Environmental Activists Protest Public Meeting on Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
Posted on Feb 5, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Activists Protest Public Meeting on Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Proposal
The Independent (Aberdeen, N.J.) provides coverage of a demonstration by a number of local environmental activists against a public hearing held by MARAD and the U.S. Coast Guard on January 27, 2009, regarding the Safe Harbor LNG deepwater port planned for offshore New York and New...
Local Officials Respond to Legislation Affecting Expected Tax Revenue from Gulf LNG
Posted on Feb 5, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Officials Respond to Legislation Affecting Expected Tax Revenue from Gulf LNG
A number of local officials expressed surprise and opposition to a proposal in the Mississippi State Senate that would repeal a law allocating ad valorem tax revenue from the planned Gulf LNG terminal among four local school districts. The Mississippi Press provides additional...
R.I. Attorney General Pledges to Oppose Revised Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposal
Posted on Feb 5, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on R.I. Attorney General Pledges to Oppose Revised Weaver’s Cove LNG Proposal
Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch announced his opposition to the modified Weaver’s Cove LNG import project design, saying that his office “will continue to advocate against its approval, every step of the way.” Read more in Legal Newsline. Separately, an editorial carried by South Coast Today (Mass.) argues that due to regional energy demands, federal,...
Legislation Proposed in Miss. Senate to Repeal Gulf LNG Tax Allocation
Posted on Feb 4, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Legislation Proposed in Miss. Senate to Repeal Gulf LNG Tax Allocation
The Mississippi Press reports that state Sen. Tommy Moffat (R) has proposed legislation that would repeal a law that provides for the allocation of future ad valorem tax revenue expected to be generated by the Gulf LNG terminal and other existing and expanding energy facilities in Pascagoula, Miss. Under the current law, passed in 2007, ad valorem taxes from these facilities will be...
Local Church Plans Information Session on Offshore New Jersey LNG Proposals
Posted on Feb 4, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Church Plans Information Session on Offshore New Jersey LNG Proposals
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church of Colts Neck, N.J., is planning an informational meeting for February 18, 2009, to address questions surrounding the three LNG deepwater port projects proposed for offshore New Jersey. See the News Transcript (Colts Neck, N.J.) for further...
DCP Requests Extension of Time to Conduct Noise Survey
Posted on Feb 3, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on DCP Requests Extension of Time to Conduct Noise Survey
Dominion Cove Point, L.P. filed a request for an extension of time to conduct a required noise survey of its Cove Point and Cove Point Expansion LNG facilities until December 31, 2009. The survey must be conducted when the facilities are operating at a sufficient sendout capacity, and the letter states it will be completed “as soon as practicable” once a sufficient number...