Kenai Peninsula Borough makes FERC Resource Reports Available to Public

Alaska LNG Resource Reports Available Online

Posted: 20 Jul 2016 09:45 AM PDT

By Larry Persily
July 20, 2016

Alaska LNG’s resource reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are available on the Kenai Peninsula Borough website. Click here and select the report. As of July 20, Report No. 1 General Project Description and No. 10 Project Alternatives are available on the website; others will be added as they become available in the next week or two. (The files are very large and download time with vary with your Internet connection speed.)

The 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. Alaska LNG will fill in any remaining gaps and answer agency requests for additional information in its final reports to FERC.

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, low prices and a global oversupply of LNG.

FERC would use the final resource 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 liquefaction plant and marine terminal in Nikiski, gas treatment plant on the North Slope, and 804 miles of pipeline connecting the two facilities.

Alaska LNG filed reports No. 1 General Project Description, which includes detailed project maps, and No. 10 Project Alternatives on July 8. It filed reports No. 2 Water Use and Quality and Wastewater Discharge, No. 4 Cultural Resources, No. 6 Geological Resources and No. 7 Soils on July 19-20 and those files will be added to the borough website soon.

Other reports are expected within the next couple weeks:

  • No. 3: Fish, Wildlife and Vegetation
  • No. 5: Socioeconomics
  • No. 8: Land Use, Recreation and Aesthetics
  • No. 9: Air and Noise Quality
  • No. 11: Reliability and Safety
  • No. 12: PCB Contamination
  • No. 13: Engineering and Design Material