DESPITE reports that work on the building of a €500 million gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been delayed for at least a year, the company behind the project yesterday insisted it would go ahead.
Planning objections are among the reasons for pushing back the construction date of the Shannon LNG (liquid natural gas) project, near Tarbert, Co Kerry, according to an American trade magazine.
The starting date for the country’s first LNG terminal was to have been early this year, but it will now be 2010 or 2011, the Texas-based Industrial Info Resources reported.
Shannon LNG, a subsidiary of the US Hess corporation, told the Irish Examiner they were committed to the project, but had a policy of not commenting on speculation. The company has said its terminal will secure the future of Ireland’s gas needs and will supply up to 60% of our natural gas requirements.
The deepwater estuary will enable around 125 tankers to bring gas in a liquified form from all over the world to the terminal, to be erected on a Shannon Development-owned industrial landbank.
When plans were first announced, in 2006, the company’s aim was to have the terminal operational by 2012, or 2013. The terminal, including two giant storage towers, is expected to take four years to construct.
While the project has been widely welcomed in the north Kerry area — one of the country’s unemployment black spots — some local concerns about safety and environmental issues have been voiced at a number of An Bord Pleanála planning hearings.
The project was fast-tracked to An Bord Pleanála as strategic infrastructure last year. A court challenge also followed the decision to grant permission in March, but the case was later dismissed.
At the oral hearings, Shannon LNG moved to ease concerns about the safety of the project and the 25km gas pipeline that will connect the terminal with the national gas grid.
An oral hearing, in Listowel, was told a key condition of planning was that the gas must be moved by pipeline, not road, to link up with the national gas network, near Foynes, Co Limerick.
Leon Bowdoin, engineering vice-president of Shannon LNG, said the pipeline was designed to the same standards as Bord Gáis pipelines, He described risks to people as “insignificant”.
He said pipelines were regarded as the safest and most reliable means of onshore, cross-country transport of large quantities of hazard product.
Mr Bowdoin further stated the pipeline had been routed to avoid centres of population, to minimise road and river crossings and to avoid areas liable to landslides.
Upwards of 600 jobs are expected to be provided during construction and 50 permanent positions when the terminal is in operation.
A planning decision on the pipeline is due by February 18.
Irish Examiner
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Friday, 9 January 2009
Company insists €500m gas pipeline to go ahead
DESPITE reports that work on the building of a €500 million gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been delayed for at least a year, the company behind the project yesterday insisted it would go ahead.
Planning objections are among the reasons for pushing back the construction date of the Shannon LNG (liquid natural gas) project, near Tarbert, Co Kerry, according to an American trade magazine.
The starting date for the country’s first LNG terminal was to have been early this year, but it will now be 2010 or 2011, the Texas-based Industrial Info Resources reported.
Shannon LNG, a subsidiary of the US Hess corporation, told the Irish Examiner they were committed to the project, but had a policy of not commenting on speculation. The company has said its terminal will secure the future of Ireland’s gas needs and will supply up to 60% of our natural gas requirements.
The deepwater estuary will enable around 125 tankers to bring gas in a liquified form from all over the world to the terminal, to be erected on a Shannon Development-owned industrial landbank.
When plans were first announced, in 2006, the company’s aim was to have the terminal operational by 2012, or 2013. The terminal, including two giant storage towers, is expected to take four years to construct.
While the project has been widely welcomed in the north Kerry area — one of the country’s unemployment black spots — some local concerns about safety and environmental issues have been voiced at a number of An Bord Pleanála planning hearings.
The project was fast-tracked to An Bord Pleanála as strategic infrastructure last year. A court challenge also followed the decision to grant permission in March, but the case was later dismissed.
At the oral hearings, Shannon LNG moved to ease concerns about the safety of the project and the 25km gas pipeline that will connect the terminal with the national gas grid.
An oral hearing, in Listowel, was told a key condition of planning was that the gas must be moved by pipeline, not road, to link up with the national gas network, near Foynes, Co Limerick.
Leon Bowdoin, engineering vice-president of Shannon LNG, said the pipeline was designed to the same standards as Bord Gáis pipelines, He described risks to people as “insignificant”.
He said pipelines were regarded as the safest and most reliable means of onshore, cross-country transport of large quantities of hazard product.
