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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad ) Costera, Sierra Club, City of Port Isabel, ) and Save RGV from LNG, ) Petitioners, ) ) No. _________ v. ) ) FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY ) COMMISSION, ) ) Respondent. ) ) ____________________________________) PETITION FOR REVIEW Pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717r(b), Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 15, and Circuit Rule 15, Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera, Sierra Club, the City of Port Isabel, and Save RGV from LGV, hereby petition the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for review of the following orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”): 1. Order Granting Authorizations Under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act, Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC, Annova LNG Brownsville A,

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad )

Costera, Sierra Club, City of Port Isabel, )

and Save RGV from LNG, )

Petitioners, )

) No. _________

v. )

)

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY )

COMMISSION, )

)

Respondent. )

)

____________________________________)

PETITION FOR REVIEW

Pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717r(b),

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 15, and Circuit Rule 15, Vecinos para el

Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera, Sierra Club, the City of Port Isabel, and Save

RGV from LGV, hereby petition the United States Court of Appeals for the

District of Columbia Circuit for review of the following orders of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission”):

1. Order Granting Authorizations Under Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act,

Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC, Annova LNG Brownsville A,

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LLC, Annova LNG Brownsville B, LLC, Annova LNG Brownsville C, LLC,

169 FERC ¶ 61,132 (Nov. 22, 2019).

2. Order on Rehearing and Stay, Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC,

Annova LNG Brownsville A, LLC, Annova LNG Brownsville B, LLC,

Annova LNG Brownsville C, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,140 (Feb. 21, 2020).

All of the petitioners were intervenors in the Commission proceedings

below. Petitioners timely filed a request for rehearing of the Order Granting

Authorizations, which was denied by Order on Rehearing and Stay. Thus, this

Court has jurisdiction to review the Order Issuing Certificate pursuant to 15 U.S.C.

§ 717r(b).

This petition for review is timely filed within 60 days of the Commission’s

denial of rehearing in accordance with 15 U.S.C. § 717r(b).

Dated: March 27, 2020

Respectfully submitted,

______________________

Nathan Matthews

Sierra Club

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, CA 94612

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(415) 977-5695

[email protected]

Attorney for Sierra Club and Save

RGV from LNG

Erin Gaines

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.

4920 N. I-35

Austin, TX 78751

(512) 374-2739

[email protected]

Attorney for Vecinos para el

Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera

Gilberto Hinojosa

531 E. St. Francis St.

Brownsville, Texas 78520

(956) 544-4218

[email protected]

Attorney for City of Port Isabel

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad )

Costera, Sierra Club, City of Port Isabel, )

and Save RGV from LNG, )

Petitioners, )

) No. _________

v. )

)

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY )

COMMISSION, )

)

Respondent. )

)

____________________________________)

PETITIONERS’ RULE 26.1 STATEMENT

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1 and Circuit Rule 26.1,

Petitioners make the following disclosures:

Vecinos para el Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera: Vecinos para el

Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera (“Vecinos”) has no parent companies, and

there are no publicly held companies that have a 10 percent or greater ownership

interest in Vecinos.

Vecinos, an association organized and existing under the laws of the State of

Texas, is an unincorporated nonprofit association dedicated to protecting and

improving the health, standard of living, and economic development of the coastal

community in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.

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Sierra Club: Sierra Club has no parent companies, and there are no publicly

held companies that have a 10 percent or greater ownership interest in Sierra Club.

Sierra Club, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State

of California, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment

of the environment.

Save RGV from LNG: Save RGV from LNG has no parent companies, and

there are no publicly held companies that have a 10 percent or greater ownership

interest in Save RGV from LNG.

Save RGV from LNG, an association organized and existing under the laws

of the State of Texas, is an unincorporated nonprofit association dedicated to

protecting the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas from the harmful impacts of

LNG exports.

Dated: March 27, 2020

Respectfully submitted,

______________________

Nathan Matthews

Sierra Club

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, CA 94612

(415) 977-5695

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[email protected]

Attorney for Sierra Club and Save

RGV from LNG

Erin Gaines

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.

