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Downeast LNG is the last remaining
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2011 Apr 5 Last Updated 2013 Feb 20
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2013
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Downeast LNG's option to purchase project site expires (The option was renewed 2009 Mar 12.) |
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FERC Issuance of Notice of Availability |
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FERC Authorization Decision Deadline |
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Michael Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories senior technical specialist who worked from mid-2008 to mid-2011 on US Department of Energy research on what would happen to an LNG ship if an airplane were to crash into it —
“Basically, it turns to peanut butter”
“Heat fluxes from an LNG pool fire would severely damage the vessel’s inner and outer hulls, making it sink.” [Bold emphasis added.]
— "Researchers closer to identifying LNG hazards, NARUC panel told," Oil & Gas Journal — 2013 Feb 4.
"The idea that a U.S. company is going to dictate what comes through Canadian waters is not only laughable but is offensive. A private firm is not going to dictate what comes through Canadian waters."
— "LNG company president unbowed by Canadian opposition to proposed plant in Robbinston," Bangor Daily News, 2013 January 11.
Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State —
“I find it quite ironic. We abide by the conventions of the Law of the Sea and we don’t get the protections of it because we are not technically a signatory....” [Bold emphasis added.]
— "Opposition to Law of Sea Questioned," The Epoch Times — 2012 August 15.
Webmaster's comment: Downeast LNG cannot quite grasp this concept.
Canada has banned LNG transits to the proposed Downeast LNG terminal, and the US has no UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) legal legs to stand on, because the US is not a party to the treaty. Even the US Coast Guard's international law attorney agrees that the US has no legal recourse (see: http://www.lnglawblog.com/BlogEntry.aspx?_entry=0af698eb-0b81-431b-9150-298b4cef6be1&RSS=true).
Downeast LNG cannot obtain the very product it requires, and has known that since 2006, but continues to throw money at a hopeless project.
US — Eastport, Perry, Robbinston, Calais, Red Beach, Pembroke, Washington County, and USA Passamaquoddy — Nulankeyutomonen Nkihtahkomikumon — (“We Take Care of Our Land”) Sipayik (Pleasant Point), Saint Croix Scoodic Band, and Indian Township tribal membersCanada — Campobello Island, Deer Island,
Grand Manan, St. Andrews, St. George, St. Stephen, Charlotte County,
New Brunswick, and Canada
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NOTICE — Beginning in March:
Due to the pending FERC calendar re Downeast LNG, and in order to focus our time and resources, news articles cited on this website will now include mostly just those articles of interest to the Passamaquoddy Bay area.
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May 24
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 24
- Downeast LNG, Inc. — Downeast LNG submits a non-public filing re Revised Vapor Dispersion Modeling.
- Downeast LNG, Inc. — Downeast LNG submits Revised Vapor Dispersion Modeling for LNG released from the LNG trestle pipe carrying LNG from the ship to shore. DeLNG also indicates it would add two 6-ft-tall vapor barriers, on each side of the piping, along the entire length of the trestle. Webmaster's comment: The newly-proposed 6-ft-tall vapor barriers along the entire length of the trestle would further deplete the scenic view from the head of Mill Cove and from the numerous properties on the north side of Mill Cove.
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay Canada Inc., Save Passamaquoddy Bay-U.S., Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtahkomikumon — Dr. James Venart provides Thermal Radiation modeling of a Downeast LNG tank top fire. The model indicates high levels of thermal radiation would impact private property across highway US-1 from the terminal, in violation of US Department of Transportation regulation.
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay Canada Inc. — SPB-Canada lists ways that Downeast LNG would impact New Brunswick's resource-based economy.
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay — Downeast LNG's Revised Vapor Dispersion Model ignores the real possibility of another ship alliding (crashing into) the trestle while an LNG ship is unloading. Such an incident would sever the LNG pipe and vapor barriers on the trestle, resulting in the same vapor dispersion regulation violation that would exist without the 6-ft-tall barriers on the trestle.
SPB reminds FERC that Downeast LNG's proposed pier location is 3,000 feet longer than the State of Maine allows, as the State of Maine notified FERC in 2006; and the pier and trestle location in proximity to the ship transit freeway violates Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) terminal siting best safe practices.
May 23
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 23 — Downeast LNG, Inc. — Downeast LNG responds to FERC's May 3 request (Accession No: 20130503-3025) to know what the company plans to do re the terminal property. Downeast LNG claims that it plans to renew its option on the property at the same terms as the previous option renewal; and, that there has been no change of ownership to abutting lands.
May 21
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 21
- Province of New Brunswick — The Province of New Brunswick repeats its opposition to Downeast LNG.
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay Canada Inc. — Save Passamaquoddy Bay Canada reiterates Government of Canada's prohibition of LNG ship transits, Canada's refusal to cooperate with FERC and US Coast Guard requirements, and how Downeast LNG is legally non-compliant with FERC requirements.
May 20
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.
May 17
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 17
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay — Three Passamaquoddy Nation representatives have now issued their opposition to Downeast LNG — the exact opposite to the US Coast Guard requirement that Downeast LNG must obtain Passamaquoddy Nation written approval of DeLNG's proposed use of the marine waterway.
- Province of New Brunswick, The — The Province of New Brunswick FERC Service List email addresses have changed.
- CANADIAN EMBASSY, Government of Canada — The Government of Canada opposes LNG transits through Head Harbour Passage. "Canada will not cooperate in any coordination planning with U.S. authorities; nor will our Government curtail the use of Head Harbour Passage and Passamaquoddy Bay in order to accommodate the incursion of LNG tankers."
Canada's "position remains that this proposal cannot proceed."
May 16
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 16
- Carl & Heather Ross — The Rosses object to the Downeast LNG project for safety reasons.
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay — FERC has finally recognized the 1980 research that demonstred that under some circumstances unconfined LNG vapor can explode. SPB advocates FERC remediation of its own website and literature, as well as of other cooperative agencies, to correct for its unconfined LNG-vapor-explosion denial.
- EPA New England — The EPA has no comments re the Supplimental Draft EIS; however, they do not object to the project. They indicate other LNG import terminal projects have modified their projects [to become LNG export terminals] and request that the Final EIS (FEIS) provide details of modifications and impacts of those modifications should Downeast LNG become an LNG export project.
- Passamaquoddy Tribe — The Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Office does not support the Downeast LNG project due to the dangers and due to impacts on traditions that it would impose.
- U.S. Department of the Interior — "Tribal emergency response representatives should be included in the coordination efforts, with specific mention made as such in the Supplemental DEIS."
- Fundy Baykeeper, Conservation Council of New Brunswick — Downeast LNG has demonstrated no need for the project, the natural gas market already has ample domestic supply, and the FERC process is biased for the applicant. Permits should be denied.
May 13
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 13
- 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.
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay — 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.
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