LNG in Passamaquoddy - 9 Filings to FERC Opposing Downeast LNG Proposal

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The Latest Update to the Save Passamaquoddy Bay website:

FERC > LNG Project Review Process > eLibrary Dockets > Formal Filing Docket Comment Submissions >Downeast LNG — CP07-52, CP07-53, CP07-54, CP07-55 > 2013 May


May 20
Save Passamaquoddy Bay [Sarah and Paul Strickland] — The Stricklands oppose Downeast LNG due to negative impacts it would have on health, safety, environmental, and lifestyle.

Save Passamaquoddy Bay — Dr. James Venart's report on thermal radiation demonstrating DeLNG would violate the thermal radiation Exclusion Zone regulation may be delayed until after May 20, due to health and scheduling problems. Since FERC "deadlines" have been flexible throughout this permitting process, FERC should accept and fully consider the report filing.

Save Passamaquoddy Bay — Save Passamaquoddy Bay enumerates a long list of Downeast LNG regulation-compliance failings. Downeast LNG cannot meet those requirements. FERC must deny permits.

Susan Lambert — Passamaquoddy Bay is a nutrient pump that supports biodiversity in the Bay of Fundy, making the Downeast LNG development inappropriate.

Vaughn McIntyre Consulting — Vaughn McIntyre opposes Downeast LNG due to negative impacts it would have on tourism, especially cruise ships. The waterway's existing uses precludes LNG terminal siting here.

Huntsman Marine Science Centre — Huntsman relies on seawater from the Saint Croix River estuary. LNG terminal construction and operation would negatively impact the water's integrity, the local environment, and Huntsman Marine Science Centre's sustainability.

Nature Trust of New Brunswick — DeLNG is unnecessary and a threat to the area's natural beauty, and natural heritage.

Friends of Head Harbour Lightstation — LNG tankers would present a security risk to Campobello Island, visitors to the lightstation, and Head Harbour Lightstation itslef; and, Campobello Island would present a security risk to LNG tankers.

Town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick — Downeast LNG would have a detremental impact on St. Andrews economy. Existing uses of the bay preclude an LNG terminal, and St. Andrews is unprepared to deal with an emergency resulting from an LNG incident.

Robert Godfrey

Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance
www.SavePassamaquoddyBay.org

LNG: What's happening this Week in Fundy and Abroad.

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English: Boston, Mass. (Aug. 25, 2004) - A 25-foot U.S. Coast Guard boat assigned to the Coast Guard Station Boston, Mass., provides a security escort for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Tanker Matthew in Boston Harbor. Escort of LNG Tankers are a multi-agency priority, consisting of Coast Guard, local and state police, and Massachusetts Environmental Patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Public Affairs Specialist 3rd Class Kelly Newlin (RELEASED) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Latest Update to the Save Passamaquoddy Bay website:

*FERC <http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc.html>* > LNG Project
Review Process
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc.html#project_review_process> > eLibrary
Dockets <http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc.html#dockets> > Formal
Filing Docket Comment Submissions
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc.html#formal_filing_docket_submissions> >*Downeast
LNG* — CP07-52, CP07-53, CP07-54, CP07-55
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc.html#elibrary_delng_formal_docket> > 2013
May
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc/elibrary/formal_filing/delng_CP07-52/2013/formal_delng_2013_05may.html>

* May 13
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/ferc/elibrary/formal_filing/delng_CP07-52/2013/formal_delng_2013_05may.html#2013may13>

o Save Passamaquoddy Bay — The US Coast Guard requires DeLNG
to obtain Passamaquoddy Nation approval of DeLNG's proposed
use of the waterway. The Saint Croix Schoodic Band of
Passamaquoddy /*disapproves*/ of Downeast LNG's proposed use
of the waterway.

*Downeast LNG has failed to meet this Coast Guard requirement.*

o Richard and Katherine Berry, and Paul and Suzanne
Crawford — Homes along the north shore of Mill Cove, across
the cove from proposed Downeast LNG, would be within the
Hazard Zone and Exclusion Zone. Photographs of the homes and
waterway are included.

*News Stories & Editorial*
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_articles.html> > May 13
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faster page loading, go to our Latest News
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_latest.html> page.]

Nova Scotia
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_archives/2013/news_2013_05may.html#13_ns>

* India's H-Energy explores potential Canada LNG export terminal
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_archives/2013/news_2013_05may.html#13_reutersindia> (May
10)
* Second LNG project proposed
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_archives/2013/news_2013_05may.html#13_chronicleherald> (May
10)

Northeast
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_archives/2013/news_2013_05may.html#13_northeast>

* Do rig counts tell us much about oil and natural gas supplies
anymore?
<http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/news_archives/2013/news_2013_05may.html#13_platts> (Apr
5)

Robert Godfrey
*Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance *
*www.SavePassamaquoddyBay.org <http://www.SavePassamaquoddyBay.org>*

OPINION: From Off the Coast of Massachusetts: A Cautionary Tale About Natural Gas Infrastructure

CLF Scoop: From Off the Coast of Massachusetts: A Cautionary Tale About Natural Gas Infrastructure

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 07:55 AM PST The front page of the Boston Globe last week presented a powerful, timely and cautionary tale about  two liquefied natural gas terminals  that sit off the coast of Gloucester and Salem. Those terminals are the tangible reminder of a massive push undertaken by energy industry insiders to build such terminals.  The intensity of that push, which began to build around 2002, becoming most intense during the 2004  to 2007 period and then petering out in the years since, contrasts sharply with the reality described in the Globe article: that those two offshore terminals have sat idle for the last two years. That push to build LNG import facilities, which was such a mania in energy industry circles circa 2005, yielded some crazy ideas, like the proposal to hollow out a Boston Harbor Island and the infamous Weavers Cove project in Fall River. The offshore terminals, while the least bad of those proposals, reflected short sighted thinking detached from careful regional planning.  Both in terms of the need for these facilities and design decisions like regulators not forcing the projects to share one pipeline to shore instead of (as they did) twice disturbing the marine environment to build two duplicative pieces of infrastructure. Today, the hue and cry is no longer about LNG, instead we are bombarded with impassioned demands for more natural gas pipelines as well as more measured discussions of the need for "smart expansions". Will we have the collective intelligence to be smarter and more careful this time? Will the permitting process force consideration, as the law requires, of alternatives that make better use of existing infrastructure and pose less risk to the environment and the wallets of customers? Fixing natural gas leaks and becoming much more efficient in our use of gas is a key "supply strategy" that needs to be on the table and fully examined before committing to new pipelines. And as it so often is, the overarching issue here is protecting future generations by addressing the climate issue. Science and prudent energy analysis, makes it clear that we need to put ourselves on a trajectory to end the burning of fossil fuels, including natural gas by the middle of this century. Given this reality every proposal to build massive and long-lived facilities to import more of those fuels must be viewed with great skepticism.

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LNG: Calais LNG drops lump of coal in Quoddy's Xmas Stocking!

The post below appeared 2 years ago. DLNG remains in the game this Christmas and concerned citizens need to stay engaged on this issue.

While groups and individuals around the Passamaquoddy Bay area, celebrate the withdrawal of State of Maine apl;lications, CLNG dropped a lump of coal into their Christmas Stockings by requesting the further indulgence of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. See the entire letter at: http://www.scribd.com/doc/45554014/CLNG-abandons-State-Applications-but-requests-FERC-s-indulgence

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