4920 N. I-35

Austin, TX 78751

(512) 374-2739

[email protected]

Attorney for Vecinos para el

Bienestar de la Comunidad Costera

Gilberto Hinojosa

531 E. St. Francis St.

Brownsville, TX 78520

(956) 544-4218

[email protected]

Attorney for City of Port Isabel

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury that on March 27, 2020, I served a

copy of the foregoing Petition for Review and Corporate Disclosure Statement by

email on the following parties, including all members of the service list in FERC

Docket No. CP16-480.

Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLP:

Mark Haskell

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

1825 Eye Street, N.W.

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20006

[email protected]

Brett A. Snyder

1825 Eye Street NW

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20006-5403

[email protected]

Jennifer Solomon

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

701 Ninth St. NW

Suite 2100

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20001

[email protected]

Lamiya Rahman

1825 I Street, NW

Blank Rome LLP

Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20006

[email protected]

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Susan Bergles

Exelon Corporation

1310 Point Street - 8th Floor

Baltimore, MARYLAND 21231

[email protected]

Susana Dunlap

2201 Billy Mills Ln

Austin, TEXAS 78748

[email protected]

Terence Garrett

81 Torrey Pines Dr.

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

UNITED STATES

[email protected]

Ricardo Salinas

3301 Calle Bolivia

Brownsville, TEXAS 78526

UNITED STATES

[email protected]

David Thurston

185 Isabella Point Drive

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

UNITED STATES

[email protected]

Mary Volz

318 Stell Street

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

UNITED STATES

[email protected]

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Marianne Poythress

77 Santa Isabel Blvd

B7

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Madeleine Sandefur

48 Golf House Rd

Lagune Vista, TEXAS 78578

UNITED STATES

[email protected]

Diane Teter

519 S. 4th Ave., Unit D4

Edinburg, TEXAS 78539

[email protected]

Rick Teter

77 Santa Isabel Blvd. # J8

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Eric Swayder

119 Acacia

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

Angie Cantu

212 W. Gardenia

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

William Beaty

14 Lakewood Drive

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

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Sonia Martin

14 Lakewod Drive

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Bradley Willis

224A West Oleander

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

Anita Ramirez

314 E. Madison

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Lucinda Wierenga

117 E Saturn Lane

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

Maria Galasso

24 Cypress Point Dr

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Joyce Hamilton

1617 Sunnyside Drive

Harlingen, TEXAS 78552

[email protected]

Ashley Byrd

210 Adams St

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Greta McBride

33840 S. Garcia #45

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

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Edward McBride

33840 S. Garcia #45

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Maria Galasso

24 Cypress Point Dr

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Victoria Scharen

720 North Shore Dr

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Larry Schroeder, Maryann Schroeder

33840 S Garcia -319

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Robert Severson

4 Hacienda Drive

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Doris Meinerding

185 Isabella Point Drive

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Alessandria Fernandez

77 Santa Isabel

Laguna Vista Tx, TEXAS 78575

[email protected]

Joseph Cantu

119A E. Mezquite

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

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Donna Masrhoun

168 Windward Drive

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Rolando Vela

City Manager

122 Fernandez St.

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Michael Adam

33840 S Garcia St

217 Conch

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Sharon Almaguer

906 North Shore DR

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Maria Almaguer

906 N. Shore Dr.

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Daniel Sauceda

111 East Morningside Dr.

#208

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

Joe Barber

400 #502 Padre Island Blvd

P.O.Box 4724 Brownsville TX. 78523

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

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Joanna Ward

20 Spoonbill Cove Rd.

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

John Laferty

702 Orange Lane

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Katie Lavallee

35634 North Hwy 281

Edinburg, TEXAS 78542

[email protected]

Gerardo Ruiz

107 E Saint Charles St

Brownsville, TEXAS 78520

[email protected]

Carol Gluntz

301 E Houston St Unit 3203

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Sylvia Hatton

906 N. Shore Dr.

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

John Young

24986 Rice Tract Rd

San Benito, TEXAS 78586-6660

[email protected]

Patrick Anderson

107 E Resaca Dr.

Los Fresnos, TEXAS 78566

[email protected]

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William Berg

613 W Saint Charles St

Brownsville, TEXAS 78520

[email protected]

