![]() The project calls for the construction of two 160,000 cubic meter single-containment LNG storage tanks. The expansion, which is scheduled for 2008, would increase the sendout capacity of the Cove Point LNG terminal in Calvert County, MD, to 1.8 Bcf/d from 1 Bcf/d, and would boost storage capacity to 14.6 Bcf from 7.8 Bcf. It contends that Cove Point's expansion could pose even more problems (see Daily GPI, April 7). WGL in early 2005 blamed Cove Point's LNG for multiple leaks that erupted on its system. The FEIS reveals that FERC is moving along with the Cove Point LNG expansion despite cries by Washington Gas Light (WGL) to reject the project until it can be shown that LNG deliveries from the Maryland facility are interchangeable with traditional gas and will not negatively impact the utility's distribution system. ![]() The Cove Point expansion would increase the flow of natural gas to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast markets for both consumption and storage. "Staff concludes that if the proposed projects are found to be in the public interest and constructed and operated in accordance with Dominion's proposed mitigation and our recommended mitigation measures, the proposed facilities would have limited adverse impacts," the agency said in a statement issued along with its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the Cove Point terminal and pipeline projects. FERC on Friday issued favorable final environmental reviews for three liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and associated pipeline projects - Dominion Cove Point LP's proposed expansion of its LNG terminal in Maryland, BP Energy affiliate Crown Landing LLC's proposed 1.2 Bcf/d terminal to be built along the Delaware River in Logan Township, NJ, and Sempra Energy's Port Arthur LNG LP proposal to construct an LNG terminal and associated facilities in Port Arthur, TX.
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