US Interior: BP's plan for LNG terminal is flawed - Congress may disregard

[cyberpj]

Data sought on LNG plans
Unexamined risks for wildlife cited by feds
By JEFF MONTGOMERY / The News Journal
04/16/2005

The U.S. Interior Department has recommended additional studies before ruling on plans for a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Delaware River, citing unexamined risks for fish and wildlife and a potential for river traffic disruptions.

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In a 10-page comment on BP's plan, released on Friday, Interior Department officials said the draft study "does not support" the commission's claim that cumulative environmental risks from the project would be minor or short-term. The agency also said the commission should require more studies of risks to wildlife and fish, including the endangered shortnose sturgeon, as well as a concern that tanker operations and security zones would "compromise general navigation" for up to half of the year.


MEANWHILE, CONGRESS MAY TAKE OVER MAKING THE CHOICE FOR US!

Congress is separately considering an energy bill provision that would give the federal energy commission exclusive authority to choose LNG terminal sites.


http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2005/04/16datasoughtonlng.html

[LynneSin]

1. Let NJ put the damn pier off the coast of Wildwood or Atlantic City

I'm sure all the folks that live there would appreciate it as much as all the people in Delaware who live near the site of where they want to put the pier in NJ

:grr: