big new liquefied natural gas export plant in Louisiana that can handle 4 million metric tons a year. This project will include storage tanks, loading spots, and berths for ships. If you want to speak up or get involved, you need to act before the set deadline—this could impact local jobs and energy exports soon!
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
4 MMT/yr LNG Export Project Filed
Gulfstream LNG filed on July 7, 2025 to build and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana with three liquefaction trains totaling 4 million metric tonnes per year, a truck loading facility, two berths, a 200,000 cubic meter storage tank, and related appurtenances.
90-Day Environmental Review Step
Within 90 days of this notice, FERC staff will either complete its environmental review and place it in the public record or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review; if a schedule is issued it will show the anticipated date for staff's final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or environmental assessment (EA), and federal agencies will need to complete authorizations within 90 days of the FEIS/EA issuance.
Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Needed
Gulfstream LNG states a water quality certificate under Clean Water Act section 401 is required from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for the project; Gulfstream LNG should submit to FERC a copy of its request for certification and either the certifying agency's decision or evidence of waiver when available.
How To Comment or Intervene (Deadline)
You can file comments, protests, or a motion to intervene in Docket No. CP25-519-000; there is no fee to file, and the deadline for a motion to intervene and for timely comments or protests is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 11, 2025. The notice lists electronic filing and mail options and provides FERC contact information and assistance.
Intervenor Rights to Rehearing and Appeal
Only parties who file a motion to intervene by the August 11, 2025 deadline have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders in this proceeding and to subsequently challenge the Commission's orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal; timely, unopposed motions to intervene are automatically granted.
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