Mr Bowdoin further stated the pipeline had been routed to avoid centres of population, to minimise road and river crossings and to avoid areas liable to landslides.
Upwards of 600 jobs are expected to be provided during construction and 50 permanent positions when the terminal is in operation.
A planning decision on the pipeline is due by February 18.
Irish Examiner
www.buckplanning.ie
Planning objections are among the reasons for pushing back the construction date of the Shannon LNG (liquid natural gas) project, near Tarbert, Co Kerry, according to an American trade magazine.
The starting date for the country’s first LNG terminal was to have been early this year, but it will now be 2010 or 2011, the Texas-based Industrial Info Resources reported.
Shannon LNG, a subsidiary of the US Hess corporation, told the Irish Examiner they were committed to the project, but had a policy of not commenting on speculation. The company has said its terminal will secure the future of Ireland’s gas needs and will supply up to 60% of our natural gas requirements.
The deepwater estuary will enable around 125 tankers to bring gas in a liquified form from all over the world to the terminal, to be erected on a Shannon Development-owned industrial landbank.
When plans were first announced, in 2006, the company’s aim was to have the terminal operational by 2012, or 2013. The terminal, including two giant storage towers, is expected to take four years to construct.
While the project has been widely welcomed in the north Kerry area — one of the country’s unemployment black spots — some local concerns about safety and environmental issues have been voiced at a number of An Bord Pleanála planning hearings.
The project was fast-tracked to An Bord Pleanála as strategic infrastructure last year. A court challenge also followed the decision to grant permission in March, but the case was later dismissed.
At the oral hearings, Shannon LNG moved to ease concerns about the safety of the project and the 25km gas pipeline that will connect the terminal with the national gas grid.
An oral hearing, in Listowel, was told a key condition of planning was that the gas must be moved by pipeline, not road, to link up with the national gas network, near Foynes, Co Limerick.
Leon Bowdoin, engineering vice-president of Shannon LNG, said the pipeline was designed to the same standards as Bord Gáis pipelines, He described risks to people as “insignificant”.
He said pipelines were regarded as the safest and most reliable means of onshore, cross-country transport of large quantities of hazard product.
Mr Bowdoin further stated the pipeline had been routed to avoid centres of population, to minimise road and river crossings and to avoid areas liable to landslides.
Upwards of 600 jobs are expected to be provided during construction and 50 permanent positions when the terminal is in operation.
A planning decision on the pipeline is due by February 18.
Irish Examiner
www.buckplanning.ie
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Brosnan voices grave concerns over gas terminal
ACTOR Pierce Brosnan, 55, has come out in support of a group opposing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal development near Tarbert, Co Kerry.
The James Bond and Remington Steele star has written to Kerry County Council’s planning department describing the Shannon LNG proposal as “gravely serious” and calling for a review.
An oral hearing into an application by Shannon LNG for a 26km pipeline that would connect a terminal in Tarbert with the national gas grid, at Foynes, Co Limerick, was held by An Bord Pleanála last week. The company gave firm assurances about the safety of the pipeline, saying risks to people living along the overland route were “insignificant”. They also said the pipeline was up to An Bord Gáis standards.
However, the 007 star, whose late father, Tom, came from Tralee, claimed the €500 million project had been fast-tracked and piecemealed. He also said no coherent assessment had been undertaken of the serious and significant risks to public health and safety.
In a letter, also signed by his wife Keely, Brosnan said the project demanded the utmost scrutiny and review.
The couple have already supported a successful campaign to prevent an LNG project from going ahead off the west coast of California, where they live.
After a four-year campaign and lengthy hearings, the plan was eventually vetoed by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Brosnans claimed the project would have polluted the community in violating air quality laws and posing serious risks to public health and safety in California.
Meanwhile, Johnny McElligott, of the Safety Before LNG group — the main opponent of the Tarbert proposal — last night said the Shannon LNG issue was “not over by a long shot”. He said there would be at least two more oral hearings and an application for a foreshore licence.
Irish Examiner
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The James Bond and Remington Steele star has written to Kerry County Council’s planning department describing the Shannon LNG proposal as “gravely serious” and calling for a review.
