Local Officials Question Security at KeySpan Storage Facility
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Safety & Security, State and Local Issues, Storage | Comments Off on Local Officials Question Security at KeySpan Storage Facility
Revere City Councilor John Correggio is calling on KeySpan Corp. to implement more stringent security measures at its LNG storage facility in Lynn, Mass., after he found an unlocked gate and took photographs of himself in front of a tank last week. According to The Boston Herald, he and another Revere City Councilor, George Rotondo, tested the facility’s security after...
Op-ed: Residents Should Visit Bradwood Landing Site
Posted on Sep 12, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Residents Should Visit Bradwood Landing Site
An Astoria, Ore. resident urges interested parties to attend today’s tour of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal site and “ask the hard questions” about the project’s impact on the community. In an op-ed published by The Daily Astorian, Tom Duncan describes his attempt to visit the Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland and the security measures he...
Captain: LNG Security at Boston Harbor “Over the Top”
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Captain: LNG Security at Boston Harbor “Over the Top”
The Boston Globe reports on security measures in the Boston Harbor during the post-9/11 era. A captain of an LNG tanker en route to the Distrigas LNG terminal says that the security detail accompanying the vessel “is a bit over the top,” adding that other ports do not employ measures to this extent. Mike Hightower of Sandia National Laboratories cautioned against being too...
FERC: Scheduling Order for Bradwood Landing Premature
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC: Scheduling Order for Bradwood Landing Premature
In a Sept. 7 letter to the developers of the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal, FERC declined to establish a schedule imposing deadlines for required federal authorizations. Instead, the Commission indicated that NorthernStar Energy LLC and Bradwood Landing LLC must satisfy outstanding information requests from FERC and the U.S. Coast Guard, and must file necessary permit...
Op-ed: Cheaper Natural Gas Prices Not Worth Poor Air Quality
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-ed: Cheaper Natural Gas Prices Not Worth Poor Air Quality
In response to The Los Angeles Times’ coverage of the proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal’s potential impact on air quality in Ventura County, a Newbury Park, Calif., resident says “most would much rather pay higher natural gas prices than choke on more smog.” His op-ed is in yesterday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times. [Free registration...
Response to Unattended Rental Truck at Everett LNG Terminal
Posted on Sep 11, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Response to Unattended Rental Truck at Everett LNG Terminal
Massachusetts state and local police have found no security threat after responding Saturday night to reports of an unattended rental truck parked near the Distrigas LNG terminal in Everett, Mass. The incident comes about a week before local emergency personnel’s Sept. 17 homeland security drill, which will involve a staged threat against the LNG terminal. “This is a good...