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FERC eLibrary
Downeast LNG Export Proposal
Pre-filing Comments List
2014 November
Docket Number PF14-19
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NOTE: The Docket List on the FERC website is in Date Order by Date Filed, rather than by Date Posted.
| Color Key: | Project Developer, Contractors & Supporters Project Opponents Project Neutral Unknown, non-public comments |
Pre-filing
2014 November
Listed here in Ascending Date Order by Posted Date, rather than by Filed Date to FERC eLibrary.
NOTE: The Docket List on the FERC website is in Date Order by Date Filed, rather than by Date Posted.
| Nov 6 | Filed By: Individual No Affiliation [Katherine & Richard Berry] Summary: Katherine & Richard Berry express their opposition to the proposed Downeast LNG Export Project. |
| Nov 7 | Filed By: Maine Natural Areas Program Summary: Maine Natural Areas Program indicates that their database contains no indication of "rare or unique botanical features" at the proposed terminal site; however, they also indicate that their response "is not a substitute for on-site surveys." They also state, "in the absence of a specific field investigation, the Maine Natural Areas Program cannot provide a definitive statement on the presence or absence of unusual natural features at this site." |
| Nov 10 | Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay Summary: FERC has failed its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirement to provide documents translated into the Passamaquoddy language and French language for non-English and English-as-second-language speakers in Maine and New Brunswick. FERC must supply previously-published, and future documents in those languages. |
| Nov 12 | Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay Summary: FERC failed to advertise its NOI* and the October 22 Scoping Meeting in any Canadian local newspapers — effectively evading Canadian residents' and news media participation at the meeting. * NOI — Notice of Intent to publish an Environmental Impact Statement. Filed By: Downeast Liquefaction, LLC Downeast LNG, Inc. Downeast Pipeline, LLC Summary: The report includes Downeast LNG activity re Engineering Design; Pipeline (no work reported this month); Environmental; Alternatives Analysis; and other activity. Also reported is Stakeholder Communications and Agency Communications. |
| Nov 13 | Issued By: ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC] Summary: Scoping Meeting transcript. NOTE: Although the filed date was Nov 4, this filing did not appear on the FERC eLibrary Docket until Nov. 13. Filed By: INDIVIDUAL [Paul Strickland] Summary: FERC gave inadequate notice of the Scoping Meeting. FERC made intentional errors in the previous Final Environmental Impact Statement. Paul Strickland asks FERC if it intends to correct those errors prior to continuing the permitting process. Since more sound-producing equimpment is now being proposed, are sound barriers being considered? Concerns are expressed regarding storage and use of highly-combustive hydrocarbons required for the liquefaction process. Air pollution from the liquefaction process is expressed as a concern. Negative impacts on local water quality are mentioned. Eminent domain re the proposed pipeline is a concern. |
| Nov 14 | Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay Summary: Downeast LNG evaded reporting the contents of a letter from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) in DeLNG's monthly Pre-Filing Status Report No. 3 posted to the docket on Nov 12. Save Passamaquoddy Bay obtained a copy of the letter, and posted it to the docket here. MDIFW lists numerous environmental concerns in its letter to DeLNG. |
| Nov 17 | Filed By: Individual No Affiliation [Carl & Heather Ross] Summary: The Rosses express their opposition to Downeast LNG, and provide a list of safety, environmental, and esthetic reasons for their opposition. Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay Summary: FERC has once again violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as well as the public trust. FERC's NOI (Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement) re the proposed Downeast LNG Export Project, and notice of the FERC Scoping Period, intentionally omits in its project area map the 4,000-foot-long trestle and pier. In doing so, FERC has exhibited its prejudice in favor of the proposed project by "minimizing" the apparent impact, while simultaneously withholding critical information from public stakeholders. |
| Nov 19 | Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay Summary: FERC has violated NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) throughout Downeast LNG permitting (examples provided). FERC is also ignoring a fatal public safety regulatory issue re vapor fence integrity along the pier trestle. Filed By: Downeast Liquefaction, LLC Downeast LNG, Inc. Downeast Pipeline, LLC Summary: Since FERC has extended the Scoping Period Deadline, Downeast LNG delays filing its Resource Reports until 2015 January. |
| Nov 24 | Issued By: ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC] Summary:
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| Nov 26 | Filed By: Individual No Affiliation [Jeff Humme & Mary Jane Sylvesterl] Summary: The commenters list added truck traffic, impacts on local freshwater supply, safety hazards, environmental hazards, and health issues as to why they oppose Downeast LNG. |
