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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 94
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES AND SENATOR LONG
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to
encourage and enable the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expedite the
review and approval of Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas facility
and to streamline the approval process for similar export facilities to magnify the
economic benefits of liquified natural gas exports throughout the region and nation.
WHEREAS, Cheniere Energy plans to invest ten billion dollars into a liquified
natural gas (LNG) export facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Export facility will have significant
economic benefits for the Louisiana and national economies; and
WHEREAS, Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Export Facility will result in an average
of one thousand eight hundred construction jobs over a five-year period, over one billion
dollars paid in wages and benefits during construction, and an additional two hundred
permanent jobs in Cameron Parish; and
WHEREAS, Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Export facility will create a demand for
two billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas drawn from areas such as Louisiana's Haynesville
Shale and will support between thirty thousand and fifty thousand jobs in the exploration and
production industry; and
WHEREAS, Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Export facility will provide a stable and
secure energy source for America's allies around the world; and
WHEREAS, Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Export facility will bring needed jobs and
development to Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and encourage growth in the southwest
Louisiana region; and
WHEREAS, the Cheniere's Sabine Pass site has been subjected to three extensive
environmental reviews by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission resulting in findings ENROLLEDHCR NO. 94
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of no significant impact in an initial Environmental Impact Statement and two
Environmental Assessments; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's current review of
Cheniere's Sabine Pass LNG Export Facility has been ongoing since July 2010; and
WHEREAS, Cheniere has demonstrated that they are a safe and responsible operator,
steward of the local environment, and responsible corporate citizen.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to encourage
and enable the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expedite the review and approval
of Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass Liquified Natural Gas facility and to streamline the
approval process for similar export facilities to magnify the economic benefits of liquified
natural gas exports throughout the region and nation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the
United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE