Issued By: ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC]
Filed Date: 9/11/2012
Accession No: 20120911-3001
Description: Letter requesting Downeast LNG, Inc to provide within 20 days the Engineering Information Request to assist in FERC's analysis of Downeast application under CP07-52 et al.

Summary: Downeast LNG omitted critical information required for FERC to determine the veracity of Downeast LNG's vapor dispersion Exclusion Zone results.

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Issued By: ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC]
Filed Date: 9/12/2012
Accession No: 20120912-0014
Description: Letter providing an update on the environmental and engineering review of Downeast LNG, Inc's and Downeast Pipeline, LLC's pending application with FERC under CP07-52 et al.

Summary: Among other details, the filing states that FERC and the US DOT will review Downeast LNG's vapor dispersion Exclusion Zone report — and once Downeast LNG complies with FERC's information requests — FERC will issue a Reliability and Safety Analysis supplement to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS). There will then be a 45-day comment period. (We believe that FERC will then issue a Final EIS. A short comment period after release of the Final EIS comes just prior to a FERC Commission permitting decision.)

An obvious question is whether or not Downeast LNG can or will ever provide answers to FERC's technical information requests, since DOWNEAST LNG IS ALREADY OVER 3 YEARS LATE answering requests that were due on 6 July 2009.

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Issued By: ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC]
Filed Date: 9/13/2012
Accession No: 20120913-3024
Description: Letter to Downeast LNG, Inc re Errata to Engineering Information Request Issued September 11, 2012 for the Downeast LNG Project under CP07-52 et al.

Summary: FERC submits a correction to one of its 2012 Sep 11 information requests.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 9/17/2012
Accession No: 20120917-5042
Description: Comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52, et al.

Summary: Save Passamaquoddy Bay points to research demonstrating that there are heavy-metal toxins in the St. Croix River and estuary around the proposed Downeast LNG terminal jetty and pier. SPB is concerned about toxins in Passamaquoddy tribal members' sustenance fisheries, and impacts on commercial species and marine mammals. SPB also points to involved federal agencies' Executive Order 12898 Environmental Justice obligations.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 9/17/2012
Accession No: 20120917-5045
Description: (Correction to date) Comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52, et al.

Summary: Save Passamaquoddy Bay resubmits its cover letter from the previous filing, to correct the comment submission date indicated in the text.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 9/17/2012
Accession No: 20120917-5057
Description: Lack of public safety research regarding vapor fence confined-vapor explosions, applicant's ongoing permitting delays; comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52-000, et al.

Summary: Save Passamaquoddy Bay expresses concern that no vapor fence confined-vapor explosion research has been performed, especially since Downeast LNG's proposed vapor fence configuration appears to establish potential confined vapor that could explode. Such an event could impact terminal equipment, and could also result in further vapor dispersion. Save Passamaquoddy Bay requests that FERC disallow vapor fences in the absence of qualifyied vapor fence confined-vapor explosion research.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 9/28/2012
Accession No: 20120928-5250
Description: Save Passamaquoddy Bay comment under CP07-52, et al

Summary: A 2004 published study by the US Environmental Protection Agency (as secondary author) demonstrates toxic mercury contamination of the Saint Croix River Estuary. Downeast LNG's proposed 4,000-foot long jetty and pier construction would likely contaminate fish consumed by Native American/First Nations subsistence fishers, by US and Canadian consumers, and would likely contaminate protected marine mammals. That would violate federal Environmental Justice obligations, and safe food practices.

Save Passamaquoddy Bay asks FERC to dismiss Downeast LNG's applications, or at the very least to deny Downeast LNG of permits.

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