A proposal for a manmade island south of Long Beach to process and distribute shiploads of liquid natural gas moved forward a notch Thursday with word from the Coast Guard and the U.S. Maritime Administration that the promoters' 5,000-page application is complete and ready for processing.
The 60.5-acre island is proposed for a site 13.5 miles south of Long Beach and, while it has raised concerns in that city, is considered by some environmentalists to be less risky than the floating natural gas terminal proposed for Long Island Sound by Broadwater Energy. Atlantic's plan is to feed its processed gas into an existing pipeline that runs from New Jersey to Long Beach. "We can tap into the pipeline five or six miles offshore and the gas will flow both ways," Bovers said. (Tom Incantalupo)
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