LNG
and
Related
Facilities
in
the
Northeast
Region
Chris
Boelke
NOAA
Fisheries/
Northeast
Regional
Office
Gloucester,
MA
LNG
Facilities
in
the
Northeast
Region
 
2
existing
inshore
 
Distrigas
Everett,
MA
1971,
Cove
Point,
MD
 
2
planned
offshore
 
9
proposed
or
planned
inshore
 
Weavers
Cove
(
inshore)

 
Northeast
Gateway
(
offshore)
Weavers
Cove
LNG
 
Mount
Hope
Bay/
Taunton
River
 
Winter
Flounder,
Shellfish,
anadromous
 
3
million
CY
dredging,
onsite
disposal
 
SSFATE
Modeling
­
Impacts
to
EFH
 
36
Months
 
Cooperating
agency,
DEIS
end
of
July
 
controversial
Northeast
Gateway
 
10
miles
SE
of
Gloucester
­
Hubline
 
two
subsea
buoys,
anchors/
chains
 
8
mile
pipeline
 
offloading
­
one
week,
continuous
presence
 
3
KM
exclusion
zone
 
Application
within
six
months
 
less
controversial,
fishing
groups
Construction
Issues
 
Dredging
of
areas
 
direct
loss
of
fish/
shellfish
habitat,
suspended
sediment
impacts
to
WF
eggs,
shellfish,
anadromous
 
inshore
projects
 
Siting
of
Pipes
and
Pipelines
 
impact
to
intertidal
habitats,
SAV,
etc
 
inshore
and
offshore
projects
 
Fill
 
site
construction,
loss
of
habitats
 
inshore
projects
Operational
Issues
 
Ballast
Water/
Invasive
species
 
increased
vessel
traffic,
ballast
water
intakes/
discharges
 
inshore
vs.
offshore
 
Regasification
 
 
T
­
anadromous
fish
passage
in
rivers/
estuaries,
coastal
resources
 
inshore
vs.
offshore
°
resources
and
sensitivity
to
thermal
changes
 
Impingement
/
entrainment
 
fishery
resources
 
closed
loop/
open
loop
 
inshore
vs.
offshore
°
abundance
of
sensitive
life
stages
in
vicinity
Operational
Issues
 
Protected
resources
 
buoys/
anchor
lines
­
harassment
issues?

 
pressures/
noise
 
siting
within
critical
habitats
 
Access/
Exclusion
during
operation
 
arrivals,
facility
exclusion
zones
 
siting
­
relationship
to
fishing
activities
 
Transit
of
Vessels
 
increase
in
turbidity
,
5X
background
levels
(
Wilber&
Clarke
(
2001))

 
less
impact
offshore
 
Effects
of
LNG
 
level
of
toxicity
to
aquatic
ecosystems,
residence
within
water
column
 
siting
within
shallow
waters
vs
deeper
waters
Cumulative
effects
 
Inshore
facilities
 
Taunton
River
°
potentially
2
LNG
within
3
miles
°
potentially
2
LNG,
3
power
plants,
1
desal
plant
 
Saugus
river
­
Rainbow
Smelt
 
modeling
for
ecosystem
effects
 
Offshore
facilities
 
existing
pipelines,
potential
to
tie­
in
­
Hubline
°
cumulative
exclusion
of
fishing
activity
Conclusions
 
BMP's
should
be
developed
for
siting
of
LNG
and
related
facilities
AND
for
operation
of
facilities
 
BMP's
should
address
impacts
from
both
inshore
facilities
and
offshore
facilities
 
Information
needed
for
decisionmaking,

dissemination
of
info
between
regions
