Massachusetts Town Begins to Distribute LNG Mitigation Funds
Posted on Aug 11, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Town Begins to Distribute LNG Mitigation Funds
Gloucester, Mass. Mayor Carolyn Kirk told the Gloucester Times that she plans to convert the city’s central fire station from oil to natural gas heat using money from the mitigation funds set up by SUEZ in connection with its Neptune LNG deepwater port currently under...
Expanded Domestic Natural Gas Supplies Could Affect U.S. LNG Imports
Posted on Aug 11, 2008 in Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Expanded Domestic Natural Gas Supplies Could Affect U.S. LNG Imports
An analysis of the U.S. natural gas market carried by the Wall Street Journal notes that the expansion of domestic natural gas supplies, primarily through production of shale gas, could limit the volumes of LNG imported to the United States. [Subscription...
Environmental Activists Encourage Elba Island LNG to Move Offshore
Posted on Aug 11, 2008 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Activists Encourage Elba Island LNG to Move Offshore
The Savannah Morning News reports that at a meeting held last week, the environmental group Citizens for Clean Air and Water encouraged the owners of the Elba Island LNG import terminal to move the facility...
U.S. Coast Guard, MARAD Announce Availability of FEIS and Public Hearing
Posted on Aug 8, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard, MARAD Announce Availability of FEIS and Public Hearing
The U.S. Coast Guard and MARAD announced today that the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed TORP Terminal LNG project is now available and that a public hearing will be held in Mobile, Ala., on August 26, 2008. The FEIS should be available soon under Docket No. USCG-2006-24644 on...
Massachusetts Gov. Signs LNG Siting Bill into Law
Posted on Aug 8, 2008 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Safety & Security, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts Gov. Signs LNG Siting Bill into Law
The Fall River Herald News (Mass.) reports that Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.) has signed a bill into law that will require a 5,000-foot distance from the center of an LNG storage tank and a 1,500-foot distance from the hull of an LNG carrier to any residential home, retirement community, school, hospital, healthcare facility or business. The law applies to any LNG terminal facility...