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March 28, 2008

Somerset official: Weaver's Cove Energy did not consult

SOMERSET, Mass. -- The chairman of the Board of Selectmen said this morning that yesterday's assertion by Weaver's Cove Energy that it has consulted with Somerset officials about its plan to build an offshore LNG berth in the Somerset waters of Mount Hope Bay "is a bold-faced lie."

An angry William P. Meehan said he first learned of the plan reading The Journal this morning and that Weaver's Cove "never ever spoke to any elected officials I can find."

Yesterday, Weaver's Cove spokesman James Grasso told The Journal that the company began briefing elected officials in Fall River and Somerset about the proposal last week.

Meehan said the misinformation is not surprising because, he alleged, the company has been dishonest throughout the approval process for the project which, until now, has called for bringing LNG tankers up Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River. Virtually no public official in the region has supported the proposal, for safety reasons.

He said a Weaver's Cove vice president tried to meet with him this morning. "I told him, you're a day late and a dollar short. The foundation of this whole plan is a lie. It's not going anywhere. They have no chance in hell of getting our approval."

Grasso was quoted in today's Journal story as saying that the company began speaking with elected officials in Fall River and Somerset last week about this alternative. “They are, I believe, digesting the information we gave them, and don’t have really a response yet.”

“I’m in the process of making phone calls to several of the key stakeholders so everyone knows what’s going on."

-- Journal staff writer C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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