Massachusetts, Rhode Island Request Coast Guard Reconsider Analysis of Weaver’s Cove LNG Marine Issues
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 in Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts, Rhode Island Request Coast Guard Reconsider Analysis of Weaver’s Cove LNG Marine Issues
The Attorney General for Massachusetts, Martha Coakley, has requested that Captain of the Port for Sector Southeastern New England, Raymond J. Perry, reconsider his determination that the waterways associated with the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG terminal are suitable for the type and volume of LNG vessel traffic contemplated by the project. Massachusetts’ request is available...
U.S. Coast Guard Defers to FERC on Request for Formal Consultation in Bradwood Landing LNG Proceeding
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard Defers to FERC on Request for Formal Consultation in Bradwood Landing LNG Proceeding
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) filed its response to a letter regarding formal consultation issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service early this month in the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal proceeding. In its response, available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP06-365, the Coast Guard clarified that FERC has “exclusive authority to approve or deny an application for the...
County Commissioners to Accept Public Comments on Certain Issues Relating to Bradwood Landing LNG
Posted on Aug 28, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Commissioners to Accept Public Comments on Certain Issues Relating to Bradwood Landing LNG
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners has decided to accept public testimony on certain issues relating to the planned Bradwood Landing LNG project, but it will not accept public comments relating to issues that are presently before the county’s planning department as those decisions made regarding issues could be appealed to the Board of Commissioners. The Daily Astorian...
Cove Point Responds to WGL’s Request for Rehearing in Pier Reinforcement Proceeding
Posted on Aug 28, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Cove Point Responds to WGL’s Request for Rehearing in Pier Reinforcement Proceeding
Yesterday Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP filed an answer to Washington Gas Light Company’s (WGL) request for rehearing filed with FERC regarding its order authorizing Cove Point LNG’s Pier Reinforcement Project. Citing U.S. Supreme Court precedent and other sources, Dominion emphasized that FERC repeatedly has ruled in other proceedings that there is a lack of causation...
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Fall River Files Request for Reconsideration of U.S. Coast Guard’s LOR in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Aug 28, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Fall River Files Request for Reconsideration of U.S. Coast Guard’s LOR in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
The City of Fall River (Mass.) has filed a request that the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Sector Southeastern New England, Raymond J. Perry, reconsider the findings of his Letter of Recommendation (LOR) in the Weaver’s Cove LNG proceeding. The LOR, issued July 30, 2009, determined that the waterways associated with the planned Weaver’s Cove LNG project are...