Compensatory Saltmarsh Created For Elba LNG Plant

摘要

Southern LNG Inc. (SLNG) expanded its receiving and pipeline sendout facilities near Savannah, GA, causing the loss of protected and regulated saltmarsh habitat. Federal and state regulatory agencies in Georgia and adjoining South Carolina required SLNG to compensate for the loss of these saltmarsh habitats. This presented a major problem for the company because while wetland compensatory mitigation banks normally are available to mitigate for such damages, coastal Georgia does not have saltmarsh mitigation banks. The solution was to create a compensatory wetland that appears to be performing successfully.