Cabrillo Port Air Quality Standards Debated; BHP Billiton Concerned About “Misinformation”
Posted on Nov 14, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Cabrillo Port Air Quality Standards Debated; BHP Billiton Concerned About “Misinformation”
The Malibu Surfside News reports that the Ventura County Air Pollution Control Board is expected to hear testimony today opposing the EPA’s decision on air quality standards that will apply to BHP Billiton’s proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal. The publication also reports on concerns expressed by a BHP Billiton spokesperson that “misinformation about Cabrillo Port is...
Op-ed: Energy Policy Act Preserved Role of States in Terminal Review Process
Posted on Nov 9, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Energy Policy Act Preserved Role of States in Terminal Review Process
Bryan Lee, the director of press services for FERC, clarifies that the enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 did not diminish the important role that state authorities play in the LNG terminal review process. “Regardless of the commission’s action under its Natural Gas Act jurisdiction, no LNG or gas pipeline project can proceed without state agencies’ exercising...
CLNG Official Says Inadequate Natural Gas Supply Is More Risky Than Importing LNG
Posted on Nov 8, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security | Comments Off on CLNG Official Says Inadequate Natural Gas Supply Is More Risky Than Importing LNG
The safety and security concerns associated with importing LNG are minimal and outweighed by “the cost of doing nothing” to augment natural gas supply, according to Bill Cooper, the executive director of The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas. “[W]e hear statistics every year about people that die of hypothermia because they don’t have enough heat for their homes,...
Environmentalists Skeptical of BHP Billiton’s Cooling System; Lawsuit May Follow
Posted on Nov 7, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmentalists Skeptical of BHP Billiton’s Cooling System; Lawsuit May Follow
Energy Washington Week reports that opponents of BHP Billiton’s proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal may file a Clean Water Act lawsuit if state and federal regulators approve a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System water quality permit for the project. At issue is BHP Billiton’s proposed cooling system, which the company says will comply with California’s...
EPA Says Sparrows Point Shipyard Is Not a Superfund Site
Posted on Oct 26, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on EPA Says Sparrows Point Shipyard Is Not a Superfund Site
The Dundalk Eagle reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a letter dated Sept. 18 informed the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Waste Management Administration that the proposed location for AES’ Sparrows Point Shipyard is not a Superfund cleanup site. “Being a ‘Superfund’ site would have created more hoops for [AES] to jump...
Bradwood Landing Terminal May Impact Local Salmon Population
Posted on Oct 24, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing Terminal May Impact Local Salmon Population
Last week NorthernStar Natural Gas LLC filed a biological assessment with FERC regarding its proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal in response to a FERC Staff environmental information request. According to the assessment, the terminal is “likely to adversely affect” various species of salmon in the Columbia River. In order to mitigate the terminal’s potential...