FERC Officials Tour Potential Downeast and Quoddy Bay Terminal Sites
Posted on Apr 25, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Officials Tour Potential Downeast and Quoddy Bay Terminal Sites
FERC officials joined personnel from Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LNG to tour the respective sites of the companies’ proposed LNG terminals. Some Passamaquoddy Tribe protestors met the officials when they arrived at Pleasant Point, the site of Quoddy Bay’s planned terminal. The Bangor Daily News provides further...
Congressional Hearing Focuses on Sparrows Point Safety and Security
Posted on Apr 24, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Congressional Hearing Focuses on Sparrows Point Safety and Security
The Baltimore Sun reports that several elected officials expressed skepticism about the safety and security plans for the Sparrows Point terminal in Maryland at a U.S. House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing yesterday. Members of Congress present at the hearing vowed to continue to fight the project. An official from AES, the project developer, defended...
U.S. Government Seeks to Dissuade Austrian Firm from Investing in Iran
Posted on Apr 24, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Financing, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on U.S. Government Seeks to Dissuade Austrian Firm from Investing in Iran
According to an AFP report cited in Platts LNG Daily, the U.S. State Department will attempt to dissuade Austria’s largest oil and gas firm, OMV, from finalizing a $30 billion LNG export deal with Iran. If OMV completes the deal, it could trigger sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act (2006), which imposes economic sanctions on corporations that make significant investments in...
U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing: Testimony and Staff Summary
Posted on Apr 24, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Safety & Security | Comments Off on U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing: Testimony and Staff Summary
LNGLawBlog attended the hearing of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held yesterday, April 23, 2007, and obtained copies of the written testimony and staff summary: •Staff Summary •AES Testimony •Dunbar Brooks Testimony •FERC Testimony •MEBA Testimony •Sen. Mikulski Testimony •Gov. O’Malley Testimony •Coast Guard Testimony •Baltimore County...
Conn. Attorney General Files Formal Objection to Broadwater Proposal
Posted on Apr 23, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Conn. Attorney General Files Formal Objection to Broadwater Proposal
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has filed a formal objection with New York’s Office of General Services to the planned Broadwater LNG terminal in Long Island Sound. Citing a “common stake in this shared threat,” he claims the “project as proposed poses a direct and substantial threat to human health and safety and critical ecosystem resources of...
Editorial: Astoria and Warrenton, Ore., Officials Must Participate in LNG Debate
Posted on Apr 19, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Astoria and Warrenton, Ore., Officials Must Participate in LNG Debate
The Daily Astorian praises U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) for his recent correspondence with FERC, but criticizes political leaders in Astoria and Warrenton for not addressing the potential public threats posed by the proposed Bradwood Landing and Skipanon LNG terminals in...