November 16, 2007
Downeast LNG gets more time
The Maine Bureau of Environmental Protection yesterday reversed its previous stance and voted 5-3 to allow Downeast LNG to withdraw its state application to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Robbinston in order to resubmit it next year.
Dean Girdis, president of Downeast LNG, said "a more complete record will enable the BEP to make a more informed decision on our project," according to a press release from the company. Downeast LNG, based in Washington, D.C., wants to build a 320,000-cubic-meter LNG terminal, storage tanks, a regasification plant and a pier in Robbinston. The company's federal permit applications, filed last December, are not affected and are still pending.
Downeast LNG in late September and again in late October asked to withdraw its application in order to address unresolved issues, such as the path of a pipeline that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told the company could not run through a wildlife refuge as was laid out in the plan. Both times the BEP turned down the request.
Dean Girdis, president of Downeast LNG, said "a more complete record will enable the BEP to make a more informed decision on our project," according to a press release from the company. Downeast LNG, based in Washington, D.C., wants to build a 320,000-cubic-meter LNG terminal, storage tanks, a regasification plant and a pier in Robbinston. The company's federal permit applications, filed last December, are not affected and are still pending.
Downeast LNG in late September and again in late October asked to withdraw its application in order to address unresolved issues, such as the path of a pipeline that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told the company could not run through a wildlife refuge as was laid out in the plan. Both times the BEP turned down the request.
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