As we have indicated through blog posts and photos from contributors in the Quoddy area, Head Harbour Passage is filled will finbacks, humpbacks, minkes, porpoise and even endangered right whales, not to mention thousands of birds, tuna, sunfish, basking sharks and more (see ilovequoddywild.blogspot.com and quoddylinkmarine.blogspot.com).
In spite of the obvious unsuitability of this passage for gigantic LNG tankers, high-powered tugs, and fast, armed security boats, Maine senators in Washington and Augusta, the Governor of Maine, and maybe, just maybe, the premier of New Brunswick don't seem to understand why this place is so valuable economically and ecologically. It isn't that they haven't been told, that's for sure.
Well, now the whales are "speaking out" through Quoddy community members whose lives are dependent on this special place. The links below are the submissions that have been sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in opposition to LNG terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay and tanker passage through Head Harbour Passage at Campobello. We ignore these messages at our own peril.
Docket(s): CP07-52-000 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comment of Art A. MacKay in Docket(s)/Project(s) CP07-52-000 Submission Date: 6/19/2009 To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090619-5133
Docket(s): CP07-52-000 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comment of Dale Mitchell in Docket(s)/Project(s) CP07-52-000 Submission Date: 6/10/2009 To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090611-5132
Docket(s): CP07-52-000 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comment of Fred Whoriskey, JR in Docket(s)/Project(s) CP07-52-000 Submission Date: 7/3/2009
To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090706-5170
Docket(s): CP07-52-000 CP07-53-000 CP07-53-001 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comments of Brian William Flynn on the Downeast LNG import facility under CP07-53, et. al..
To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090908-5013
Docket(s): CP07-52-000 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comment of Arthur A. MacKay. Current whale, bird, fish and human activity in Head Harbour Passage shows importance of ecosystem under CP07-52. To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090910-5004
Docket(s): CP07-52-000 CP07-53-000 CP07-53-001 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay regarding whale safety from LNG ship strikes under CP07-52 et al.
To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090916-5006
Docket(s): PF08-24-000 Filing Type: Comment on Filing Description: Comment of Joyce Morrell, member of Save Passamaquoddy Bay Canada Inc. under PF08-24. To view the document for this Filing, click here http://elibrary.FERC.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?accession_num=20090916-5012Photo Credit: Tim Foulkes
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