Op-ed: Decision in Border Dispute Expected in 2010
Posted on Feb 7, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Decision in Border Dispute Expected in 2010
The News Journal columnist Harry F. Themal predicts that the boundary dispute between New Jersey and Delaware over pier construction rights should last about five years. He explores Delaware’s “excellent” record in similar US Supreme Court cases, in which Special Masters took several years to hear the evidence and present recommendations to the...
Atlantic Sea Island Group Outlines Plans for LNG Terminal Off Long Island
Posted on Jan 27, 2006 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Atlantic Sea Island Group Outlines Plans for LNG Terminal Off Long Island
The Atlantic Sea Island Group held a press conference in Long Beach, New York yesterday announcing a proposed LNG regasification terminal 13.5 miles south of Long Island. The Group declined to disclose who the investors in the project are. The proposed facility would be built on a 50-60 acre man-made island, would be capable of receiving between 200 and 220 vessels per year and would...
USCG Proposes New Rules for LNG Tankers at Elba Island
Posted on Jan 24, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on USCG Proposes New Rules for LNG Tankers at Elba Island
On Monday, January 23, the US Coast Guard proposed new regulations to address LNG facility and vessel requirements on the Savannah River, explaining that “the current regulation is no longer adequate,” in light of the completion of two new berths at Elba Island in late 2005. Intended to better accommodate vessel traffic while increasing security, the proposed rule allows...
Coast Guard Rejects Fall River’s Request for Exclusion Zones
Posted on Jan 20, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Coast Guard Rejects Fall River’s Request for Exclusion Zones
The Coast Guard has rejected the request of Fall River, Massachusetts to issue regulations establishing thermal and vapor dispersion exclusion zones for marine spills of LNG. Noting that other similar industries do not use exclusion zones as tools to minimize risks and a one-size-fits-all solution is inappropriate, the Coast Guard emphasized the importance of the new Navigation and...
Coast Guard Says Sandia Report Not Appropriate for Broadwater
Posted on Jan 13, 2006 in Blog, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Coast Guard Says Sandia Report Not Appropriate for Broadwater
The Day of New London, Conn. is reporting that the U.S. Coast Guard has sent a letter to Broadwater LNG informing the terminal developer that its previously filed safety and security report is inadequate. The Coast Guard asserts that since Broadwater’s report is based on the Sandia National Laboratories Report, which examined smaller tanks and smaller vessels with different hull...
Coast Guard and Navy Reach Agreement on Weaver’s Cove LNG
Posted on Jan 6, 2006 in Federal Regulation, LNGLawBlog, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Coast Guard and Navy Reach Agreement on Weaver’s Cove LNG
The U.S. Coast Guard sent a letter today to the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Newport, Rhode Island, memorializing language agreed to by the Coast Guard and the Navy, which is intended to allay the concerns the Navy expressed in its late motion to intervene in the Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal proceeding at FERC. The language is to be included in the Coast...