FERC Friday dismissed Quoddy Bay LNG LLC’s application to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Washington County, ME, citing the failure of the company to provide requested information.

“To date, Quoddy Bay has not provided the previously requested information, nor has Quoddy Bay provided any further information regarding the possible revisions to the project design disclosed in its Feb. 29, 2008 filing. Therefore, I am dismissing your application for the construction and operation of an LNG import terminal,” wrote J. Mark Robinson, director of FERC’s Office of Energy Projects.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s dismissal is without prejudice to Quoddy Bay, meaning that the LNG developer could refile once it is able to finalize its design and provide a complete application. The application would be treated as a new proceeding rather than a continuation of the current application process, FERC said. The existing Quoddy LNG application has been pending at the Commission since December 2006 (see Daily GPI, Dec. 18, 2006).

The dismissal comes six months after the Commission notified Quoddy Bay LNG that it had suspended review of the project for its failure to submit information on its proposed revisions to the project’s vaporizer facilities and other potential alterations (see Daily GPI, April 28).

Quoddy’s proposal called for the construction of a 2 Bcf LNG import terminal at Split Rock, ME, and a storage project in Perry, ME. The 15-acre site abuts the Passamaquoddy and Cobscook bays [CP07-38]. The project included a 35.8-mile-long gas pipeline from the LNG terminal to the interstate gas pipeline in the Town of Princeton, ME.

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