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Cheniere LNGCorpus 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, adding to the 4' of storm surge from Hurricane Laura in 2020. |
Complaints and Investigations
During 2022, the following complaints were submitted and investigated re: Cheniere (Corpus Christi Liquefaction):
- Investigation of Violations #1805519
- 3/1/22 Complaints 375870, 375905, 375910, 375913, 375916 ---> Investigation #1802723
- 4/7/22 Complaint #377643 --->
- 4/15/22 Complaint #377971 (STEERS) ---> Investigation #1819375
- 5/13/22 Complaint #379477 --->
- 5/27/22 Complaint #380273 --->
- 7/19/22 Complaint #383733 ---> Investigation #1833530
6/30/22 Public Meeting on Permit to Increase Air Pollution
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:
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:
- Requested Permit Pollution Amounts are unacceptably high
- Special Conditions need to include more monitoring
- Data from Cheniere's monitoring stations, SCI monitors managed by IOBCWA, and Oil & Gas Imagery (OGI) videos taken by EarthWorks all show that unacceptable emissions are already occurring from Cheniere
- Investigations launched on 3/1/22 from the OGI videos have not been released yet.
- Complaints filed in May during massive flaring over several days were dropped and not investigated by TCEQ.
- There's too much flaring causing light pollution and emissions.