Gov. Riley Wants Compensation for Damage to Marine Environment
Posted on Jun 12, 2006 in Environmental, LNGLawBlog, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gov. Riley Wants Compensation for Damage to Marine Environment
Following the withdrawal of ConocoPhillips’ proposal to build an open-loop LNG terminal off the Alabama coast, Gov. Bob Riley told the Mobile Register that any company planning “significant developments” that would affect the state’s marine environment should have to compensate Alabama for any “disproportionate damage.” Instead of filling a general...
Appellate Court Preserves Gulf Landing LNG Decision
Posted on Jun 9, 2006 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Appellate Court Preserves Gulf Landing LNG Decision
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit yesterday ruled that the Secretary of Transportation did not violate the Deepwater Port Act when it issued a license for Shell’s Gulf Landing LNG terminal proposed for offshore Louisiana. A coalition of environmental groups had argued that the Secretary’s decision violated “the best available technology requirement” of...
ConocoPhillips Calls Off Compass Port LNG Plan
Posted on Jun 9, 2006 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Calls Off Compass Port LNG Plan
In a statement issued on Thursday, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley announced that ConocoPhillips will withdraw its plan to build an LNG terminal off the state’s coast. Riley previously intimated that he would likely veto the Compass Port LNG project if it used open-rack vaporizers, which he said may have an adverse environmental impact on aquatic life in the Gulf. The withdrawal comes more than...
ConocoPhillips Appeals to Alabama Residents on Compass Port
Posted on Jun 8, 2006 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Appeals to Alabama Residents on Compass Port
With the deadline for Gov. Riley’s veto decision approaching, ConocoPhillips Global Gas president Sig Cornelius reiterates the company’s “pledge to Alabama” in a letter to the Mobile-Register today. The company has sponsored a baseline study by Dauphin Island Sea Lab against which the impacts of the Compass Port LNG terminal can be measured, and has proposed...
Critics Express Air Quality Concerns at EPA Hearing for Cabrillo Port
Posted on Jun 7, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Critics Express Air Quality Concerns at EPA Hearing for Cabrillo Port
Local residents spoke out against BHP Billiton’s Cabrillo Port LNG proposal at an EPA hearing held on Monday, saying that the regasification facility would contribute to smog. In particular, attendees criticized a 2005 EPA decision as to which Clean Air Act rules will apply to the terminal; currently EPA says it will not require BHP Billiton to offset emissions on the mainland....
Port of Long Beach Denies SES Lease Extension
Posted on Jun 7, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port of Long Beach Denies SES Lease Extension
The board of harbor commissioners for the Port of Long Beach decided Monday not to extend Sound Energy Solutions’ contract for the exclusive right to develop its proposed terminal site; the contract will expire Thursday. The board said that it would await the release of the final Environmental Impact Statement before issuing a decision on the SES lease, and that it still plans to...