An oral hearing into an application by Shannon LNG for a 26km pipeline that would connect a terminal in Tarbert with the national gas grid, at Foynes, Co Limerick, was held by An Bord Pleanála last week. The company gave firm assurances about the safety of the pipeline, saying risks to people living along the overland route were “insignificant”. They also said the pipeline was up to An Bord Gáis standards.
However, the 007 star, whose late father, Tom, came from Tralee, claimed the €500 million project had been fast-tracked and piecemealed. He also said no coherent assessment had been undertaken of the serious and significant risks to public health and safety.
In a letter, also signed by his wife Keely, Brosnan said the project demanded the utmost scrutiny and review.
The couple have already supported a successful campaign to prevent an LNG project from going ahead off the west coast of California, where they live.
After a four-year campaign and lengthy hearings, the plan was eventually vetoed by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Brosnans claimed the project would have polluted the community in violating air quality laws and posing serious risks to public health and safety in California.
Meanwhile, Johnny McElligott, of the Safety Before LNG group — the main opponent of the Tarbert proposal — last night said the Shannon LNG issue was “not over by a long shot”. He said there would be at least two more oral hearings and an application for a foreshore licence.
Irish Examiner
www.buckplanning.ie
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Pipeline wayleaves agreed with landowners, hearing told
WAYLEAVES have been agreed with most of 72 landowners along the route of a 25km gas pipeline that will link a new gas terminal, in Tarbert, Co Kerry, with the national gas grid, near Foynes, Co Limerick, an oral planning hearing has been told.
Land acquisition orders are being sought for five to six properties along the route, it was also disclosed at the An Bord Pleanála hearing, in Listowel.
The proposed pipeline, from the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, will cross 20 roads, three rivers, 11 streams, farmland and forestry.
After construction, a permanent “easement” of 14 metres will be required within which Shannon LNG — the company behind the €500 million project — will have rights to access the pipeline. Both the terminal and pipeline are considered strategic infrastructure which means they do not have to go through local authorities for planning and are considered directly by An Bord Pleanála.
A number of questions raised by the main objector, Safety Before LNG, were yesterday ruled out of order by the planning inspector presiding at the hearing, Anne Marie O’Connor, as having been dealt with at an earlier hearing.
The chosen route of the pipeline is overland along the southern side of the Shannon Estuary, so as to avoid interference with the ecologically important estuary, a special protected area and a candidate Special Area of Conservation, according to Shannon LNG, a subsidiary of the US Hess Corporation. Two possible routes, which would involve crossing the estuary, were looked at, but the line across land was also the cheapest of the three routes considered, the company said.
Questioned about soil disturbance on peaty areas during the laying of the pipeline, geologist John Redding, for Shannon LNG, said he had been involved in assessing other routes across peat including the Mayo-Galway gas pipeline. He said he was confident the pipeline would not produce instability.
Johnny McElligott, of the Safety Before LNG group, claimed there was no plan for the evacuation of people in the area in the event of an emergency occurring.
Mr McElligott also called for an assessment of risks of a gas spill on water from a moving vessel in the estuary. The hearing continues.
Irish Examiner
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Land acquisition orders are being sought for five to six properties along the route, it was also disclosed at the An Bord Pleanála hearing, in Listowel.
The proposed pipeline, from the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, will cross 20 roads, three rivers, 11 streams, farmland and forestry.
After construction, a permanent “easement” of 14 metres will be required within which Shannon LNG — the company behind the €500 million project — will have rights to access the pipeline. Both the terminal and pipeline are considered strategic infrastructure which means they do not have to go through local authorities for planning and are considered directly by An Bord Pleanála.
A number of questions raised by the main objector, Safety Before LNG, were yesterday ruled out of order by the planning inspector presiding at the hearing, Anne Marie O’Connor, as having been dealt with at an earlier hearing.
The chosen route of the pipeline is overland along the southern side of the Shannon Estuary, so as to avoid interference with the ecologically important estuary, a special protected area and a candidate Special Area of Conservation, according to Shannon LNG, a subsidiary of the US Hess Corporation. Two possible routes, which would involve crossing the estuary, were looked at, but the line across land was also the cheapest of the three routes considered, the company said.
Questioned about soil disturbance on peaty areas during the laying of the pipeline, geologist John Redding, for Shannon LNG, said he had been involved in assessing other routes across peat including the Mayo-Galway gas pipeline. He said he was confident the pipeline would not produce instability.
