LNG Facility Likely Killed By Delaware Via Supreme Court

From Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Delaware won a Supreme Court fight with New Jersey on Monday, likely killing a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal on the Delaware River.
The justices, in a 6-2 decision, said Delaware can block the project, even though it was proposed by energy giant BP for Jersey's side of the river.
Delaware said it wanted to stop the project because of safety concerns. The state owns the river bottom most of the way across the waterway, including the land on which a 2,200-foot-long pier would be built on the Jersey side.
The states agree that Delaware owns the land, but New Jersey argued that a century-old agreement allows each state to control piers on its side of the river.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the court, said Delaware cannot block ordinary projects from going forward. The proposal at issue, however, "goes well beyond the ordinary or usual," she said..........................................................


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