Quoddy Bay LLC..... (Bangor, Freeport, Calais: buy, movie theater, closing)

[mollysmiles]

I'm still catching up on my news from yesterday! I did not find this in the Bangor Daily, but found this little blurb at WABI....

Looks like NO LNG terminal at Split Rock! Most of really aren't surprised though are we?

Local News | WABI TV-5

[mensaguy]

I'm not really surprised about this news. The Quoddy Tides had an article Friday that hinted that Qouddy Bay would be closing up shop.

Maybe their office can become a seafood restaurant again.

[mollysmiles]

The other thing is, what on earth were they thinking about regarding the location of that facility? There's VERY little land there from the causeway over, and the Elders within the tribe were so upset because of the spirituality of Split Rock. I just think it was poor planning from the get go and I couldn't see it ever coming to fruition. I'm not surprised either

The other two proposals along the St Croix toward Calais are still moving ahead....

[Maine Writer]

They're not done. There was an article in the BDN on the 18th.

The FERC letter notes the agency was dismissing the application “without prejudice,” allowing Quoddy Bay to file a “new application” in the future.
Smith said he was uncertain whether Quoddy Bay would have to start over, but that the dismissal simply delays the project’s timeline by a few years.
“When we reapply we’re not going to change the project,” Smith said. “It is going to be the same project, the same engineering, the same everything. We may have less air-quality impact if we don’t have to build a power plant. So that does change the application in Maine slightly.”

[corgis]

I think split rock was such a poor location to put in an LNG. I sure hope they don't reapply for that location. Last year there was even talk about putting the bridge back up and closing the causeway if the LNG went in.

[Maineah]

LNG terminal??? I have a friend who can't even build a movie theater in Freeport!! Too much opposition!!

[mollysmiles]

lol.... there are two other proposals right now for our area. We'll see what happens

[island mermaid]

I remember a few years ago when they were trying to put the LNG in Harpswell. All the lobsterman hung signs on their properties and the telephone poles that said " LNG CAN'T BUY ME" with one of their buoys tied to it. Our little town made a lot of noise that year.