TORP Expects to Re-File LNG Deepwater Port Application This Month
Posted on Jun 5, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on TORP Expects to Re-File LNG Deepwater Port Application This Month
The Mobile Press-Register reports that TORP is planning to re-file an application to construct an LNG deepwater port offshore Alabama. The project’s design has been significantly modified from TORP’s previous application, which featured an open-loop regasification system, and will now use a closed-loop design to address potential environmental...
FERC Seeks Additional Data in Review of Weaver’s Cove LNG Offshore Berthing Proposal
Posted on Jun 3, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Seeks Additional Data in Review of Weaver’s Cove LNG Offshore Berthing Proposal
Yesterday FERC issued a request for additional geological, air quality, and cultural resource data associated with the Weaver’s Cove LNG offshore unloading proposal. A response is due within 14 days. Find the request in the eLibrary under Docket No....
Mass. Approves Weaver’s Cove LNG’s Environmental Impact Report
Posted on Jun 2, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. Approves Weaver’s Cove LNG’s Environmental Impact Report
Last Friday the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs approved the environmental impact report prepared for the Weaver’s Cove LNG import project. However, Mass. Energy Secretary Ian Bowles said that because the proposed site for LNG vessel berthing is located on state lands in Mt. Hope Bay, it is unlikely that Massachusetts would issue final approval...
Opponents and Supporters of Downeast LNG Find Bright Spots in DEIS
Posted on May 26, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Opponents and Supporters of Downeast LNG Find Bright Spots in DEIS
The Telegraph-Journal provides coverage of reactions from both opponents and supporters of the Downeast LNG import project to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) released by FERC earlier this month. The piece notes that both sides claim support for their position in the document, with opponents citing the numerous conditions that must be met before the project can move...
Bradwood Landing LNG Developer Responds to Comments of NMFS
Posted on May 21, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing LNG Developer Responds to Comments of NMFS
In comments filed with FERC, NorthernStar Energy LLC, the company developing the Bradwood Landing LNG import project, states that it disagrees with the National Marine Fisheries Service’s position that the Bradwood Landing project is not ripe to begin the Endangered Species Act Section 7 formal consultation process. NorthernStar’s filing is available in the FERC eLibrary...
Province of New Brunswick to Assess DEIS for Downeast LNG
Posted on May 21, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Province of New Brunswick to Assess DEIS for Downeast LNG
Yesterday New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham said that his Provincial government will perform a “thorough review” of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that FERC released last week for the Downeast LNG import project, located in Washington County, Maine, directly across from the town of St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick. Premier Graham’s press statement...