GROTON --State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called on the Federal Aviation Administration Monday to establish a no-fly zone over a natural liquid gas terminal proposed for the Long Island Sound, just 10 miles from the Connecticut coast.
Broadwater Energy LLC is proposing an 80-foot-tall, 1,200-foot-long, 180-foot-wide platform between East Haven and Wading River, N.Y., to supplement gas piped to the Northeast from Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. The size, scope and seafloor-based design is unprecedented in the region, Blumenthal said.
The state congressional delegation, state-level politicians and a non-profit group, Save the Sound, oppose the project because of the potential environmental impact of leaks and the hindrance to fishermen and others.
