Local Papers Highlight Different Perspectives in LNG Terminal Development
Posted on May 9, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Local Papers Highlight Different Perspectives in LNG Terminal Development
The Associated Press (carried by Sun Herald, South Miss.) describes the growing demand for LNG and the debate surrounding LNG import terminals, noting opposition to LNG developers in urban areas despite demand for natural gas. The story focuses on Sempra Energy’s Cameron LNG project in Hackberry, La., and quotes a local charter-boat operator who supports the project. The News...
Developer Affiliated with Quoddy Bay LNG Says Downeast LNG Lacks Site Control
Posted on May 9, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Developer Affiliated with Quoddy Bay LNG Says Downeast LNG Lacks Site Control
The Bangor Daily News reported yesterday that Bear Creek Investments Ltd., a development company with connections to Quoddy Bay LNG President Donald Smith, says the required exclusion zones for the proposed Downeast LNG terminal site will extend onto Bear Creek’s property, and Bear Creek has filed comments with the Maine Board of Environmental Protection opposing Downeast...
County Legislator: LNG Tankers Will Traverse Narrow Corridor in Long Island Sound
Posted on May 9, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Legislator: LNG Tankers Will Traverse Narrow Corridor in Long Island Sound
Newsday carries a letter to the editor by Wayne Horsley, chair of the Suffolk County Legislature’s Energy Committee, in which Horsley claims that vessels in transit to the proposed Broadwater LNG facility would pose an unacceptable safety risk because they would have to travel through a part of the Long Island Sound known as The Race, a narrow corridor that is 1.5 miles wide in...
Connecticut State Senate Passes LNG Security Legislation
Posted on May 9, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Connecticut State Senate Passes LNG Security Legislation
The East Haven Advertiser reports that the Connecticut State Senate last week passed SB 1017, an Act Concerning the Emergency Plans of Operations of Shoreline Communities and the Designation of Liquefied Natural Gas Hazard and Security Zones. The legislation is directed toward the proposed Broadwater LNG terminal and would require the state to recommend security zones to the U.S. Coast...
AES: Sparrows Point Site Safe
Posted on May 9, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on AES: Sparrows Point Site Safe
In response to a May 1 editorial, AES Sparrows Point project director Kent Morton states in a letter to The Baltimore Sun that the safety and other concerns voiced by the editorial have been addressed publicly during the federal approval process. Morton closes by saying that the arguments in the Sun’s editorial reinforce the need for a decision-maker “removed from local...