Lawyers Assess AES’ Lawsuit Involving Sparrows Point
Posted on Oct 10, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Lawyers Assess AES’ Lawsuit Involving Sparrows Point
Yesterday’s Baltimore Business Journal offers various lawyers’ assessments of AES’ federal lawsuit challenging a local zoning ordinance that attempts to block construction of the company’s proposed Sparrows Point LNG terminal. Read more here. [Subscription...
Lawsuit Challenges Zoning Ordinance Potentially Affecting Sparrows Point Project
Posted on Oct 5, 2006 in Litigation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Lawsuit Challenges Zoning Ordinance Potentially Affecting Sparrows Point Project
AES is contesting a Baltimore County zoning law that would effectively prevent the construction of its planned LNG terminal in Sparrows Point, Md. In a federal lawsuit filed on Sept. 22, the company asserted that Baltimore County lacks LNG terminal siting authority, a power exclusively reserved for FERC. Local opposition to the project prompted the Baltimore County Council to pass...
Weaver’s Cove Opponents File Appellate Briefs
Posted on Oct 5, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Opponents File Appellate Briefs
Opponents of the Weaver’s Cove LNG project yesterday filed legal briefs appealing FERC’s earlier decisions to approve the siting of the LNG import terminal and to deny rehearing on the matter. The Herald News reports that FERC attorneys and project developer Hess LNG have until Dec. 4 and Dec. 18, respectively, to submit their own...
Judge Says BIA Mishandled Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Document Requests
Posted on Sep 27, 2006 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Judge Says BIA Mishandled Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Document Requests
Federal Judge John Woodcock admonished the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for improperly withholding documents requested by opponents of the Quoddy Bay LNG terminal. Woodcock’s remarks came during a hearing on BIA’s motions to dismiss three lawsuits filed by Passamaquoddy Tribe members who oppose the LNG project; although Woodcock did not issue a ruling at Friday’s...
Weaver’s Cove Opponents to Challenge Lack of DOT Standards in Court
Posted on Sep 8, 2006 in Litigation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Opponents to Challenge Lack of DOT Standards in Court
In another attempt to derail the Weaver’s Cove LNG project, Massachusetts and Rhode Island state and local officials have asked the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals to order the U.S. Department of Transportation to adopt guidelines regarding where LNG facilities can be built. The petition by the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Attorneys General and the mayor of Fall River, Mass....
BP Halts Development of Pelican Island LNG Terminal
Posted on Aug 22, 2006 in Litigation, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on BP Halts Development of Pelican Island LNG Terminal
The Galveston Daily News today reports that BP has decided not to proceed at this time with its plans to construct an LNG regasification terminal on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas. BP spokesman Neil Geary characterized the company’s decision not to file a permit application with FERC as “strictly a business decision that has nothing to do with either politics or...