Santa Clarita, CA Likely Will Comment on BHP Billiton’s Proposed Pipeline
Posted on Apr 17, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Santa Clarita, CA Likely Will Comment on BHP Billiton’s Proposed Pipeline
Kai Luoma, a senior planner for the city of Santa Clarita, Calif., stated that the city likely will comment on the revised environmental impact report for the proposed BHP Billiton offshore LNG terminal because the proposed pipeline route would cross the Santa Clara River. While the city has not come out against the project, it is concerned about the impact of the pipeline on the...
Canadian Ambassador Comments on LNG Development in Maine
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Canadian Ambassador Comments on LNG Development in Maine
Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson last week wrote FERC Chairman Kelliher to express concerns regarding the proposed LNG terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay. The Ambassador informed Kelliher that the Governor of Canada is conducting a study scheduled for completion this summer that examines the potential navigational, safety, and environmental risks posed by the LNG import...
ConocoPhillips Official Addresses “Extremely Misleading” Information
Posted on Apr 13, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on ConocoPhillips Official Addresses “Extremely Misleading” Information
Kevin Elm, project manager for the proposed Beacon Port LNG terminal, says that a quotation published by the Galveston Daily News “provided some extremely misleading” information regarding the potential environmental and marine impacts of the project. Elm challenged statistics given by Briana Kerstein, the outreach coordinator for Gulf Restoration Network, who said at a...
Dispute Over Whether Proposed Quoddy Bay Pipeline Would Enter Wildlife Refuge
Posted on Apr 12, 2006 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Dispute Over Whether Proposed Quoddy Bay Pipeline Would Enter Wildlife Refuge
A communications representative for Quoddy Bay yesterday dismissed claims that a pipeline serving the company’s proposed terminal would enter a wildlife sanctuary. According to an attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation, a map included in Quoddy Bay’s application to FERC indicates that “two out of the three [alternative routes for the pipeline] clearly go right...
FERC Judge Rejects WGL Environ Report as “Entirely Discredited”
Posted on Apr 12, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Judge Rejects WGL Environ Report as “Entirely Discredited”
In his Initial Decision considering the appropriate gas composition standards for the receipt of revaporized LNG into the Florida Gas Transmission system, FERC Administrative Law Judge Herbert Grossman rejected the evidence put forward by Florida local distribution companies that LNG could cause leaks in pipeline couplings. In an effort to support their allegations, the LDCs had...
Judge Endorses FGT’s Gas Composition Standards in AES v. FGT Complaint Proceeding
Posted on Apr 12, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Gas Composition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Judge Endorses FGT’s Gas Composition Standards in AES v. FGT Complaint Proceeding
Yesterday, FERC Administrative Law Judge Herbert Grossman issued an Initial Decision in a complaint proceeding intended to determine the appropriate gas quality and interchangeability standards necessary to accommodate the introduction of revaporized LNG into the Florida Gas Transmission pipeline system from LNG terminals proposed for the Bahamas. The ALJ approved FGT’s proposed...