New Brunswick Premier Reiterates Province’s Opposition to LNG Terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on New Brunswick Premier Reiterates Province’s Opposition to LNG Terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham reiterates his government’s opposition to LNG projects sited in Passamaquoddy Bay in an op-ed published by the Telegraph-Journal. In the op-ed, the Premier affirms his “sovereign and legal duty to ensure that the interests and concerns of our residents are taken into account and defended by all appropriate means as these [LNG] projects...
Massachusetts, City of Fall River Request Rehearing in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts, City of Fall River Request Rehearing in Weaver’s Cove LNG Proceeding
Late last week the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Fall River, and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley jointly filed a request for rehearing of FERC’s determination that Weaver’s Cove Energy has met the requirements specified in Condition 40 of the Commission’s 2005 conditional order approving the project. The request is available in the FERC eLibrary...
Freeport LNG Seeks Clarification on Facility Noise Survey
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Freeport LNG Seeks Clarification on Facility Noise Survey
On Friday Freeport LNG Development, L.P. informed FERC that it has not yet completed the required noise survey of its regasification facility because the LNG delivered to the terminal recently has been stored for possible re-export and has not been regasified. Freeport LNG states that its understanding of FERC’s noise survey condition is that the noise survey will take place when...
FERC Grants Extension to Trunkline LNG to Complete Infrastructure Enhancement Project
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Grants Extension to Trunkline LNG to Complete Infrastructure Enhancement Project
Late last week FERC granted an extension to Trunkline LNG to place the facilities associated with the Lake Charles LNG terminal Infrastructure Enhancement Project in service. The new deadline for placing the facilities in service is June 1, 2010. Find FERC’s order in the eLibrary under Docket No....
Editorial: Recall Over LNG Issue Misapplied in Clatsop County
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Recall Over LNG Issue Misapplied in Clatsop County
The Oregonian carried an editorial this weekend criticizing efforts by some opponents of the Bradwood Landing LNG import project to recall two Clatsop County Commissioners who supported a land-use application for the project. The piece argues that recall ought to be reserved for instances of unlawful conduct and that there are no such allegations against the two commissioners facing...