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April 18, 2006

Mass. wants more before backing Fall River LNG plan

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Massachusetts' Secretary of Environmental Affairs has ruled that Weaver's Cove Energy must provide new information before the state can endorse a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the city.

Stephen R. Pritchard said Weaver's Cove "has not sufficiently addressed significant concerns about the impacts from dredging on water quality and marine fisheries habitat,'' or offered adequate ways to mitigate potential environmental damage.

The dredging is necessary to allow large tankers to come up the Taunton River to deliver the supercooled and superflammable fuel.

The Weaver's Cove project has sparked passionate opposition from just about everyone in the region, particularly along the route the tankers would have to travel to get to the storage tank just north of Route 195.

Fall River Mayor Edward M. Lambert Jr. said the demand for more information means other state agencies will not be able to grant permits for the project.

-- Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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