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Efficient LNG Permitting: Strategies for Success in 9 Months

Navigating the LNG permitting process can be complex, but with effective strategies, timely approvals are achievable. This guide from Deputy Director Lauren H. O’Donnell of Happy Face LNG Co., LLC outlines the critical steps taken over nine months to secure necessary permits. Key actions included pro-active engagement with FERC staff, stakeholder meetings, and careful planning of resource reports. By addressing challenges such as environmental surveys and agency workloads, LNG projects can move forward smoothly and efficiently, ensuring compliance and success.

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Efficient LNG Permitting: Strategies for Success in 9 Months

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  1. LNG Permitting:You Want it When? Lauren H. O’Donnell Deputy Director, DG2E Office of Energy Projects

  2. Happy Face LNG Co., LLC They Needed to Know How They Could Get Their Order in 9 Months

  3. Happy Face Scenario • Filing minus 11 months • Happy Face meets with FERC staff • Happy Face commits to be flexible on the filing date! • Filing minus 10 months • Happy Face submits draft RFP and contract to staff • Happy Face begins meeting with key stakeholders • Happy Face sends out RFP, reviews proposals • Happy Face sends draft PF request to staff

  4. Happy Face Scenario • Filing minus 8 months • Happy Face submits PF request and 3rd-party contractor proposals to Staff, and submits Letter of Intent to the USCG • Staff approves the use of the PF process • Filing minus 7 months • Happy Face holds open houses • Staff approves the use of the PF process • Staff starts scoping process • Happy Face files the first of several iterations of draft resource reports

  5. Happy Face Scenario • Filing minus 2 months • Happy Face files complete responses to all data requests • Staff begins preparation of on Prelim. DEIS • Filing • Resource Reports meet minimum filing requirements • Resource Reports address all issues, mitigation included • Application is adequate to allow Staff to complete Prelim. DEIS

  6. Happy Face Scenario • Filing plus 2 months • Staff sends the Prelim. DEIS to cooperating agencies • Filing plus 4 months • Staff issues the DEIS • Filing plus 6 months • Address comments on the DEIS • Filing plus 8 months • Staff issues the FEIS • Filing plus 9-10 months • Commission issues an Order

  7. Challenges We Can Manage • Getting constructive stakeholder involvement and keeping people informed • Identifying and resolving issues • Maintaining constant contact with key agencies • Timing of the submission of other permit applications

  8. Challenges Less Manageable • Inability to access property • Seasonal restrictions for environmental surveys • Political process • Workload of other agencies • Issuance of other permits

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