Bradwood Landing LNG Backers Weighing Options on Oregon DEQ Permit
Posted on Feb 23, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Bradwood Landing LNG Backers Weighing Options on Oregon DEQ Permit
Officials with NorthernStar Natural Gas, the company developing the Bradwood Landing LNG project, told the Associated Press (via the Houston Chronicle) that they are evaluating the data request and recommendations made the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regarding three-dimensional modeling of the Columbia River to assess erosion, water quality and fish habitats. Gven...
State Official: Oregon Needs More Information on Bradwood Landing LNG Project
Posted on Feb 22, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on State Official: Oregon Needs More Information on Bradwood Landing LNG Project
Nina DeConcini, Northwest region administrator for Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), told The Oregonian that her agency needs additional information before it can make a decision on Bradwood Landing LNG’s water quality permit application. Specifically, DEQ has requested three-dimensional modeling of the Columbia River before making its decision on the...
LNG Project Opponents Say FERC Acting Inconsistently on Maine LNG Project Applications
Posted on Feb 17, 2010 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on LNG Project Opponents Say FERC Acting Inconsistently on Maine LNG Project Applications
In supplemental comments filed with FERC this week, Nulankeyutomonen Nkihtahkomikumon, Save Passamaquoddy Bay-Canada, and Save Passamaquoddy Bay-U.S. suggest that the Commission is not evaluating the circumstances surrounding the Downeast and Calais LNG proposals in the same manner. Specifically, the comments argue that FERC’s Draft EIS prepared for the Downeast LNG project did...
California State Senate Passes Bill on Future LNG Proposals
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on California State Senate Passes Bill on Future LNG Proposals
Yesterday the California State Senate passed a bill, SB 376, that would require future LNG project applicants to certify that they have consulted with the U.S. Department of Defense and to conduct a full life-cycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the LNG project. The Ventura County Star offers additional...
Opponents of Bradwood Landing LNG Project File Brief with Ninth Circuit
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Opponents of Bradwood Landing LNG Project File Brief with Ninth Circuit
A number of non-profit groups filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week arguing that FERC did not adequately assess the environmental impacts of the Bradwood Landing LNG project on local resources and that the local energy market does not require LNG imports. The groups ask the court to vacate FERC’s order authorizing construction of the...
FERC Chairman Says Carbon Emissions from Upstream Production and LNG Transport Should Be Accounted for in Environmental Review
Posted on Jan 28, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on FERC Chairman Says Carbon Emissions from Upstream Production and LNG Transport Should Be Accounted for in Environmental Review
Speaking at an event in Portland, Ore., FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff said that he believes life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of LNG, including GHG emissions from production and transport via vessel, should be included in the environmental review of LNG regasification terminals proposed in the United States. Chairman Wellinghoff also noted that FERC does not have...