NMFS Official Requests Denial of Bradwood Landing Dredging Permit
Posted on Jan 22, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on NMFS Official Requests Denial of Bradwood Landing Dredging Permit
The Daily Astorian reports that National Marine Fisheries Service Oregon State Habitat Office Director Michael P. Tehan asked the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in a letter last month to deny NorthernStar Natural Gas the dredging permit it needs to create a turning basin for LNG vessels at its proposed Bradwood Landing terminal. In the letter, Tehan outlined seven reasons to deny the...
Connecticut Officials Express Opposition to Broadwater FEIS
Posted on Jan 14, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Connecticut Officials Express Opposition to Broadwater FEIS
Calling FERC’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the Broadwater LNG proposal “absurd and indefensible,” Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell (R) told Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] that she plans to challenge FERC’s ruling in court. Similarly, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said that he would sue FERC in order to prevent...
New Brunswick Branch of Sierra Club to Focus on LNG Proposals and Other Environmental Issues
Posted on Jan 14, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Brunswick Branch of Sierra Club to Focus on LNG Proposals and Other Environmental Issues
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) reports that local citizens are forming a Quoddy branch of the Sierra Club of Canada. According to the news report, one of the Quoddy branch’s main priorities will be to oppose the LNG terminals proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay. The group’s initial meeting will be held Tuesday...
FERC Issues FEIS for Broadwater LNG Proposal
Posted on Jan 11, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Issues FEIS for Broadwater LNG Proposal
Today FERC released its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Broadwater Energy LNG proposal. The report concludes that if federal and state permit requirements are strictly followed and the mitigation measures proposed by Broadwater, FERC, and the U.S. Coast Guard are implemented, the project would “result in limited adverse environmental impacts.” Newsday...
Environmental Group Sees Role in OceanWay LNG Review Process
Posted on Jan 4, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Group Sees Role in OceanWay LNG Review Process
Malibu Surfside News reports that the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) will be opposing Woodside’s OceanWay LNG terminal proposed for offshore Southern California. An attorney for the CBD indicated that the group has not decided exactly what role it will play in the project, but suggested that the group will be active. The CBD has already contacted state and federal...
Uncertainty Regarding Environmental Policy Delays WestPac LNG
Posted on Jan 3, 2008 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Uncertainty Regarding Environmental Policy Delays WestPac LNG
The Globe and Mail reports that WestPac LNG has delayed its planned LNG regasification terminal for Texada Island, B.C., by at least one year due to uncertainty as new provincial greenhouse gas emissions regulations are put forward. The developer expects to file its project description in early 2009. Separately, the Powell River Peak offered an editorial that suggested 2007 was one of...