DOE/EIS-0519: FERC Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Rio Grande LNG Project and Rio Bravo Pipeline Project; Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, and Cameron Counties, Texas

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced the availability for the draft EIS that assessed the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, storage, and export facility on the northern bank of the Brownsville Ship Channel in Cameron County, Texas, and a natural gas pipeline system from Kleberg County, Texas, to the planned terminal.

DOE was a cooperating agency in preparing the EIS. DOE, Office of Fossil Energy, has an obligation under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act to authorize the import and export of natural gas, including LNG, unless it finds that the import or export is not consistent with the public interest.

For more information, see Rio Grande LNG Project and Rio Bravo Pipeline Project.