Rick Teter

77 Santa Isabel Blvd. # J8

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Donald Hockaday

1509 North Shore Drive

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Russell Petersen

Owner

1726 Somerset Dr.

Munster, INDIANA 46321

[email protected]

Edna Goette

622 1st Street

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Charlotte Barker-Stanton

416 Saunders Street

Laguna Vista,, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Cary Causey

319 Highway 100

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Joni Montover

5505 Padre Island

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

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Jim Chapman

Chair, LRGV Sierra Club

200 East 11th St.

Weslaco, TEXAS 78596

[email protected]

Rose Ouderkirk

509 E. Pike Blvd. Apt 18

Weslaco, TEXAS 78596

[email protected]

Rudy Salinas

Attorney

808 E. Taylor St.

Harlingen, TEXAS 78550

[email protected]

Theresa Rudolph

220 A West Hibiscus

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

Nicole Ekstrom

222 Palm Blvd

Laguna Vista, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Noe Acevedo

901 S. Kansas Ave

Weslaco, TEXAS 78596

[email protected]

Aurora Posadas

6906 Laguna de Palmas Dr.

Brownsville, TEXAS 78526

[email protected]

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Aimee Palomar

6906 Laguna de Palmas Dr

Brownsville, TEXAS 78526

[email protected]

Sarah Merrill

2214 East Pendleton

Harlingen, TEXAS 78550

[email protected]

Doris Adam

33840 So. Garcia St. Unit 578

218 Conch

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Jeanette Langford

227 W Morningside

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

Andrea Hance

Director

Texas Shrimp Association

1000 Everglades

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

Lela Burnell Korab

Manager

Burnell Marine & Supply

2230 Fisherman's Place Rd

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

Rosanna Pantin

Investor

200 W Pompano

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

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Missy Bruce

Owner

112 San Antonio Circle

Los Fresnos, TEXAS 78566

[email protected]

Renee Crouch

Mother

111 N Cuates Camino

Los Fresnos, TEXAS 78566

[email protected]

Jared Margolis

Attorney: Center for Biologica

Center for Biological Diversity

2852 Willamette St #171

Eugene, OREGON 97405

[email protected]

Jared Hockema

City Manager

City of Port Isabel, Texas

305 E Maxan St

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78552

[email protected]

Susan Hill

City Secretary

4601 Padre Boulevard

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597

[email protected]

Timothy Estep

Staff Attorney

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE

600 17th Street

Suite 450N

Denver, COLORADO 80202

[email protected]

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McCrystie Adams

535 16th Street, Suite 310

Denver, COLORADO 80202

[email protected]

Robert Severson

President, Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

22817 Ocelot Road

Los Fresnos, TEXAS 78566

[email protected]

Debralee Rodriguez

President, Friends of the Wild

Friends of the Wildlife Corridor

3325 Green Jay Rd.

Alamo, TEXAS 78516

[email protected]

Edward McBride

Long Island Village Board of D

33772 S. Garcia

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

Christine Rakestraw

Chairman, Board of Trustees, L

24555 Bass Blvd

Harlingen, TEXAS 78552

[email protected]

William Kenon

Owner/ President

Marine Salvage & Service Inc.

416 W Southshore Dr

Port Isabel, TEXAS 78578

[email protected]

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Dolly Sevier

Rio Grande Valley Coalition for Healthy Children

95 E. Price Rd. Bldg. F

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

Carmen Rocco

125 Fireside Dr.

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

Charles Irvine

Irvine & Conner, PLLC

4709 Austin Street

Houston, TEXAS 77004

[email protected]

Jeffrey George

Sea Turtle, Incorporated

6617 Padre Blvd

South Padre Island, TEXAS 78597-3987

[email protected]

Lela Burnell Korab

Manager

Burnell Marine & Supply

2230 Fisherman's Place Rd

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

John Keil Burnell

Vice President

Shrimp Outlet

2230 Fisherman's Place Rd

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

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Andrea Hance

Director

Texas Shrimp Association

1000 Everglades

Brownsville, TEXAS 78521

[email protected]

______________________

Nathan Matthews

Sierra Club

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, California 94612

(415) 977-5695

[email protected]