Project milestones
Chief among those regulatory reviews was the analysis of potential environmental impacts of the project by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff. On June 25, 2018 the FERC staff issued its Environmental Assessment (EA), finding that, with the mitigation proposed, the proposed project would not have a significant environmental impact, and that the preliminary engineering designs formed the basis for a safe project. The FERC Commissioners will issue a certificate order, followed by a more detailed review of the final project engineering by the FERC staff before we can begin construction of the liquefaction facility.
Additionally, much of the local and state permitting process has been completed. Hearings were completed in December for the CRMC federal consistency review. CRMC found that the project is consistent with the enforceable policies that it considers. On October 27, 2017 RIDEM issued its Short Term Response Action Approval Letter.