D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC Analysis for Driftwood LNG Project (1)

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval for Driftwood LNG LLC’s Louisiana pipelines was upheld by the D.C. Circuit on Friday.

The court rejected arguments that FERC failed to comply with certain requirements of the the National Environmental Policy Act and the Natural Gas Act, such as considering the project’s effects on upstream greenhouse gas emissions and properly weighing economic need with environmental effects.

Healthy Gulf and the Sierra Club challenged FERC’s orders granting Driftwood its certificate of public convenience and necessity for the twin pipelines intended to supply to the company’s export terminal in Calcasieu Parish, La.

Under NEPA, an ...