FERC Announces Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Freeport LNG Projects
Posted on Jan 21, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Announces Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Freeport LNG Projects
FERC announced in today’s Federal Register that it will prepare an environmental assessment analyzing the LNG re-export, boil-off gas liquefaction, and LNG truck delivery projects proposed by Freeport...
U.S. Senate Vote to Designate River as “Wild and Scenic” May Impact Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Senate Vote to Designate River as “Wild and Scenic” May Impact Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
This week the U.S. Senate voted to designate 40 miles of the Taunton River as protected under the 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, reports the Providence Business News. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the same designation last summer. If the designation becomes law, the Weaver’s Cove LNG project proposed for Fall River, Mass, would need to receive approval from the...
Environmental Groups Request FERC Revoke Order Authorizing Bradwood Landing
Posted on Jan 15, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Request FERC Revoke Order Authorizing Bradwood Landing
Several environmental groups, including Columbia Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club, filed a letter with FERC requesting that the Commission revoke its order authorizing the Bradwood Landing LNG regasification terminal. The groups object to FERC’s granting of an extension to the project’s developers to submit certain environmental information, claiming that it lacks a firm...
Maryland Congressional Delegation Calls on FERC to Delay Decision on Sparrows Point
Posted on Jan 14, 2009 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maryland Congressional Delegation Calls on FERC to Delay Decision on Sparrows Point
Members of the Maryland Congressional Delegation sent a joint letter to FERC requesting that the Commission delay its decision on the proposed AES Sparrows Point LNG project until the incoming Obama Administration has had the opportunity to examine the concerns expressed by the Department of the Interior and the citizens of Maryland. Separately, the Baltimore Sun reports that the Army...
Opponents Rally Against LNG Terminals Proposed for Oregon
Posted on Jan 14, 2009 in Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opponents Rally Against LNG Terminals Proposed for Oregon
The Associated Press (carried via the Seattle Times) reports that more than 100 people attended a rally at the state Capitol in Salem, Ore., yesterday to protest against the three LNG projects proposed for the...
FERC to Vote This Week on AES Sparrows Point LNG Proposal
Posted on Jan 13, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC to Vote This Week on AES Sparrows Point LNG Proposal
A FERC spokesperson told the Baltimore Sun that the Commission still plans to vote on whether to approve the AES Sparrows Point LNG terminal proposal at its meeting this Thursday, despite a number of requests to delay a decision based on concerns that a proposed pipeline route would threaten endangered...