Ahead of a March 1 deadline, 22 environmental and grassroots groups are calling on the Biden administration to deny a federal license for a proposed offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) port near Plaquemines Parish, La. The coalition sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation and its Maritime Administration (MARAD) asking that a deepwater port license be rejected for West Delta LNG. The letter was also sent to the Office of Deepwater Port Licensing and Port Conveyance. The letter claims Houston-based LNG 21 failed to meet several deadlines to submit more information to MARAD and the Coast Guard about its technical specifics. Federal regulatory agencies generally ask applicants for added information to complete environmental reviews before approving projects. If approved/built West Delta LNG would pump out roughly 6M metric tons of LNG annually. It would be located about 12 miles off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. Twenty-two entities signed the letter, including Healthy Gulf, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, RISE St. James and Sierra Club. According to their letter/documents filed alleges LNG 21 first applied for the license in August 2019. Since then, MARAD and the CG have given the firm multiple extensions. West Delta LNG did not respond to a media query from NOLA.com. Deadline looms for delayed Plaquemines LNG port | Business News | nola.com
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