ARE THE RUSSIANS COMING?

Gas firm petitions for 'quick taking'
Company asks court's permission to begin pipeline work on 36 properties
Monday, March 16, 2009 6:38 AM EDT
By ANNE PICKERING, Staff Writer
WEST WHITELAND — Williams, a natural gas company that has filed eminent domain actions through its subsidiary Transco against 36 Chester County landowners, last week asked a judge to allow the company access to all 36 properties by May 4.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
FERC Approves AES LNG Terminal In Baltimore
A five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) panel voted 4-1 to approve Virginia-based AES Corporation's proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the site of the former Sparrows Point shipyard in eastern Baltimore County. The proposal also includes construction of an 88-mile pipeline to Pennsylvania for the former Bethlehem Steel site [later Mittal Steel and now Severstal (Russian-owned)]. The approval of the $400 million project came at the urging of organized labor groups eager for hundreds of jobs. It was opposed by community associations and nearly every elected official in the area.

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