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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called on FERC to expand the scope of its environmental analysis of Dominion Cove Point’s proposed liquefaction facilities to include the “indirect effects” related to natural gas drilling and combustion.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called on FERC to expand the scope of its environmental analysis of Dominion Cove Point’s proposed liquefaction facilities, looking into the “foreseeable future” and exceeding its jurisdiction to include an investigation into the “indirect effects” related to natural gas drilling and combustion.

Cash prices overall averaged a 20-cent drop Friday as weather forecasts called for moderation in the Northeast and marketers cited an abundance of available gas. Rockies, the Midwest and the Gulf Coast were all lower. At the close of trading, December futures had dropped 10.5 cents to $3.503 and January was off by 10.3 cents to $3.634. December crude oil gained 98 cents to $86.07/bbl.

It was only a matter of time before Democrats called for a hearing to explore what role, if any, extreme weather events and climate change played in the Frankenstorm that slammed into the northeastern coast this week when Hurricane Sandy teamed with a cold front from the West to create a superstorm.

A Maryland congressman has called on FERC to approve Dominion Cove Point’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction facility in Lusby, MD, “without delay,” noting that it has “significant merits and warrants swift approval.” At the same time, a group of analysts tried to quell concerns that the Department of Energy (DOE) might reverse its order approving Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC’s license to export LNG to nations with which the U.S. does not have free trade agreements (non-FTA).

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has called on FERC to consider proposed and existing natural gas pipeline projects for transporting Marcellus shale gas to New York as alternatives to the proposed Constitution Pipeline.

Just days after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed last year by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the official hinted that he could file another lawsuit if natural gas drilling moves forward in the Delaware River Basin.

Three energy groups have called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to postpone the Oct. 12 date for nonswap dealers and nonmajor swap participants to comply with Title VII of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act by a minimum of a year (see NGI, Sept. 17).

Three energy groups have called on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to postpone the Oct. 12 date for nonswap dealers and nonmajor swap participants to comply with Title VII of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act by a minimum of a year (see Daily GPI, Sept. 11a; July 3).