Sens. Murkowski, Sullivan issue statement welcoming FERC review schedule for Alaska LNG project
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) recently released a joint statement following the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) release of a Notice of Schedule for the environmental review process for the Alaska Liquid Natural Gas (AK LNG) project.
“This schedule is a necessary step forward for the AK LNG project and provides a clear trajectory for Alaskans’ efforts to commercialize our massive reserves of natural gas,” the statement said. “FERC’s schedule for this project—the largest energy infrastructure project in America— outlines a completion track by 2024 or 2025, so that it can bring affordable energy to Alaskans and help meet growing global demand for this clean-burning fuel.”
FERC announced in the notice that it expects to issue a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the project in March 2019 and a final EIS in December 2019. Based on this timeline, the 90-day federal authorization decision deadline is set for March 2020.
The AK LNG Project is a $45 billion integrated pipeline project and is the nation’s largest energy infrastructure project in planning and permitting. It includes an 800-mile long pipeline, a treatment facility on the North Slope of Alaska, five off-take points for natural gas and a liquefaction facility at tidewater.
