Environmental Group Reacts to DEIS for Proposed Port Dolphin LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on May 1, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Environmental Group Reacts to DEIS for Proposed Port Dolphin LNG Deepwater Port
Glenn Compton, director of Florida environmental group ManaSota-88, told the Bradenton Herald that he believes that the proposed Port Dolphin LNG deepwater port project may inflict “a lot more environmental damage” than described in the project’s recently-issued draft Environmental Impact...
Members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation Condemn DEIS for Sparrows Point LNG Project
Posted on Apr 30, 2008 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Members of Maryland’s Congressional Delegation Condemn DEIS for Sparrows Point LNG Project
Maryland Democratic Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin, as well as Maryland Democratic Congressional Representatives Elijah Cummings, Dutch Ruppersberger and John Sarbanes, “condemned” the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) issued by FERC for the proposed Sparrows Point LNG terminal. The legislators also released a letter they sent to FERC Chairman...
Opponents of Bradwood Landing Terminal Urge FERC to Develop New Environmental Impact Statement
Posted on Apr 29, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opponents of Bradwood Landing Terminal Urge FERC to Develop New Environmental Impact Statement
Last week, Columbia Riverkeeper, a group opposed to the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal, voiced concerns regarding various changes to the project design that are under consideration and requested that FERC prepare a new environmental impact statement. Read more in the Daily...
FERC Denies Request for Rehearing in North Baja Gas Pipeline Proceeding
Posted on Apr 28, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines | Comments Off on FERC Denies Request for Rehearing in North Baja Gas Pipeline Proceeding
Last week FERC denied a request for rehearing filed by California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District in the North Baja gas pipeline proceeding. According to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], the request for rehearing had been made to compel FERC to analyze the potential impact on air quality from gas imported at the Energia Costa Azul LNG terminal in Mexico and...
FERC Releases DEIS for Proposed Sparrows Point LNG Terminal
Posted on Apr 25, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases DEIS for Proposed Sparrows Point LNG Terminal
FERC today released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Sparrows Point LNG import terminal proposed by AES Corporation. FERC Staff concluded that, if constructed and operated in accordance with the mitigation measures proposed by the developer and those recommended by Staff, and in accordance with U.S. Coast Guard safety and security measures, “construction...
Opponents of Two Offshore New Jersey LNG Proposals Hold Rally
Posted on Apr 23, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Opponents of Two Offshore New Jersey LNG Proposals Hold Rally
The Asbury Park Press reports that opponents of two proposed offshore New Jersey LNG regasification terminals, the Safe Harbor Energy and BlueOcean Energy projects, held a rally yesterday to introduce a new effort to protest the projects. The rally’s organizers announced that they hope to collect 25,000 signatures this summer to show widespread opposition to the offshore LNG...