AES Offers Tax Benefit to Hull, Mass. Residents
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on AES Offers Tax Benefit to Hull, Mass. Residents
The Boston Globe today reports on the billboard paid for by LNG opposition group Save the Brewsters. The billboard reads “The Harbor Islands Are Not for Sale” and will remain in place for a month. AES Inc. proposes to lease Outer Brewster Island and build an LNG terminal there, resulting in approximately $3.5 million in property taxes paid to Hull. Doing so would involve...
Coast Guard to Issue Final Environmental Impact Statements for Two Offshore LNG Terminals
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Coast Guard to Issue Final Environmental Impact Statements for Two Offshore LNG Terminals
After postponing the offshore LNG terminal licensing process for several proposals last year, the US Coast Guard says it plans to issue two final environmental impact statements in the near future for two Gulf of Mexico projects: Freeport-McMoRan’s Main Pass Energy Hub, 38 miles east of Venice, Louisiana, and ConocoPhillips’ Compass Port off Dauphin Island, Ala. The...
Gulf Coast Energy Forum Looks at Gas Supply
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in E&P, Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gulf Coast Energy Forum Looks at Gas Supply
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley commented on LNG at the Gulf Coast Energy Forum in Mobile, Ala. on Monday, saying that “certain environmental protections” must be implemented before a terminal project goes forward in or near the state. Michael Zenker, managing director for global gas at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, said that importing LNG is critical to easing the...
Open Houses for Maine Terminal Proposals
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Open Houses for Maine Terminal Proposals
The Bangor Daily News reports on a series of open houses for the proposed Quoddy Bay and Downeast LNG terminals, including a meeting between Downeast and Robbinston’s planning board and a social gathering hosted by Save Passamaquoddy Bay. “We will use your comments to develop the draft environmental impact statement,” said Robert Kopka, FERC’s...
Save The Bay Requests Supplemental EIS for Weaver’s Cove
Posted on Feb 16, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Save The Bay Requests Supplemental EIS for Weaver’s Cove
Today, Save The Bay filed a letter with FERC requesting a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to “address new and unevaluated environmental concerns” arising from Weaver’s Cove Energy’s decision to use smaller LNG vessels on a more frequent basis in order to navigate under the Brightman Street Bridge. Anticipating a three-fold increase in vessel...
BHP Billiton Advances Cabrillo Port Regulatory Process
Posted on Feb 15, 2006 in Environmental, Marine Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on BHP Billiton Advances Cabrillo Port Regulatory Process
In response to routine requests from the Coast Guard and the California State Lands Commission for supplemental data and technical information, BHP Billiton yesterday announced that it has provided updates to these agencies for inclusion in a revised Environmental Impact Report for its Cabrillo Port LNG proposal. The original EIR issued in October 2004. The California State Lands...