FERC Requests Schedule for Addressing Issues Raised at Site Visit to Cove Point LNG
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Requests Schedule for Addressing Issues Raised at Site Visit to Cove Point LNG
FERC has requested a schedule and plans for a number of issues raised during last month’s site visit to the Cove Point LNG import facility. FERC’s request is available in the eLibrary under Docket No....
Mass. Town Requesting Homeland Security Funding
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. Town Requesting Homeland Security Funding
Today’s Los Angeles Times analyzes the request submitted by the town of Gloucester, Mass., to receive federal funding under a Department of Homeland Security program. Two LNG deepwater ports, Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway and GDF Suez’s Neptune LNG, are located between seven and ten miles from the town in the Atlantic Ocean. However, the piece suggests that the...
Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Chris Little, a candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, writes in today’s Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) that the Weaver’s Cove LNG project is not appropriate for Mount Hope Bay. He argues that applying the legal principles of the public trust doctrine to the Weaver’s Cove LNG project would result in preventing the project from being built. Separately, the...
County Proceedings on Bradwood Landing LNG Project to Continue After Decision on LUBA Appeal
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Proceedings on Bradwood Landing LNG Project to Continue After Decision on LUBA Appeal
The hearings officer for Clatsop County who is examining a number of supplemental applications filed by Bradwood Landing LNG has suspended proceedings until further notice. This follows the decision by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) to remand two land-use issues back to Clatsop County, an appeal of which Bradwood Landing is currently considering. The Daily Astorian notes...
European LNG Headlines
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 in Liquefaction, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on European LNG Headlines
Italy’s Gioia Tauro LNG Project Green Light Expected by June (Platts LNG Daily) [Subscription required] Statoil on Course with Snohvit LNG (Upstream Online) Black Sea LNG Accord Could “Torpedo” Nabucco Gas Line (Oil & Gas...
Fall River, Rhode Island DEM Appeal U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Fall River, Rhode Island DEM Appeal U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
The City of Fall River and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management have filed separate appeals of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation filed in the Weaver’s Cove LNG proceeding. Both requests for appeal are available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....