Quoddy Bay LNG Requests Delay of Pre-Hearing Conference with Maine’s BEP
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Quoddy Bay LNG Requests Delay of Pre-Hearing Conference with Maine’s BEP
Energy Current reports that Quoddy Bay LNG has requested a delay of its pre-hearing conference with the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) from September 2008 to late January 2009. In its request, Quoddy Bay LNG stated that the main reason it has asked for this postponement is that it is determining whether its project will require a nitrogen mitigation...
Parties Request Rehearing on Order Granting Weaver’s Cove LNG’s Extension of Time
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Parties Request Rehearing on Order Granting Weaver’s Cove LNG’s Extension of Time
Stating that the extension of time is “premature” and that “good cause has not been demonstrated,” the City of Fall River, Mass., and the attorneys general of Rhode Island and Massachusetts filed a Request for Rehearing of the June 26, 2008, FERC order, which granted Weaver’s Cove LNG’s request for an extension of time until 2015 to complete its...
Op-Ed Argues Against Proposed Offshore New Jersey LNG Projects
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Op-Ed Argues Against Proposed Offshore New Jersey LNG Projects
The Asbury Park Press carries an op-ed today that argues against the three offshore New Jersey LNG projects that have been proposed.
LNG Tank Siting Bill Advances in Massachusetts State House
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Tank Siting Bill Advances in Massachusetts State House
A bill proposed by Democratic State Rep. Dave Sullivan that would required a 5,000-foot distance between an LNG tank and homes, schools, hospitals, and retirement communities was passed out of committee this week. Representative Sullivan told the Fall River Herald News (Mass.) that he is not sure if the bill will be considered by the full House this week or early next...
County Manager Appreciative that Palomar Pipeline Project Developers Working With County
Posted on Jul 25, 2008 in Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Manager Appreciative that Palomar Pipeline Project Developers Working With County
Scott Derickson, county manager for Clatsop County, Ore., told the Daily Astorian that he is appreciative that the project developers for the proposed Palomar natural gas pipeline will use the land use pre-application process. The Palomar pipeline, as designed, would connect the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG terminal to existing pipeline...