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Edward French

2014

Downeast LNG changes plans, proposes export/import facility

After waiting nearly eight years for federal permitting for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Robbinston and having finally received a positive final environmental impact statement (FEIS) in May but no final approval yet, Downeast LNG plans to file a new application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2014

New access route and port expansion debated

The Eastport Port Authority board voted 4-1 to formally endorse the concept plan for a new access route to Eastport at its June 15 meeting. The motion noted that the board believes that the plan "coincides with the long-term cultural, environmental and economic interests of the Port of Eastport..."

2014

Biomass importers from Ireland tour Estes Head terminal

The developers of a facility in Killybegs, Ireland, that will import the wood chips to be shipped from Eastport beginning this summer toured the bulk conveyor system at the Estes Head port terminal on June 10.

2014

Tribes assert sovereignty, call for review of state’s actions

Calling the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act "a failed social experiment," Passamaquoddy Chief Fred Moore... they were withdrawing their representatives in the Maine Legislature.

2014

Bond for Navy base buildings weighed

Bond funding to renovate the commercial buildings at the former Cutler naval base is currently being considered in the legislature. On June 4 the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee held a hearing on a $5.

2014

First shipment of wood chips slated for July

Although the first wood chip shipments through the Port of Eastport have been promised before and not materialized, port officials and shippers feel confident that a vessel will be loaded with a trial shipment of wood chips by the end of July.

2014

Former Sipayik official charged with stealing $20,000 from tribe

The criminal complaint against the former financial officer in charge of the $11 million budget for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point reads like an instruction manual on how to steal without getting caught -- except this time the man with multiple identities appears to have been unmasked.