Local Residents React to Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
Posted on Mar 6, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents React to Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
The Long Island Herald provides coverage of a recent meeting of the North and South Merrick community civic associations where a number of local residents raised concerns about the proposed Safe Harbor LNG deepwater port. According to the Herald, concerns raised at the meeting ranged from environmental to...
NMFS Seeking Comments on Northeast Gateway Request for Incidental Harassment Authorization for Marine Mammals
Posted on Mar 6, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on NMFS Seeking Comments on Northeast Gateway Request for Incidental Harassment Authorization for Marine Mammals
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced in today’s Federal Register that Northeast Gateway Energy Bridge, LLC and Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC have filed a request for authorization to incidentally harass certain marine mammals during operation of its Northeast Gateway LNG deepwater port. NMFS also announced that it is accepting comments on this request, as...
Deadline Nears for Sec. of Commerce’s Decision on Broadwater LNG Proposal
Posted on Mar 3, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Deadline Nears for Sec. of Commerce’s Decision on Broadwater LNG Proposal
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) provides an update on the status of the Broadwater LNG import proposal, noting that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce must decide by April 13 whether to overturn New York’s determination that the project is inconsistent with the state’s federally approved Coastal Zone Management...
Jordan Cove LNG Files Supplemental Information with FERC
Posted on Mar 2, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Files Supplemental Information with FERC
Last Friday Jordan Cove LNG filed two supplemental responses in reply to FERC’s January 2 and February 10, 2009, Environmental Data Requests. Jordan Cove LNG’s filings are available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Oregon DEQ Informally Suspends Its Review of Bradwood Landing LNG Project
Posted on Feb 27, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon DEQ Informally Suspends Its Review of Bradwood Landing LNG Project
The Oregonian reports that Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has informally suspended its review of the air and water permit applications that developers of the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal filed with the agency. According to the Oregonian, the state’s assistant attorney general has asked the developers to agree to a formal suspension until the...
FERC Releases EA for Sabine Pass LNG Re-Export Proposal
Posted on Feb 23, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Releases EA for Sabine Pass LNG Re-Export Proposal
Today FERC released its Environmental Assessment (EA) for the re-export project proposed by Sabine Pass LNG. FERC staff concludes that the proposed modification to existing LNG facilities, with appropriate mitigation efforts, “would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.” Read the Commission’s issuance in...