Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Alliance to Protect the Quoddy Region
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2008 April 6
| Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline refutes QBLNG's Brian Smith FERC Docket refutes QBLNG's claim Quoddy Tides confirms QBLNG's Brian Smith falsehood QBLNG's dishonest behavior pattern |
Quoddy Bay LNG (QBLNG) Project Manager Brian Smith's letter to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) makes claims that prove to be false. Smith claimed that the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NE) has a request before FERC to change their pipeline tariff regarding gas Btu quality.
Save Passamaquoddy Bay checked with both M&NE and FERC, and here's what we learned:
Save Passamaquoddy Bay received a voicemail message from M&NE stating that they do not have a request before FERC to change the tariff-specified quality of the gas in the pipeline.
While Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline does have tariff-related comments on the FERC docket within the last year — they are regarding terminology definitions. There is absolutely nothing before FERC regarding changing M&NE gas Btu content or quality. The FERC docket number is RP08-113-000.
Check it yourself by going to the FERC eLibrary Docket Search page and entering RP08-113 in the Docket # field. Then, click "Submit." Search the results for tariff.
In The Quoddy Tides March 28 edition story, "Quoddy Bay seeks pre-hearing delay," Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline spokesperson Marylee Hanley confirms that they have no pending [gas quality] tariff change before FERC.
This isn't the first time that QBLNG has made a false claim about their relationship with M&NE. QBLNG had previously stated they were in negotiations with M&NE for space in the pipeline to accept their regasified LNG. That, too, was disproven by M&NE.
