Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Record in CZMA Consistency Appeal by Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Mar 3, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Secretary of Commerce Stays Closure of Record in CZMA Consistency Appeal by Weaver’s Cove LNG
U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, has determined that it is necessary to receive additional information before deciding on Weaver’s Cove LNG’s consistency appeal under the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) and, as a result, has stayed closure of the decision record until May 5, 2008. Read today’s Federal Register for additional...
Maryland Congressional Members Call for Rejection of Sparrows Point LNG Application
Posted on Feb 29, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on Maryland Congressional Members Call for Rejection of Sparrows Point LNG Application
Maryland Senators Barbara Mikulski (D) and Ben Cardin (D), as well as Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D), Dutch Ruppersberger (D), and John Sarbanes (D) have requested that FERC reject AES Corp.’s application for the Sparrows Point LNG project. The Associated Press (via the Baltimore Examiner) reports that the Maryland delegates are citing the project’s Waterway Suitability...
Downeast LNG DEIS Expected in March or April
Posted on Feb 28, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Downeast LNG DEIS Expected in March or April
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick, Canada) reports that FERC may release its Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Downeast LNG terminal proposal in March or April of 2008. Dean Girdis, president of Downeast LNG, told the Telegraph-Journal that if the approval process goes as planned, he expects to commence construction in the spring of...
U.S. Coast Guard Indicates Additional Security Measures Needed for Sparrows Point LNG Marine Transit
Posted on Feb 28, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard Indicates Additional Security Measures Needed for Sparrows Point LNG Marine Transit
The Baltimore Sun reports that the U.S. Coast Guard’s Waterway Suitability Report concludes that additional security measures are necessary to protect LNG tankers transiting to the Sparrows Point LNG terminal proposed by AES Corp. The assessment noted that the waterway could “be made suitable” with increased security resources, including armed escorts, security...
Connecticut Scientists Critical of Broadwater FEIS
Posted on Feb 27, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Connecticut Scientists Critical of Broadwater FEIS
Marine scientists from the University of New Haven and the University of Connecticut told a state task force that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) issued by FERC on the Broadwater LNG proposal contains “information holes and missteps” and that the agency “misinterpreted [its] own data.” Peter Auster, an associate professor at the University of...
FERC Denies Rehearing in Elba Expansion
Posted on Feb 22, 2008 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Denies Rehearing in Elba Expansion
The Commission issued an order Tuesday denying rehearing and granting reconsideration of Southern LNG, Inc.’s Elba Island expansion project (Elba III). Notably, FERC rejected charges by Marathon LNG that the Commission exceeded its statutory authority by approving rates related to the Section 3 expansion and violated FERC rules by the manner in which the rates were approved. FERC...