AG Lynch assails Coast Guard for stating RI waters safe for LNG transport
Publicado el 2009-07-30 18:31:53 [0 comentarios]
Michael J. Healey
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Department of Attorney General
150 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903
Patrick C. Lynch, Attorney General
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Michael J. Healey
Tel: (401) 274-4400, ext. 2234
Fax: (401) 222-2725 July 30, 2009 www.riag.state.ri.us
PRESS STATEMENT
AG Lynch assails Coast Guard for recommending LNG traffic in Rhode Island waters; vows to continue fight against ill-advised LNG facility in Mount Hope Bay every step of the way
Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch issued the following statement concerning today’s recommendation by the Coast Guard on the suitability of Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay for LNG marine traffic. Weaver’s Cove Energy seeks to construct a berth one mile offshore in Mount Hope Bay and just 700 feet from the Rhode Island border, and two miles south of the Braga Bridge, to accommodate deliveries by LNG tankers to Fall River.
Attorney General Lynch’s comment is as follows:
“I share the disappointment and dismay of everyone involved in the sustained battle to keep Weaver’s Cove Energy from establishing a massive LNG berthing facility first, at Weaver’s Cove in Fall River and now, in the middle of our magnificent Mount Hope Bay, in regard to the ill-advised decision rendered by the United States Coast Guard today. But our battle is far from over. There remains a host of issues that need to be addressed, and today’s misguided conclusion by the Coast Guard that the shipping transit route to a proposed offshore berthing terminal is navigationally suitable does not relate to the suitability of the terminal itself. Neither does it concern submerged lands and dredging issues. My office will fight on, as we have done, to protect Rhode Island’s coastal communities and families, business interests, and the recreational boating that is so crucial to the identity and integrity of our beautiful Ocean State.”
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