Anticipating Fed OK of LNG terminal, New Jersey plans to build pier for BP

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...on Delaware's River!

1. Remember, Delaware does not want the LNG terminal which will utilize the Delaware River- citing safety issues and violations of Delaware's Coastal Zone act. Not to mention the pier's proximity to the nearby failing nuclear plant.

2. Now remember, the energy bill currently under discussion contains an amendment that allows the Feds final determination of sites. I guess BP and New Jersey are pretty confident it's going to pass.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=144x290

As posted to the Delaware forum today:

U.S. Supreme Court fight looms
By JEFF MONTGOMERY / The News Journal
06/16/2005

New Jersey wants to help energy giant BP by using public money to build a pier on the Delaware River that would allow the delivery of liquefied natural gas -- setting up what could be a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Delaware, which doesn't want the gas to be delivered there because of safety concerns, claims it has a right to control development along the river.

Under the plan, New Jersey would build the delivery pier needed for BP's $500 million terminal and then lease it back to the company at rates that would fully repay the government.

"They would own it. We would basically pay them back, and they would get income from it," Neil Chapman, a spokesman for BP, said Wednesday.

(Poster's comment: Now just whose idea do you think that was?)

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050616/NEWS01/506160362/1006/NEWS

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1. The LNG danger spelled out

LNG is one of those under-the-radar issues...as the energy industry aims to set up coastal communities throughout the country with a fat terrorist target. Here's the primo website on the battle to stop them.

http://timrileylaw.com/LNG.htm

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2. Thanks for that site info. Seen these?

By searching I was able to locate a detailed listing of operating, planned, and proposed terminals is available as part of NGI's North American Natural Gas Infrastructure Map.

http://intelligencepress.com/features/lng /

http://intelligencepress.com/ancp.html

So if I can find this info showing maps of US NG storage and pipelines how secure are the sites from terror attacks?

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3. And this?

State's rights were too restrictive to FERC desires for planned LNG terminals around the country:

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Natural Gas Intelligence
the weekly gas market newsletter
published : March 21, 2005

Kelliher: CA vs. FERC Jurisdictional Battle 'Biggest Threat' to LNG Development

The "biggest threat" to the development of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in the United States is the California regulators' challenge to FERC's jurisdiction in this area, said FERC Commissioner Joseph Kelliher in New Orleans Thursday.

If the California Public Utilities Commission wins its court challenge to FERC's claim of "exclusive jurisdiction" over the siting of LNG import facilities, the fallout from the decision "will extend far beyond Long Beach" terminal that is at the center of the court dispute, he said during the keynote speech given at NGI's 19th annual GasMart conference.

Kelliher believes an adverse court ruling would have broad implications for all LNG projects. "If we lose in California, we lose in United States," he told a crowd of energy executives.

http://intelligencepress.com/features/lng/lng_feature20050321.html