NEW YORK SEMINAR TO DISCUSS OFFSHORE NATURAL GAS TERMINALS

NEW YORK SEMINAR TO DISCUSS OFFSHORE NATURAL GAS TERMINALS    A half-day seminar, entitled “How to Implement Your Offshore Natural Gas
Terminal,” will be offered free on Jan. 16, 2003, at the New York Yacht Club
in mid-Manhattan.
   Capt. Michael Brown, chief of the vessel and facility operating standards
division at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C., will discuss
the recent amendment to the U.S. Deepwater Port Act. The amendment expanded
the Act’s jurisdiction to include offshore facilities that transmit natural
gas.
   Holland & Knight, a law firm, is sponsoring the seminar, which will also
focus on financing options, siting, the issuing of permits, environmental
concerns, and legal issues.