FERC Issues Favorable Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Downeast LNG May 15, 2009 Dean Girdis, president and founder of Downeast LNG, said today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) release of a favorable draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the company’s LNG import terminal in Washington County, Maine, means that the project has taken a major step forward in the regulatory approval process. Read More Download the Draft Environmental Impact Statement The easiest way to download the DEIS is to click on the "All" box on the upper left then go to the bottom and hit "Download". This will download all of the DEIS PDFs in a single ZIP file that you can then extract to your hard drive.

Downeast LNG is proposing to build a safe and environmentally sound LNG import terminal at Mill Cove in Robbinston, Maine, on Passamaquoddy Bay. The proposed facility will consist of two storage tanks, a re-gasification plant, a pier to receive LNG carriers, and a natural gas pipeline that will connect the facility to the existing pipeline that runs from Nova Scotia, Canada, through Maine.

In January of 2006, the people of Robbinston voted 227 to 83 in support of the Downeast LNG project in a special town election, and the project subsequently received approval of its land use permit applications from the Robbinston Planning Board. The project is undergoing a review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and will be submitting permit applications to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in the near future.

The Downeast LNG project will bring good paying jobs to Washington County and provide Maine and the Northeast with a much needed new supply of natural gas.