Appellate Court Preserves Gulf Landing LNG Decision
Posted on Jun 9, 2006 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Appellate Court Preserves Gulf Landing LNG Decision
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday ruled that the Secretary of Transportation did not violate the Deepwater Port Act when it issued a license for Shell’s Gulf Landing LNG terminal proposed for offshore Louisiana. A coalition of environmental groups had argued that the Secretary’s decision violated “the best available technology requirement” of the Deepwater Port Act by not requiring Shell to equip its terminal with closed-loop technology. Critics of the project argue that open-loop vaporizers pose a threat to marine ecosystems. MarineLink.com has the story.