Federal Agency Fighting LNG Terminal

National Marine Fisheries Service has asked the Coast Guard to deny permission for a liquefied natural gas terminal south of Fort Morgan saying it could killmillions of fish eggs and other marine life.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: September 25, 2008

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Federal fisheries officials have recommended
that the Coast Guard deny a company permission for an open-loop
liquefied natural gas terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, about 63
miles south of Fort Morgan on the Alabama coast, citing potential
threats to marine life.
The terminal proposed by TORP Technology would use an open-loop
system that would require an average of about 127 million gallons
of seawater per day to heat and regasify liquefied natural gas.
In a letter this week, the National Marine Fisheries Service
warned the Coast Guard that the open-loop system could kill
millions of fish eggs and other marine life.
The Fisheries Service has recommended the use of a close-loop
regasification system for the terminal. A decision on a permit for
the project will come later.

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