FERC Requests NMFS Input on Bradwood Landing LNG Project by Early March
Posted on Jan 5, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests NMFS Input on Bradwood Landing LNG Project by Early March
Last week FERC requested that the National Marine Fisheries Service provide its response to the Biological Assessment prepared by FERC staff regarding the Bradwood Landing LNG import terminal. In its letter to NMFS, FERC asked that the agency submit its response by March 8, 2010. FERC’s letter is available in the eLibrary under Docket No. CP06-366 and The Oregonian provides...
FERC Staff Concludes AES Sparrows Point LNG Project Conforms with Maryland’s Air Quality Regulations
Posted on Dec 30, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Staff Concludes AES Sparrows Point LNG Project Conforms with Maryland’s Air Quality Regulations
FERC’s staff issued a Final General Conformity Determination concluding that the planned construction and operations of the AES Sparrows Point LNG project conforms to the regulations in Maryland’s implementation plan for the air standards mandated by the federal Clean Air Act. The determination is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Dec 17, 2009 in Environmental, Liquefaction, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
E.ON Italy Sees Trieste LNG Environmental OK By Year End (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] Statoil Says Snoehvit LNG Restarting After Repairs (Reuters)
Hess LNG CEO Responds to Criticisms of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Dec 7, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Hess LNG CEO Responds to Criticisms of Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Gordon Shearer, CEO of Hess LNG, responded to criticism leveled at his company’s Weaver’s Cove LNG project by local opposition group Save The Bay. Shearer released a five-page letter last week addressing the concerns raised by Save The Bay, including environmental and commercial fishery concerns, effects on local residents of closing two bridges during LNG vessel transit,...
Draft Supplemental EIS Available for TORP Bienville LNG Deepwater Port
Posted on Nov 20, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Draft Supplemental EIS Available for TORP Bienville LNG Deepwater Port
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced this morning in the Federal Register that the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement prepared for the TORP Bienville LNG deepwater port project is now available in the Regulations.gov system under Docket No. USCG-2006-24644. MARAD also announced that it has scheduled a public meeting to accept comments on the project in Mobile,...
Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office Objects to Characterization of First Circuit Decision by Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Nov 18, 2009 in Environmental, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office Objects to Characterization of First Circuit Decision by Weaver’s Cove LNG
The Rhode Island Department of Attorney General has filed an objection to Weaver’s Cove Energy’s characterization of an October 26, 2009, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Specifically, the attorney general’s office argues that the decision does not mean that condition 24 of the order approving the Weaver’s Cove LNG project regarding...