Review on gas terminal to go on - Newsday.com: "Legislation that would have halted federal regulators' review of the proposed Broadwater liquid natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound failed to gain House support yesterday.
An amendment to the House energy bill introduced by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) would have barred the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from using any federal funds next year to continue processing Broadwater's application. The amendment failed, 285-'.
Bishop said he sought to halt progress on federal approval of Broadwater after a recent federal report on liquid natural gas terminals raised questions from lawmakers about the Long Island project. More studies on Broadwater are pending.
'It's very possible this project will be licensed before that further study is available for review,' Bishop said. 'I wanted to halt this before it was approved and then it's discovered that there are major problems.'"
