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That is definitely the case in Boca Chica, TX and there may even be a conflict of interests with the environmental assessment being used instead of the full env

• bryanlarsen 5y ago
  What is "way beyond"? They're permitted for a 27 engine kerosene rocket, they want to switch to a 33 engine methane rocket. A kerosene spill is much worse locally than a methane spill since methane evaporates. They're hoping to add a 250MW power plant which would be a major change but that would be part of a different environmental assessment.
• mr_luc 5y ago
  Citation needed -- and that silly TechCrunch article isn't a citation. They raised a howl because the plans say they will start on a power plant, whose impact is considered -- but 'oh my goodness, where will the gas come from? A well? Trucks? Oh my!' Well -- that literally may not be known yet, as is when and whether they'd get close to running it at anything like capacity. And that's not a problem; Texas has power plant regulators, and pipelines have their own paperwork and process. The FAA regulating this is a bit funny anyway. :) Eventually that'll change, but right now they're doing a good job handling these weird corners of their responsibility with grace.