Weaver’s Cove Files Petition with NOAA for Rhode Island Coastal Zone Ruling
Posted on Dec 30, 2005 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Files Petition with NOAA for Rhode Island Coastal Zone Ruling
On December 16, Weaver’s Cove filed with NOAA requesting the agency issue an interpretation of its regulations with regard to the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council’s alleged failure to process a federal coastal zone consistency certification for the proposed LNG terminal in Fall River, Mass. Weaver’s Cove argues that the failure to issue a decision...
Public Comment Period For Dredging Plan Extended
Posted on Dec 30, 2005 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Public Comment Period For Dredging Plan Extended
The Newport Daily News yesterday reported that residents and local officials now have until February 8 to submit comments on Hess LNG’s request to dredge Mount Hope Bay. The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday granted the extension after some individuals who attended the last of two public hearings on the matter asked for an extension of the January 3 deadline. [Access to...
Op-ed Says FERC Is Biased
Posted on Dec 29, 2005 in Federal Regulation | Comments Off on Op-ed Says FERC Is Biased
In an op-ed published yesterday by The Bangor Daily News, Quoddy Regional Land Trust trustee Dick Hoyt suggests FERC is subject to “undue political influence or pressure,” calling Commissioner Kelliher a former “powerful lobbyist for the power industry with strong ties to the current occupants of the White House” and asserting that all three Commissioners are...
Downeast LNG Prepares for Referendum
Posted on Dec 29, 2005 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Downeast LNG Prepares for Referendum
With regard to the January 10 referendum in Robbinston, Maine, the president of Downeast LNG said that a unanimous vote alone would not thwart efforts to build an LNG terminalon Passamaquoddy Bay. “That would just tell us that we have more educational work to do,” Dean Girdis said. “[A]n opinion today is not an opinion tomorrow. We want to do a project that is...
Canadian LNG Development To Benefit New England
Posted on Dec 29, 2005 in Canada & Mexico, Markets and Competition, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canadian LNG Development To Benefit New England
Monday’s Natural Gas Week reports that LNG development in eastern Canada largely will serve energy demands in New England where opposition to LNG development is strong. Citing the proposed LNG terminals in St. John, New Brunswick, and Bear Head and Goldsboro, Nova Scotia, the article emphasizes the position of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers that the projects are...