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Corpus Christi Liquefaction (Cheniere LNG) operates a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility near Portland. Huge LNG tankers can be seen nearly every day traversing La Quinta Channel about 150 feet offshore.
On the left is a photo of a Cheniere LNG tanker heading along Bayshore Drive. |
Complaints and Investigations
2023 Public Notices
As of 9/11/23 FERC has requested an Engineering Information Request to Cheniere regarding questions they have on application. Cheniere has 30 days to respond. Cheniere's permit application CP23-129 for its Stage IV expansion of trains 8 & 9 will more than double the number of ships passing through the La Quinta Channel. Thank you for your comments. FERC (Federal Energy Regulator Commission) has requested additional information from Cheniere. If this permit is granted IOBCWA has preserved FERC Motion to Intervene individually and with Sierra Club.
- These ships pass within 25 yards of residential properties of Ingleside on the Bay. Currently, LNG ship traffic has caused coastal erosion, damage to piers and properties while complaints to the Port of Corpus Christi and Cheniere have fallen on deaf ears.
- Cheniere is damaging private citizen’s property through the course of their operations raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. The current and ongoing damage to property owners should be compensated and future damage mitigated.
- Cheniere is a #1 Polluter, emitting more than 10 times more pollution than any other industry in our area. Yet, the inability of the facility to meet current air permitting limitations are demonstrated by hundreds of deviations and emissions events over the last several years. The lack of state regulatory enforcement is a risk to our communities. This facility should not be allowed to expand.
- Cheniere’s turbines release thousands of pounds of formaldehyde each year into the airshed just across the Cove from us. Formaldehyde is a hazardous air pollutant known to cause cancer of the nasal passages and throat, leukemia and other respiratory tract cancers. This formaldehyde and the additional emissions that will occur with this expansion directly endangers the health of the citizens of IOB.
6/30/23: Comments due TCEQ on Cheniere air quality permits 105710 & 39479
5/4/23: Comments due FERC CP-23-129 on Cheniere's application for expansion of trains 8 & 9 that will more than double the number of ships passing through the La Quinta Channel. IOBCWA has FERC Intervenor Status
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During 2022, the following complaints were submitted and investigated re: Cheniere (Corpus Christi Liquefaction):
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There was an in-person TCEQ Public Meeting on June 30, 2022 at 7pm at Portland Community Center, 2000 Billy G. Webb, Portland, TX.
Citizens were encouraged to submit comments on Cheniere Air Permit 105710 by the end of the meeting on 6/30/22 at https://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment. Some key points:
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