Long Beach Congressman decries local attempts to stop LNG terminal
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Long Beach, last week sent a letter to Long Beach Mayor Beverly O'Neill bristling at local attempts to stymie a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal planned for the Port of Long Beach.
Approval of the project application falls under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, while the port, as landlord for the harbor area, will ultimately decide whether to grant the project applicants (ConocoPhillips and Mitsubishi) a lease for the terminal. But the Long Beach City Council was expected to decide late Tuesday whether to tell the state and the port if they support the project or not.
Rohrabacher's letter strongly encouraged the city to let the port and FERC decide if the project is safe or not — an environmental impact report, including a safety analysis, is due in fall.
Long Beach Congressman decries local attempts to stop LNG terminal
