BP Security Study for Delaware River LNG Terminal Rests w/Coast Guard

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BP terminal study goes to Coast Guard
Energy giant faces 90-day review period
By MIKE BILLINGTON / The News Journal
06/23/2005

Energy giant BP has given the Coast Guard its assessment of potential security risks to a proposed $500 million liquefied natural gas terminal on the Delaware River in Logan Township, N.J.

The Coast Guard now has 90 days to study the corporation's assessment of risks to tankers that would dock at the proposed Crown Landing facility across the Delaware River from Claymont, said sector commander Capt. David Scott.

After that review is completed, Scott said Wednesday, Coast Guard officials will tell the Federal Energy Regulation Commission if they think security for the proposed facility is adequate. If the Coast Guard turns thumbs down on the security issue, there is a good possibility that it will not be built.

The proposed BP facility has stirred intense interest in Delaware because its plans include a 2,000-foot pier extending into the state's portion of the river. State officials say the pier violates Delaware's Coastal Zone Act and have denied BP's request for a permit to build it.

BP managers have said they will not challenge that decision in Delaware courts but New Jersey has proposed building the pier itself, then leasing it to BP, pushing any challenge from Delaware straight to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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