States, Fall River File Protests in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Mar 5, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on States, Fall River File Protests in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
The states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island each filed motions to intervene as well as protests with FERC regarding Weaver’s Cove LNG’s application to modify its project design. Additionally, the City of Fall River, Mass., filed its own protest. These filings are available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP04-36-005. The Fall River Herald News provides additional...
Two New England Towns File Motions to Intervene in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Mar 4, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Two New England Towns File Motions to Intervene in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
The towns of Somerset, Mass., and Bristol, R.I., each have filed a motion to intervene in the FERC proceeding evaluating the proposed modifications to the design of the Weaver’s Cove LNG import terminal. Both filings are available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Deadline Nears for Sec. of Commerce’s Decision on Broadwater LNG Proposal
Posted on Mar 3, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Deadline Nears for Sec. of Commerce’s Decision on Broadwater LNG Proposal
Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) provides an update on the status of the Broadwater LNG import proposal, noting that the U.S. Secretary of Commerce must decide by April 13 whether to overturn New York’s determination that the project is inconsistent with the state’s federally approved Coastal Zone Management...
Industry Experts Discuss Federal-State Tension Over LNG Terminal Permitting Process
Posted on Mar 2, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Industry Experts Discuss Federal-State Tension Over LNG Terminal Permitting Process
Platts LNG Daily offers coverage of the ongoing tension between a number of state governments and the U.S. federal government over the LNG project permitting process. According to one industry player, Center for LNG President Bill Cooper, the tension arises from FERC’s willingness to issue project authorization before the pertinent state governments issue all of the required...
Oregon DEQ Informally Suspends Its Review of Bradwood Landing LNG Project
Posted on Feb 27, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon DEQ Informally Suspends Its Review of Bradwood Landing LNG Project
The Oregonian reports that Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has informally suspended its review of the air and water permit applications that developers of the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal filed with the agency. According to the Oregonian, the state’s assistant attorney general has asked the developers to agree to a formal suspension until the...
Freeport LNG Responds to Commenters’ Concerns
Posted on Feb 26, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Responds to Commenters’ Concerns
Freeport LNG Development, L.P. issued detailed responses to a number of questions raised by commenters in a FERC proceeding to examine Freeport LNG’s request to modify the existing design of the terminal. Freeport LNG’s filing is available in the eLibrary under Docket No....