Maine
LNG-Terminal-Development
Failure History

2005–2008

Town of Perry

Location: Perry — between Mahar Rd. & Cannon Hill Rd. (storage tanks for Split Rock terminal)

Developer: Quoddy Bay LLC (See also, "Robbinston", "Split Rock", "Gleason Cove")

Results: (Failure pending)

Anti-LNG Organizations: Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance; Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth

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City of Calais

Location: Calais — Village of Red Beach, just south of Devil's Head

Developer: Calais LNG Project Co.

Formerly (a.k.a.):

9th Name Used:	Calais LNG Project Co.
8th Name Used:	Calais LNG
7th Name Used:	Northeast Energy Development *
6th Name Used:	Calais Maine LNG Import Terminal
5th Name Used:	Northeast Energy
4th Name Used:	Calais LNG
3rd Name Used:	St. Croix Development
2nd Name Used:	St. Croix Consulting
1st Name Used:	BP Consulting

* This name appears to be a partnership that still exists.

Results: (Failure pending)

Anti-LNG Organizations: Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance

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Town of Robbinston

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Location: Robbinston — Mill Cove

Developer: Downeast LNG

Results: (State permits withdrawn on 2007 Nov 15; Failure pending)

Anti-LNG Organizations: Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance

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Location: Robbinston — Near US-1 (storage tanks for Split Rock terminal)

Developer: Quoddy Bay LLC/LNG (See also, "Split Rock", "Perry", "Gleason Cove")

Results: (Location concept deserted in 2006 by Quoddy Bay LLC)

Anti-LNG Organizations: Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance

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Sipayik/Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation

Quoddy Bay LNG project has failed at all locations

| Sipayik — Gleason Cove; failed 2005 | Sipayik —Split Rock, and Perry; failed 2008 |

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Location: Sipayik/Pleasant Point Reservation — Gleason Cove (See also, "Robbinston", "Split Rock", "Perry")

Developer: Quoddy Bay LLC/LNG (See also, "Robbinston", "Split Rock", "Perry")

Anti-LNG Organizations: Nulankeyutomonen Nkihtahkomikumon, a member of the Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance

Result: Failure; On 2005 Mar 28, Town of Perry voted down allowing an LNG terminal on "Article 40" land (Perry had approval authority on commercial development of land it had sold to Pleasant Point in the 1980s — referred to in Article 40.)

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Location:

• Sipayik/Pleasant Point Reservation — Split Rock import terminal and pier-based regasification facility (See also, "Robbinston")
• Perry — LNG storage tanks and land-based regasification facility (See also, "Perry")

Developer: Quoddy Bay LLC/LNG (See also, "Robbinston", "Gleason Cove", "Perry")

Anti-LNG Organizations: Nulankeyutomonen Nkihtahkomikumon, member of the Save Passamaquoddy Bay 3-Nation Alliance

Result: Failure

• Federal permitting suspended by FERC on 2008 Apr 25;
• FERC permitting dismissed without prejudice* on 2008 Oct 17;
• Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) permitting withdrawn by QBLLC on 2008 Oct 26;
• State permits withdrawal approved without prejudice* by BEP on 2008 Nov 6.

* Without Prejudice = Applicant is not barred from reapplying by starting over.

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Sears Island

Developer: Exxon-Mobil

No proposal

Casco Bay

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Town of Yarmouth, Casco Bay

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Location: Yarmouth — Cousins Island

Developer: Transcanada Pipelines Ltd. (See also, "Hope Island".)

Anti-LNG Organizations: Save Casco Bay, Inc., Friends of Casco Bay

Result: Failure; 2004 May 4, Developer declared site unsuitable.

References: http://news.mainetoday.com/indepth/lng/news/040605lng.shtml
http://news.mainetoday.com/indepth/lng/news/040511verdict.shtml

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Town of Cumberland, Casco Bay

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Location: Cumberland — Hope Island

Developer: Transcanada Pipelines Ltd. (See also, "Cousins Island".)

Anti-LNG Organizations: Save Casco Bay, Inc., Friends of Casco Bay

Result: Failure; Town decided not to negotiate project

References: http://news.mainetoday.com/indepth/lng/news/040605lng.shtml
http://news.mainetoday.com/indepth/lng/news/040511verdict.shtml

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Town of Gouldsboro

Location: Gouldsboro — Village of Corea

Developer: Cianbro

Anti-LNG Organizations: None apparently formed

Result: Failure, 2004 Sep 7, Cianbro bowed out due to strong community opposition.

Reference: http://news.mainetoday.com/indepth/lng/news/040908lng.shtml

Early 1970s