NATURAL GAS TERMINAL IN THE MIDDLE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND?
Committee to Hear From Both Sides on Benefits and Risks of Proposed Broadwater Liquefied Natural Gas Facility
PRESS ADVISORY: November 9, 2007
Contact: Christopher Crane, Committee Counsel, Tel: (914) 995-2104
ChrisC@westchesterlegislators.com
| Who: | The County Board's Environment & Energy Committee Guest speakers include: Froydis Cameron, Broadwater/Shell Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) Laura McMillan, Save the Sound |
| What: | Discussion on Broadwater Energy's proposal to build a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import, storage and re-gasification terminal at a depth of 90 feet in Long Island Sound |
| Where: | Committee Meeting Room, Westchester County Board of Legislators, Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains, NY |
| When: | Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 3:00 PM |
| Why: | At the urging of CCE, a regional Long Island Sound environmental group that has actively opposed the project for the last couple of years, the Environment & Energy Committee will host a meeting with officials from Broadwater Energy as well as representatives from environmental advocacy organizations on Broadwater's proposal to build a LNG facility in the middle of Long Island Sound. |
| The meeting will include an overview of the proposed facility and presentations by proponents and opponents of the project. The Committee will discuss a resolution supporting Suffolk County's and numerous municipalities’ opposition to the project. | |
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