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February 24, 2006

Lynch wants to allow comments on revised Weaver's Cove LNG plan

PROVIDENCE -- Attorney General Patrick Lynch says he wants to continue the debate over plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, Mass.

Lynch today called on the Army Corps of Engineers to reopen the public comment period on the proposed LNG terminal.
The move comes after the company behind the project revised its plans. Weaver's Cove recently said it wants to use smaller vessels that would make more frequent trips to transport the LNG.

Lynch says Weaver's Cove is radically altering its proposal -- not merely tweaking it -- and that the public deserves to have the comment period reopened.

He says the new plan would result in increased traffic delays and more bridge closures.

-- The Associated Press

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