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September 8, 2006

Update: Opponents make another bid to stop LNG project

FALL RIVER -- Rhode Island and Massachusetts officials will gather at a proposed LNG site here today to announce their latest legal effort to stop the project.

A petition to be filed with the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals asks the U.S. Department of Transportation to adopt standards that would dictate where liquefied natural gas terminals can be located.

Fall River Mayor Ed Lambert, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly and a representative from the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office were expected to be on hand at the Weaver's Cove site. An earlier report indicated that Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch would attend. However, his spokesman, Michael J. Healey, told projo.com this morning that Lynch never planned to attend because he must be at the new Kent County Courthouse today for the official ceremony marking the court's opening.

Fall River officials recently announced that they would appeal a ruling that allows the state permitting process to move forward.

Lambert says Hess provided incorrect information about the potential impacts of the project.

-- The Associated Press and projo.com reports

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 11:27 AM | Permalink

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