Bradwood Landing Backers Present Land Use Application for Public Comment and Official Review
Posted on Jul 11, 2007 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing Backers Present Land Use Application for Public Comment and Official Review
The Clatsop County, Ore., Planning Commission held a nine-hour public hearing yesterday, during which NorthernStar Natural Gas offered its Land Use application for the Bradwood Landing LNG regasification terminal. The Daily Astorian (Ore.) provided ongoing news coverage and analysis in a series of stories posted throughout the hearing. Recently, a report prepared by Clatsop...
Gas Line Proposed from Bradwood Landing Terminal
Posted on Jul 11, 2007 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Gas Line Proposed from Bradwood Landing Terminal
TransCanada Corp. and NW Natural on Monday informally broached to Yamhill County, Ore., officials a gas pipeline that would transport gas from the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG regasification terminal to the gas hub at Molalla, Ore. The pipeline, called the Palomar line, would follow a path similar to that proposed by the developers of the Oregon LNG regasification terminal. The...
Broadwater Opponents Request Meeting with N.Y. State Senate Leader
Posted on Jul 10, 2007 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Broadwater Opponents Request Meeting with N.Y. State Senate Leader
Newsday reports that, in response to N.Y. State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno’s (R-Rensalaer) meeting with the developers of the proposed Broadwater LNG terminal, the opposition group Citizens Campaign for the Environment sent a letter to the senator’s office on Friday seeking a similar meeting. Sen. Bruno’s office did not confirm whether the senator would meet...
Harbor Pilot Traverses Proposed LNG Carrier Route
Posted on Jul 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Harbor Pilot Traverses Proposed LNG Carrier Route
The Bangor Daily News joined Capt. Robert J. Peacock recently as he piloted a large ship through the Head Harbour Passage, a narrow Canadian waterway through which vessels bound for the proposed Downeast and Quoddy Bay LNG terminals would have to transit. Capt. Peacock explains how the passage’s weather conditions may affect vessel...
Questions Over Maine BEP’s Jurisdiction Arise as Downeast LNG Hearings Loom
Posted on Jul 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Questions Over Maine BEP’s Jurisdiction Arise as Downeast LNG Hearings Loom
In preparation for upcoming hearings on Downeast LNG’s proposed regasification terminal, Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection voted 4-2 yesterday to disallow pre-filed testimony from Canadian fishermen who only fish in Canadian waters. The BEP chairman said such testimony would be outside the Board’s jurisdiction. The BEP also continued to work with state...
Bill Requiring LNG Needs Assessment Moving Through California Legislature
Posted on Jul 5, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bill Requiring LNG Needs Assessment Moving Through California Legislature
California Senate Bill 412, legislation that would delay the approval of LNG terminals until the state conducts an LNG needs assessment, passed out of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee on Monday. The bill, passed by the state Senate last month, will now go to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. Platts LNG Daily provides further details. [Subscription...