Judge Rules that Sparrows Point Appeal Should be Heard in Baltimore County Court
Posted on Nov 27, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Judge Rules that Sparrows Point Appeal Should be Heard in Baltimore County Court
Anne Arnudel (Md.) Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. ruled yesterday that the appeal filed by AES regarding its proposal to build an LNG terminal at Sparrows Point should be heard in a Baltimore County court. Arguing in favor of the transfer, one attorney for Baltimore County stated that Sparrows Point residents follow the LNG proposal closely and that a county judge would be...
States to Present Oral Arguments Before U.S. Supreme Court in Border Dispute
Posted on Nov 27, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on States to Present Oral Arguments Before U.S. Supreme Court in Border Dispute
New Jersey and Delaware today will present oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court regarding a longstanding border dispute between the two states reignited by the proposed pier for BP’s Crown Landing LNG terminal. Read more on...
Maryland State Court To Hear AES Appeal Today
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Maryland State Court To Hear AES Appeal Today
AES and Baltimore County will appear in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County today to consider the County’s use of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) to restrict the development of LNG terminals. As the Baltimore Sun reports, today’s hearing is just one of several legal fronts in the efforts by both Baltimore County and the State of Maryland to block AES’s...
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Arguments in Crown Landing Dispute Tomorrow
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Arguments in Crown Landing Dispute Tomorrow
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in New Jersey v. Delaware, a case that will determine the states’ marine border, and therefore whether Delaware has the power to regulate certain aspects of BP’s Crown Landing LNG proposal. Today’s Sunbeam (NJ.com) recaps the...
FERC Offers Comments on Weaver’s Cove LNG Administrative Appeal
Posted on Nov 21, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Offers Comments on Weaver’s Cove LNG Administrative Appeal
Yesterday FERC filed comments with the Department of Commerce regarding an administrative appeal filed by Weaver’s Cove LNG concerning the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management’s decision that the project is not consistent with the state’s CZMA regulations. FERC granted approval of the project in July 2007 but notes that its approval of the project was...
Weaver’s Cove LNG Plans to Pursue Site Despite Setbacks
Posted on Oct 29, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove LNG Plans to Pursue Site Despite Setbacks
Gordon Shearer, CEO of Weaver’s Cove LNG, told the Boston Globe that his company will continue to pursue the proposed site for its LNG import terminal despite a recent decision by the U.S. Coast Guard to declare the vessel route “unsuitable” for LNG tanker traffic. According to the Globe article, Shearer said, “We are pressing ahead. We have not given up.”...