EDC Criticizes Revised DEIR for Cabrillo Port Project
Posted on May 18, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on EDC Criticizes Revised DEIR for Cabrillo Port Project
In a letter addressed to the California State Lands Commission, the Environmental Defense Center criticized the revised Draft Environmental Impact Report for BHP Billiton’s proposed Cabrillo Port LNG terminal. Arguing on behalf of the California Coastal Protection Network, the EDC said that the revised document failed to address all the “potential accident scenarios”...
FERC-Sponsored Meetings on Sparrows Point Project Scheduled for June
Posted on May 18, 2006 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC-Sponsored Meetings on Sparrows Point Project Scheduled for June
FERC officials have scheduled a series of public meetings and tours in June intended to solicit comments and educate interested parties on AES’ plan to build an LNG terminal in Dundalk, Md. “We need substantive information – not just you don’t like it,” said FERC spokesperson Tamara Young-Allen. A list of the dates and locations for the events is available...
National Park Service Opposes Use of Outer Brewster Island for LNG
Posted on May 18, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on National Park Service Opposes Use of Outer Brewster Island for LNG
The Northeast regional director of the National Park Service told Gov. Romney in a letter that the proposed AES terminal on Outer Brewster Island would “have an adverse impact” on the surrounding environment and would “also set a dangerous precedent and send a message that units of the National Park System are available for exploitation.” However, an attorney...
Passamaquoddy Tribe and Quoddy Bay Disagree on Lease Payments
Posted on May 18, 2006 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Passamaquoddy Tribe and Quoddy Bay Disagree on Lease Payments
Passamaquoddy tribal officials claim that Quoddy Bay LNG owes the tribe $350,000 in lease payments that have accrued since December, and that it has not paid for experts to review the project’s FERC filings on the tribe’s behalf. Quoddy Bay project director Brian Smith says that the company’s lease obligations do not begin until the tribe completes...
FERC Official Criticizes Political Attempts to Thwart U.S. LNG Development
Posted on May 17, 2006 in Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Official Criticizes Political Attempts to Thwart U.S. LNG Development
Emphasizing that the United States particularly needs increased natural gas supplies the next two winters prior to several new LNG import terminals coming online, FERC’s Director of the Office of Energy Projects Mark Robinson criticized politicians who often oppose LNG development in order to protect the public from a perceived, but not necessarily real harm. Speaking at the...
Environmental Group Seeks to Influence Shell on Gulf Landing
Posted on May 16, 2006 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Group Seeks to Influence Shell on Gulf Landing
Members from a local environmental organization today will meet with Shell shareholders in the Netherlands to discuss the potential environmental impacts of the company’s Gulf Landing LNG terminal proposed for offshore Louisiana. The Gumbo Alliance for Safe LNG hopes to persuade Shell executives to switch from the open-loop to the closed-loop design, which they say poses a...