Federal District Court Grants Sparrows Point LNG’s, Mid-Atlantic Express’ Motion to Intervene in Pending Litigation
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Federal District Court Grants Sparrows Point LNG’s, Mid-Atlantic Express’ Motion to Intervene in Pending Litigation
On Monday, Judge Richard D. Bennett of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted a motion filed by AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC and Mid-Atlantic Express, L.L.C. to intervene in the ongoing litigation between the Maryland Department of the Environment and the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the Department’s decision overturning the State’s rejection...
LNVA Wants to Provide Additional Water to LNG Terminals on Texas Gulf Coast
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNVA Wants to Provide Additional Water to LNG Terminals on Texas Gulf Coast
The Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Texas) reports that the Lower Neches Valley Authority (LNVA) has proposed securing additional fresh water resources for existing and proposed LNG terminals along the Texas Gulf Coast as part of the Draft 2011 Regional Water Plan. Critics of the proposal argue that using fresh water for regasification and other industrial purposes at these facilities is not...
Weaver’s Cove Answers Request for Rehearing Submitted by City of Fall River, Mass. Attorney General
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Answers Request for Rehearing Submitted by City of Fall River, Mass. Attorney General
Yesterday Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC and Mill River Pipeline, LLC filed a motion for leave to answer and an answer to a request for rehearing filed by the City of Fall River, Mass., and the Massachusetts attorney general. The answer addresses several of the requestors’ arguments, including their contention that FERC acted improperly when it determined that Weaver’s...
Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Requests FERC Address Application at November Meeting
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP filed a joint request last Friday that FERC address the two complementary applications at the Commission’s November meeting. The applicants argue that the “regulatory uncertainty created by the Commission’s delay” in making a decision on these applications hurts the projects, the communities the projects will...
Quintana Councilman Asks FERC to Halt Truck Deliveries of LNG to Freeport Terminal
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Quintana Councilman Asks FERC to Halt Truck Deliveries of LNG to Freeport Terminal
Last week Qunitana Councilman Harold Doty requested that FERC stop deliveries of LNG via truck to the Freeport LNG terminal, stating that the facility no longer requires LNG delivered by truck. However, a spokesperson for Freeport LNG said that although the storage tanks at the facility are full at present, the company still needs the flexibility to bring LNG to the facility by truck....
Port Officials Seek Federal Funding for Cargo Dock Berth Proposed for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Port Officials Seek Federal Funding for Cargo Dock Berth Proposed for Jordan Cove LNG Site
Officials with the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay have filed an application to receive a Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant for $45.3 million to build a cargo dock berth at the west end of the slip dock at the planned Jordan Cove LNG facility. The World (Coos Bay, Ore.) reports that building the dock during construction of the slip for LNG vessels will...