Broadwater decision delayed again - Newsday.com: "State officials have pushed back by another six weeks a decision on whether Broadwater Energy should be allowed to site its proposed liquid natural gas terminal in New York waters of Long Island Sound.
A decision now is due Aug. 16.
An agreement between the New York State Department of State and Broadwater was posted Friday on the publically-accessible website of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or FERC.
FERC is the primary licensing agency for facilities like Broadwater's. State officials want to wait for the agency's final environmental impact statement on the proposed floating terminal before making their own decision.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, meanwhile, is awaiting the state Department of State's findings before he takes a position on Broadwater, which has met with widespread opposition on Long Island from elected officials, environmentalists and civic groups as a potential threat to the sound's ecology, security and commerce...."
