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NOAA Administrator Cites Offshore LNG Projects as One Reason for Addressing Marine Spatial Planning Issues

In an interview with the Associated Press, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said the United States ought to consider a comprehensive marine spatial planning policy as a means to manage competing uses of ocean resources, specifically noting offshore LNG import terminals as a new competing...

Canadian Ambassador Reaffirms Canada’s Opposition to LNG Vessel Transit Associated with Downeast LNG

In a letter to FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Canada’s ambassador to the United States Michael Wilson reiterated Canada’s position that the waters of Head Harbour Passage are internal waters of Canada and that Canada “maintains the right to control and regulate their use.” Referring to the recently issued Downeast LNG Draft EIS, Ambassador Wilson goes on to note...

U.S. Coast Guard: No New Letter of Recommendation for Cove Point Pier Reinforcement Project Needed

The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that the proposed pier reinforcement project at the Cove Point LNG import terminal “does not appear to pose any new or significant issues that would affect the waterway,” so it will not issue a new or updated Letter of Recommendation on waterway suitability. Find the Coast Guard’s determination in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....

Gulf LNG Submits Annual Review of WSA

Yesterday Gulf LNG Energy, LLC submitted to FERC its annual review of its Waterway Suitability Assessment (WSA). Gulf LNG states that “the changes to the assessment are limited to items that are administrative in nature, items that reflect the final detailed engineering design of the marine facility structures and items that positively impact the suitability of the waterway for...

U.S. Coast Guard Notes Concerns with Ballast Screens Proposal for Ships Servicing Bradwood Landing LNG

Earlier this month the U.S. Coast Guard notified FERC of its concerns with the proposal to retrofit LNG vessels servicing the Bradwood Landing LNG terminal with screens to limit entrainment of juvenile fish in vessels’ ballast systems. The Coast Guard’s letter, available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP06-365, states that fish screening technologies that have not...

Daily Letters to the Editor

Daily Astorian (Ore.) (Argues that U.S. Congress should incorporate SIGTTO “best practices” into Coast Guard regulations)

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