Canadian Appeals Court Upholds Brunswick Pipeline Decision
Posted on Sep 21, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Litigation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canadian Appeals Court Upholds Brunswick Pipeline Decision
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a request by a local environmental group to overturn regulatory approval granted to Emera to build a gas pipeline from Canaport LNG to the Canada-U.S. border. The pipeline route will pass through Rockwood Park, in Saint John, New Brunswick, which prompted the appeal. The Associated Press (carried via Energy Central...
Maine Environmental Panel Denies Downeast LNG’s Bid to Withdraw and Resubmit Application
Posted on Sep 21, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maine Environmental Panel Denies Downeast LNG’s Bid to Withdraw and Resubmit Application
Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection voted 5-3 to deny Downeast LNG’s request to withdraw and resubmit its application to build an LNG regasification terminal on Passamaquoddy Bay. Downeast LNG had planned to include supplemental information upon resubmission, although Downeast LNG president Dean Girdis maintains that the company believes “that our applications...
FERC Representatives Meet With LNG Opposition in Oregon
Posted on Sep 20, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Representatives Meet With LNG Opposition in Oregon
FERC officials met with local opposition to the Oregon LNG project proposed for Warrenton, Ore., at a public meeting held Tuesday evening. The Daily Astorian reports that Oregon State Senator Betsy Johnson asked numerous questions about the process and several local residents expressed frustration with the lack of transparency and level of local input during the federal LNG terminal...
Mayor, Environmental Activists Voice Opposition to Safe Harbor Energy LNG Proposal
Posted on Sep 20, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mayor, Environmental Activists Voice Opposition to Safe Harbor Energy LNG Proposal
Jo-Ann Kalaka-Adams, mayor of Sea Bright, N.J., and representatives of local environmental groups held a press conference announcing their opposition to the Safe Harbor Energy LNG regasification terminal proposal. The environmental activists shared Gov. Jon Corzine’s (D-N.J.) position that New Jersey ought to be granted “adjacent coastal state” status under the...
MARAD Announces Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS for Clearwater Port LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 18, 2007 in Environmental, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on MARAD Announces Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS for Clearwater Port LNG Terminal
MARAD announced in today’s Federal Register that it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Clearwater Port LNG terminal proposed for offshore California. MARAD also announced that two public scoping meetings will be held on October 3 and 4, and public comments on the project are due on October 18,...
Port Dolphin LNG to Pursue Alternate Pipeline Route
Posted on Sep 18, 2007 in Environmental, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Port Dolphin LNG to Pursue Alternate Pipeline Route
The Bradenton Herald (Fla.) reports that Port Dolphin Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Hoegh LNG AS, will alter the route of the gas pipeline from its proposed offshore LNG terminal to avoid disturbing an aquatic preserve. The project development manager for Port Dolphin LNG said that the new route will pass 400–500 feet north of the...