Save Passamaquoddy Bay Files Comments With FERC
Posted on Mar 9, 2006 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Save Passamaquoddy Bay Files Comments With FERC
Robert Godfrey, a member of Save Passamaquoddy Bay, filed comments yesterday with FERC alleging that the Quoddy Bay and Downeast LNG proposals do not comply with standards of the Society of International Gas Terminal and Tanker Operators (SIGTTO). According to Godfrey, the projects fail to meet several SIGTTO guidelines, including those regarding jetty and ship dockage within the...
AES Battery Rock Hearing Scheduled Today
Posted on Mar 8, 2006 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on AES Battery Rock Hearing Scheduled Today
Massachusetts state lawmakers are scheduled to convene today to hear testimony regarding AES’ Battery Rock LNG plan. Among those expected to testify is counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke, whose report says the company’s proposed LNG facility on Outer Brewster Island would pose minimal safety and security threats. “We judge that that there is a negligible security...
Connecticut LNG Task Force to Issue Broadwater LNG Report Today
Posted on Mar 8, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Connecticut LNG Task Force to Issue Broadwater LNG Report Today
The Hartford Courant reports that Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s Long Island Sound LNG Task Force will release a study today on the Broadwater LNG proposal. According to the task force’s website, Sens. Len Fasano (R-North Haven) and Andrea Stillman (D-Waterford), along with other task members, will hold a news conference to address questions on the report and any steps the...
Image of Outer Brewster Island at Issue
Posted on Mar 8, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Image of Outer Brewster Island at Issue
Recent debate over AES’s proposed LNG terminal has prompted National Park officials to alter its characterization of Outer Brewster Island. The Park website now states that the island is an “Important Bird Area” and has hiking trails, where before it had been described as a “large bedrock outcropping.” Some environmentalists opposed to the Battery Rock LNG...
Op-ed: LNG Terminals Are Safe
Posted on Mar 8, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: LNG Terminals Are Safe
An Oxnard, Calif. resident supports BHP Billiton’s Cabrillo Port LNG proposal and expresses confidence that a terminal approved by federal and state regulatory agencies would be safe and dependable. He also says that the LNG regasification process is one that is common in Europe, Asia and Africa and “has worked safely for decades.” His opinion piece is in...
Connecticut Transportation Organization Says Broadwater Application Incomplete and Requests New Comment Period
Posted on Mar 7, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Connecticut Transportation Organization Says Broadwater Application Incomplete and Requests New Comment Period
In a letter dated March 3, 2006, South Western Region Metropolitan Planning Organization, a federally designated transportation planning organization in Connecticut, says that Broadwater Energy’s pre-filing application is incomplete because it does not contain specific information on safety and security that was requested by FERC and the USCG. As a result, SWRMPO is requesting...