LNG co. wins approval, delays hearings
A developer looking to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais has asked the state to postpone public hearings on the project, only hours after the city's planning board approved its site plan.
The planning board Monday unanimously approved Calais LNG's site plan for a proposed $1 billion LNG terminal following a three-hour public hearing, according to the Bangor Daily News. Not long after, however, the developer's attorney sent a letter to the Maine Bureau of Environmental Protection seeking to push back a series of public hearings originally set to begin next Monday, saying the company would not have certain information required in its permit request to BEP ready in time. Attorney David Van Slyke told the paper several reports related to soil, vernal pools and policies related to working with state agencies have not yet been completed, the absence of which could lead to motions for additional hearings of appeals to the Superior Court.
Calais LNG has asked the hearings to be postponed until after Sept. 1, according to the paper. The BEP plans to seek input from project interveners and other parties before making a decision on the postponement later today.
In January, Calais LNG submitted its application with federal regulators for the proposed LNG terminal, a 330-acre site that would include two 160,000-cubic-meter LNG storage tanks, a pier and a 20.5-mile pipeline.
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