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LNG - Laws and Regulations
LNG projects are subject to various laws and regulations that are administered by FERC, the US Coast Guard/Maritime Administration, the US Army Corps of Engineers and the States. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 affirmed FERC's authority to site LNG terminals.
Even if FERC approves a project, the Applicant may construct and operate it, only after obtaining Clean Water Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and Clean Air Act permits from the States. Read More
The States still retain rights to stop or modify a proposed project through the denial or issuance of Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act permits and Coastal Zone Management Act
Note: The below links are external links
and you will be leaving FERC's website.
- Federal
Deepwater Ports Act of 1974
 - NOAA Coastal Services Center
The Deepwater Port Act gives the Coast Guard and Maritime Administration jurisdiction
over LNG terminals and pipelines outside of state waters.
Pipelines leading from deepwater LNG terminals become under
FERC jurisdiction above the "high water mark" when the pipeline
comes onshore.
- Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 - NOAA's Office of Ocean and
Coastal Resource Management
- Clean
Air Act - EPA
- Clean
Water Act - EPA
- Code of Federal Regulations
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