Background: Following is a statement by Frank J. Macchiarola, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs of America’s Natural Gas Alliance, regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff prepared Environmental Assessment of the Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility.

“This assessment by FERC staff essentially concludes that the Cove Point project can be built with no significant environmental impact.  This conclusion is a step in the right direction and demonstrates that we can send clean and affordable natural gas to other parts of the world. The finding allows the Cove Point project to move forward and gets us closer to making better use of this abundant resource while also substantially improving our economy, our energy security and the environment. We look forward to the project gaining FERC’s final approval as quickly as possible.”

Source: America’s Natural Gas Alliance