Fifth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to LNG Export Terminal for Lack of Standing, Reinforcing Concrete Injury Requirements

The Fifth Circuit denied environmental groups' petition challenging MARAD's approval of a deepwater LNG export port, holding that none of the organizations' members established concrete and particularized injury-in-fact fairly traceable to the project. The court rejected standing claims from commercial fishermen, recreational users, and organizational staff who failed to demonstrate project-specific use of affected waters or nearby areas that the facility would impair.