Issued By: ENERGY PROJECTS, OFFICE OF [FERC]
Filed Date: 6/12/2013
Accession No: 20130612-3034
Description: Letter to NOAA Fisheries re the Downeast LNG Project-Section 7 Consultation Supplement under CP07-52 et al.
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Summary: FERC asks NOAA Fisheries to concur with FERC's decision that the Downeast LNG project would not adversely affect Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons, Atlantic salmon, leatherback sea turtle, and North Atlantic right, sei, blue, fin, humpback, and sperm whales or the designated critical habitat for the North Atlantic right whale.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 6/12/2013
Accession No: 20130612-5085
Description: Save Passamaquoddy Bay Comments re toxins and FERC's request that NOAA concur that Downeast LNG would likely have no impact on endangered species habitat, under CP07-52 et al.
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Summary: FERC's letter of 2013 June 12, Accession No. 20130612-3034, asks NOAA to agree that Downeast LNG would not adversely impact endangered species, and includes 15 conditions that DeLNG would need to observe; however, FERC ignores the known toxins in the waterway bottom that would be reintroduced into the water column by pier and trestle construction — contaminating biota that is food for endangered species. Therefore, endangered species would, indeed, be adversely impacted by Downeast LNG.

Also, FERC indicates that the listed conditions must be observed in Grand Manan Channel and in the Bay of Fundy west of Grand Manan; however, FERC makes no conditions for transiting Head Harbour Passage and in Passamaquoddy Bay.
 
Therefore, NOAA must refuse to concur with FERC's request.

Save Passamaquoddy Bay is contacting numerous whale expert organizations, indiginous peoples organizations, and news media, requesting that they respond to FERC's seriously flawed conclusions.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 6/14/2013
Accession No: 20130614-5128
Description: Comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay re NEPA and health, safety, and cultural impacts on the Passamaquoddy Nation, under CP07-52 et al.
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Summary: Save Passamaquoddy Bay observes that FERC has failed its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) obligations regarding Passamaquoddy Nation health, safety, and culture; and, that the proposed Downeast LNG project violates those NEPA requirements. Thus, FERC must deny Downeast LNG's permits.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 6/20/2013
Accession No: 20130620-5037
Description: Fishermen testimony to State of Maine Board of Environmental Protection, comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52, et al.
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Summary: Testimony by fishermen that was presented in the 2007 Maine Board of Environmental Protection Downeast LNG hearing is provided. Included is Downeast LNG's overt demonstration of lack of purpose, and that Downeast LNG permitting violates US Environmental Justice and fairness requirements.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 6/20/2013
Accession No: 20130620-5038
Description: Terminal siting issues are addressed, comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52, et al.
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Summary: Expert testimony from the 2007 Maine Board of Environmental Protection Downeast LNG hearing is provided, demonstrating the inappropriateness of Downeast LNG's proposed terminal site.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 6/20/2013
Accession No: 20130620-5039
Description: The Whole Bay Study of LNG impacts on Passamaquoddy Bay area, comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52, et al.
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Summary: The Whole Bay Study , as well as Yellow Wood Associates' principle researcher Shanna Ratner's testimony to the 2007 Maine Board of Environmental Protection Downeast LNG hearing, is provided. The study and testimony evidence the inappropriateness of Downeast LNG's proposed project under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and federal Environmental Justice requirements.

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Issued By: CHAIR AND IMMEDIATE STAFF (CHAIR) [FERC]
Filed Date: 6/18/2013
Accession No: 201300620-0009
Description: Response to Ambassador Gary Doer's 5/17/13 letter regarding the Downeast LNG Project and the March 2013 Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement under CP07-52.
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Summary: FERC Chairman Wellinghoff replies to Canada's Ambassador Doer that FERC has a legal obligation to complete Downeast LNG's permit application processing, and encourages Canadians to participate in the FERC process.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 6/21/2013
Accession No: 20130621-5016
Description: Response to FERC Chair Wellinghoff's letter to Canada Ambasador Doer re FERC's legal permitting obligations, Save Passamaquoddy Bay comment under CP07-52, et al.
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Summary: FERC Chairman Wellinghoff's June 20 claim that FERC has a legal obligation to process Downeast LNG's applications is fraudulent, and continued Downeast LNG permit processing is improper.

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