A small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal proposed for New Jersey has cleared another regulatory hurdle after the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) this week voted to uphold a decision approving a key part of the project. 

DRBC, a quasi-regulatory agency involving four states and the U.S. government that oversees the Delaware River watershed, voted 4-0 to uphold its approval last year to build a second dock to load LNG tankers at the proposed Gibbstown Logistics Center. The facility is being developed by an affiliate of New Fortress Energy LLC. 

Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which represents the federal government, voted to uphold the decision. A representative from New York abstained after the state’s effort to...