?NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE LOUISIANA
DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY AND
SABINE PASS LNG, LP
AND SABINE PASS
LIQUEFACTION, LLC
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Sabine Pass LNG, LP and Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (Respondents), Agency Interest Number 119267, have entered into a proposed settlement agreement, Settlement Tracking No. SA-MM-23-0050, concerning the State’s allegations of environmental violations by Respondent at its facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which allegations are set forth in Consolidated Compliance Order & Notice of Potential Penalty, Enforcement Tracking No. AE-CN-16-00183, and Notice of Potential Penalty, Enforcement Tracking No. HE-PP-18-00312, and other violations included in the settlement and which are not in the Consolidated Compliance Order & Notice of Potential Penalty and Notice of Potential Penalty.
The Department of Environmental Quality will accept comments on the proposed settlement for the next forty-five (45) days. The public is invited and encouraged to submit written comments to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Secretary, Legal Division, Post Office Box 4302, Baton Rouge Louisiana 70821-4302, Attention: Brandon B. Williams, Attorney. All comments will be considered by the Department of Environmental Quality in reaching a decision on whether to make the settlement final.
Terms and conditions of the proposed settlement agreement may be reviewed on the Department of Environmental Quality’s website at www.deq.louisiana.gov, by selecting About LDEQ, Enforcement, and Settlements. The document may also be viewed at, and copies obtained from, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Public Records Center, Room 127, Galvez Building, 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802. To request a copy of the proposed settlement, submit a completed Public Record Request Form (DEQ Form ISD-0005-01). The form and instructions for completion may be found on the DEQ Website at the following address: http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/General/PublicRecordsRequestForm.pdf, or by calling the Customer Service Center at 1-866-896-5337.
Pursuant to La. R.S. 30:2050.7(D), the Department of Environmental Quality may hold a public hearing regarding this proposed settlement when either of the following conditions are met: 1) a written request for public hearing has been filed by twenty-five (25) persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association having not less than twenty-five (25) members who reside in the parish in which the facility is located; or 2) the secretary finds a significant degree of public interest in this settlement.
For further information, you may call the Legal Division of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality at (225) 219-3985.
RUN: Dec. 28 (D 46)