Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP filed a joint request last Friday that FERC address the two complementary applications at the Commission’s November meeting. The applicants argue that the “regulatory uncertainty created by the Commission’s delay” in making a decision on these applications hurts the projects, the communities the projects will...
FERC Appeals Decision on FOIA Request Regarding Palomar Gas Pipeline Proposal
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Appeals Decision on FOIA Request Regarding Palomar Gas Pipeline Proposal
FERC has filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on a ruling this summer by a federal magistrate requiring FERC to comply with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request of two environmental groups regarding the Palomar natural gas pipeline project. The FOIA request seeks mailing lists used by FERC to notify landowners along the planned route of...
Oregon LNG Files Report on Habitats of Two Endangered Species Potentially Impacted by LNG Project
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Oregon LNG Files Report on Habitats of Two Endangered Species Potentially Impacted by LNG Project
Yesterday the developers of the Oregon LNG import project filed a report with FERC regarding two endangered species of bird whose habitat may be affected by the planned LNG project. Find the report in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Jordan Cove LNG Hopes to Extend Option to Purchase Planned Site from Port
Posted on Oct 13, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Hopes to Extend Option to Purchase Planned Site from Port
Noting that FERC has not yet acted on its LNG terminal application, Jordan Cove LNG’s Project Manager Bob Braddock told The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) that his company hopes to work out an extension on an option contract to purchase 150 acres of land for the...
Freeport LNG Submits Engineering Information to FERC
Posted on Oct 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Submits Engineering Information to FERC
Freeport LNG submitted additional information regarding its planned boil-off gas recapture and truck delivery systems yesterday. Freeport LNG’s submittal is available in the eLibrary under Docket No....
Weaver’s Cove Responds to City of Fall River’s Letter to PHMSA
Posted on Oct 7, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Responds to City of Fall River’s Letter to PHMSA
Earlier this week Weaver’s Cove Energy LLC submitted a letter to the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in response to a letter filed with the agency by the City of Fall River, Mass. Weaver’s Cove Energy argues that although not required by federal regulations its LNG terminal and associated pipeline as designed conform with appropriate...