Mat-Su Borough challenges Nikiski selection for LNG plant site

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough submitted a 52-page filing to FERC's Dispute Resolution Service on January 9, 2018, that objects to Alaska LNG Project's selection of Nikiski as the preferred site for the LNG plant and marine terminal, and alleges the Project team analyzed Point MacKenzie, no...

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Main Author: Persily, Larry
Document Type: Press release
Publisher:Alaska Resources Library and Information Services (ARLIS)
Date:January 15, 2018
Bills/Acts; Orders; Treaties:Clean Water Act

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Series:Alaska LNG Project updates
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520 |a The Matanuska-Susitna Borough submitted a 52-page filing to FERC's Dispute Resolution Service on January 9, 2018, that objects to Alaska LNG Project's selection of Nikiski as the preferred site for the LNG plant and marine terminal, and alleges the Project team analyzed Point MacKenzie, not Port MacKenzie. The filing alleges federal regulators may have violated the National Environmental Policy Act and federal Clean Water Act by excluding the borough's Port MacKenzie as an alternative. The Borough requests a feasibility analysis of the Port MacKenzie site. The Fairbanks North Star Borough and the city of Valdez have also complained about the proposed gas pipeline route. Meanwhile, AGDC is nearing the end of a six-month effort to fill in data gaps and respond to questions from federal regulators. In December 2017, AGDC submitted large amounts of data to FERC in response to questions that summer on pipeline impacts, granular fill, wetlands restoration, wildlife, tourism, ports, and the Kenai Spur Highway relocation. 
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