Rhode Island Town Adopts Three-Part Plan to Address Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Apr 22, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Rhode Island Town Adopts Three-Part Plan to Address Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
The Jamestown Press reports that the Jamestown, R.I., Town Council recently adopted a three-part plan to address the proposed Weaver’s Cove LNG import project. The plan proposes forming a five-member LNG Threat Committee, hosting a “congress of town councils” for affected communities to ratify a joint resolution opposing the Weaver’s Cove LNG proposal, and...
FERC Schedules Meetings on Oregon LNG Project
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Schedules Meetings on Oregon LNG Project
FERC has scheduled three public meetings to investigate a number of complaints submitted by landowners affected by the Oregon LNG import project. The Daily Astorian reports that the company has agreed to attend the...
Mass. Town Requesting Homeland Security Funding
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Mass. Town Requesting Homeland Security Funding
Today’s Los Angeles Times analyzes the request submitted by the town of Gloucester, Mass., to receive federal funding under a Department of Homeland Security program. Two LNG deepwater ports, Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway and GDF Suez’s Neptune LNG, are located between seven and ten miles from the town in the Atlantic Ocean. However, the piece suggests that the...
Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Chris Little, a candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, writes in today’s Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) that the Weaver’s Cove LNG project is not appropriate for Mount Hope Bay. He argues that applying the legal principles of the public trust doctrine to the Weaver’s Cove LNG project would result in preventing the project from being built. Separately, the...
County Proceedings on Bradwood Landing LNG Project to Continue After Decision on LUBA Appeal
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Proceedings on Bradwood Landing LNG Project to Continue After Decision on LUBA Appeal
The hearings officer for Clatsop County who is examining a number of supplemental applications filed by Bradwood Landing LNG has suspended proceedings until further notice. This follows the decision by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) to remand two land-use issues back to Clatsop County, an appeal of which Bradwood Landing is currently considering. The Daily Astorian notes...
Fall River, Rhode Island DEM Appeal U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 in Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Fall River, Rhode Island DEM Appeal U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
The City of Fall River and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management have filed separate appeals of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Letter of Recommendation filed in the Weaver’s Cove LNG proceeding. Both requests for appeal are available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....