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Texas Liquefied Natural Gas Permit Vacated By Fifth Circuit
The Fifth Circuit wiped out a permit for a liquefied natural gas plant and export terminal in Port Arthur, Texas, after holding a state agency reversed course without proper explanation.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality didn’t impose certain emissions limits on the Port Arthur facility proposal that it imposed on a similar one, which contravened its own precedent. When that happens, adequate reasoning is required, but the commission didn’t provide any, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said Tuesday.
During proceedings before administrative law judges, the Port Arthur Community Action Network challenging the permit approval pointed ...
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