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...
FERC Officials to Visit Oregon LNG Sites This Week
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Officials to Visit Oregon LNG Sites This Week
FERC announced last week that several members of its staff would visit the proposed site for the Oregon LNG terminal and associated pipeline infrastructure. The visits will occur on September 18-20, 2007. For more information, please see the Notice of Site Visit available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Recent Gas Pipeline Attacks in Mexico Prompt Concern Among Oregon Residents
Posted on Sep 17, 2007 in Pipelines, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Recent Gas Pipeline Attacks in Mexico Prompt Concern Among Oregon Residents
Following last week’s attacks on Mexican gas pipeline infrastructure, some local residents have expressed concern over a proposed gas pipeline connecting the proposed Oregon LNG terminal to an existing gas line. However, the Hillsboro Argus reports that Richard Little, director of the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the University of Southern...
City Commission to Inform FERC of Plan to Participate in Review of Oregon LNG
Posted on Sep 14, 2007 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on City Commission to Inform FERC of Plan to Participate in Review of Oregon LNG
The Daily Astorian reports that the Warrenton, Ore., City Commission voted unanimously this week to advise FERC that the city will seek intervenor status in the regulatory proceedings regarding the Oregon LNG regasification terminal project and associated pipeline infrastructure. The letter also will advise FERC that the project will be required to undergo the City’s site review...