City Council Discusses Strategy for Continued Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on May 28, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on City Council Discusses Strategy for Continued Opposition to Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
The City Council of Fall River, Mass., met last night to discuss strategy for continued opposition to the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal proposal. The Herald News reports that one city official suggested pursuing a “more selective litigation strategy,” as a means to keep costs...
Mass. Attorney General’s Office Responds to Weaver’s Cove LNG Suit
Posted on May 27, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. Attorney General’s Office Responds to Weaver’s Cove LNG Suit
According to Platts LNG Daily [subscription required], the office of the Massachusetts Attorney General responded to the suit recently filed by Weaver’s Cove Energy by saying that Massachusetts has 20 days to reply and called the suit a “new attempt to avoid state environmental review.” The statement goes on to note that the attorney general’s office “will...
Weaver’s Cove Asserts Massachusetts’ Application of Environmental Permitting Regulations Violates U.S. Constitution
Posted on May 21, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Asserts Massachusetts’ Application of Environmental Permitting Regulations Violates U.S. Constitution
On Monday, Weaver’s Cove Energy filed a complaint in the federal district court for the District of Massachusetts seeking: (1) to declare that certain sections of the General Laws of Massachusetts and the Code of Massachusetts Regulations have no legal effect because they are preempted by the Natural Gas Act; (2) to declare that the state review of the Weaver’s Cove...
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Baltimore County Ordinance Designed to Halt Sparrows Point LNG Terminal Project
Posted on May 20, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Baltimore County Ordinance Designed to Halt Sparrows Point LNG Terminal Project
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled yesterday that Baltimore County’s zoning ordinance prohibiting the siting of LNG terminals in the County’s Chesapeake Bay Critical Area is preempted by the Natural Gas Act (NGA), overturning a June 22, 2007 district court decision. Specifically, the 4th Circuit found that the County never sent the ordinance to the...
Oregon Land Use Board to Hear Appeal in Jordan Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on May 13, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Land Use Board to Hear Appeal in Jordan Cove LNG Proceeding
The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals will hear oral arguments this Thursday on the decision of the Coos County Board of Commissioners to approve the Jordan Cove LNG project’s land-use application. Read more in the Coos Bay...
County Circuit Court Allows Referendum on Bradwood Landing LNG
Posted on May 12, 2008 in Litigation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on County Circuit Court Allows Referendum on Bradwood Landing LNG
A judge with the Clatsop County Circuit Court (Ore.) ruled Friday to allow a referendum on the Clatsop County Commission’s decision to permit a portion of the natural gas pipeline associated with the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal to be constructed on land zoned for open space, parks and recreation (OPR). The Daily News (Longview, Wash.) reports that the project...