MARAD Announces Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS for Clearwater Port LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 18, 2007 in Environmental, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on MARAD Announces Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS for Clearwater Port LNG Terminal
MARAD announced in today’s Federal Register that it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Clearwater Port LNG terminal proposed for offshore California. MARAD also announced that two public scoping meetings will be held on October 3 and 4, and public comments on the project are due on October 18,...
Port Dolphin LNG to Pursue Alternate Pipeline Route
Posted on Sep 18, 2007 in Environmental, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Port Dolphin LNG to Pursue Alternate Pipeline Route
The Bradenton Herald (Fla.) reports that Port Dolphin Energy LLC, a subsidiary of Hoegh LNG AS, will alter the route of the gas pipeline from its proposed offshore LNG terminal to avoid disturbing an aquatic preserve. The project development manager for Port Dolphin LNG said that the new route will pass 400–500 feet north of the...
California LNG Bill Delayed Until January
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on California LNG Bill Delayed Until January
SB 412, a bill in the California state legislature mandating an in-depth study of market conditions facing LNG projects in the state, will be delayed in the State Assembly until at least January 2008. Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that the bill was delayed in the Assembly Appropriations Committee when the legislature adjourned until...
Downeast LNG to Temporarily Withdraw Its State Application
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Downeast LNG to Temporarily Withdraw Its State Application
Downeast LNG will temporarily withdraw its application for state permits and re-file at a later date, Bangor Daily News reports. Downeast LNG president Dean Girdis stated that the application was missing critical data from the Maine Department of Marine Resources, as well as other studies, and that Downeast needed more time to negotiate the route for the connecting...
Editorial: Safe Harbor Energy Proposal Should be Carefully Considered
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Safe Harbor Energy Proposal Should be Carefully Considered
The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) offers an editorial today that calls on state and federal regulators, as well as New Jersey residents, to give “a thorough scientific and political review” to the Atlantic Sea Island Group’s Safe Harbor Energy...
Federal Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Passamaquoddy Tribe Case
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal Appeals Court Reverses Ruling in Passamaquoddy Tribe Case
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon (“We Protect Our Homeland”), a group of the Passamaquoddy tribe that opposed their tribe’s leasing land to Quoddy Bay LLC for development into a LNG import terminal, has legal standing to sue the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs for approving the lease. Additionally, the...