Broadwater gets conditional endorsement
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- January
- 11
Another report on the massive liquid nitrogen barge Broadwater Energy plans for Long Island Sound is sure to mean another volley of words from the energy company and environmentalists.
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued final version of its review today, finding that Broadwater could operate the barge  storing super-cooled liquid nitrogen and converting it back into gas  if it takes 86 measures to lessen its impact and insure safety.
That comes about a month after New York state Department of Environmental Conservation asked for more information and said operating the floating plant could kill lobsters  already a fragile population after massive die offs several years ago  and would kill hundreds of millions of young fish and fish larvae.
With the FERC staff report in, federal commissioners themselves must either approve the project, reject it, or set hearings to explore the scientific facts behind it.
Find the entire 2,220-page report by going to the FERC Web site here and looking at the January 11 entry under “What’s New at FERC.”
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