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Mayor Hopes Town Will Be Eligible for Federal Security Funding for LNG Deepwater Ports
Posted: February 22, 2010
Gloucester, Mass., Mayor Carolyn Kirk will be in Washington, D.C., this week to press U.S. officials to designate Gloucester as a high-risk urban terrorist target because two LNG deepwater ports, GDF Suez's Neptune LNG and Excelerate's Northeast Gateway, are located off its shores. If Gloucester is designated as a terrorist target, it will be eligible for federal homeland security funding. Read more in the Gloucester Times.