Johnny McElligott, of the Safety Before LNG group, claimed there was no plan for the evacuation of people in the area in the event of an emergency occurring.
Mr McElligott also called for an assessment of risks of a gas spill on water from a moving vessel in the estuary. The hearing continues.
Irish Examiner
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Sunday, 19 October 2008
Actions over gas terminal in Kerry dismissed
TWO LEGAL challenges to a proposed development of a €500 million gas terminal in Co Kerry have been dismissed at the Commercial Court following an agreement that the objectors will not have to pay the legal costs of the other side.
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) and a local man, Raymond O'Mahony, said yesterday that they were prepared to withdraw their proceedings after the State, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and terminal developer Shannon LNG had agreed not to pursue them for costs.
An Bord Pleanála, against whom the proceedings were also brought, did seek its costs against the applicants but Mr Justice John MacMenamin, who expressed the view the actions were "misconceived from the outset" and that the taxpayer ultimately paid for such cases, said he would dismiss the cases with no order for costs, meaning each side pays its own costs.
The judge stressed his costs order should not be regarded as a precedent.
The cases arose from the granting of planning permission for the development of a liquid natural gas terminal at Kilcolgan, near Tarbert, by Shannon LNG.
The environmental group and Mr O'Mahony subsequently brought proceedings against An Bord Pleanála, the HSA, Ireland and the Attorney General.
Earlier this year, Shannon LNG successfully applied to have the case fast-tracked through the High Court's big-business division, the Commercial Court.
Shannon LNG claimed it had spent €15 million on the project by the end of April last and any delay in progressing it would have significant commercial consequences. It aims to have the facility operational by 2012 or 2013.
Mr Justice MacMenamin began hearing the proceedings last Tuesday but was told yesterday that both FIE and Mr O'Mahony had agreed to withdraw the actions on the basis they would not be pursued for the legal costs. The judge dismissed the proceedings with no order on costs.
Earlier, lawyers for the State, Shannon LNG and the health authority indicated they would not be pursuing costs if proceedings were withdrawn.
However, Nuala Butler SC, for the planning board, said her side was seeking its costs.
The applicants' case was virtually unstateable and if the board did not seek costs, applicants could pose hopeless cases and walk away without incurring the expense involved.
The environmental group had claimed the HSA had failed to give proper technical advice on the control of major accident hazards relating to the proposed development as required by domestic and European law.
It also claimed the State failed to properly transpose a number of EU directives relating to the control of major accident hazards along with the assessment of certain projects and their impact on the environment.
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Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) and a local man, Raymond O'Mahony, said yesterday that they were prepared to withdraw their proceedings after the State, the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and terminal developer Shannon LNG had agreed not to pursue them for costs.
An Bord Pleanála, against whom the proceedings were also brought, did seek its costs against the applicants but Mr Justice John MacMenamin, who expressed the view the actions were "misconceived from the outset" and that the taxpayer ultimately paid for such cases, said he would dismiss the cases with no order for costs, meaning each side pays its own costs.
The judge stressed his costs order should not be regarded as a precedent.
The cases arose from the granting of planning permission for the development of a liquid natural gas terminal at Kilcolgan, near Tarbert, by Shannon LNG.
The environmental group and Mr O'Mahony subsequently brought proceedings against An Bord Pleanála, the HSA, Ireland and the Attorney General.
Earlier this year, Shannon LNG successfully applied to have the case fast-tracked through the High Court's big-business division, the Commercial Court.
Shannon LNG claimed it had spent €15 million on the project by the end of April last and any delay in progressing it would have significant commercial consequences. It aims to have the facility operational by 2012 or 2013.
Mr Justice MacMenamin began hearing the proceedings last Tuesday but was told yesterday that both FIE and Mr O'Mahony had agreed to withdraw the actions on the basis they would not be pursued for the legal costs. The judge dismissed the proceedings with no order on costs.
Earlier, lawyers for the State, Shannon LNG and the health authority indicated they would not be pursuing costs if proceedings were withdrawn.
However, Nuala Butler SC, for the planning board, said her side was seeking its costs.
The applicants' case was virtually unstateable and if the board did not seek costs, applicants could pose hopeless cases and walk away without incurring the expense involved.
The environmental group had claimed the HSA had failed to give proper technical advice on the control of major accident hazards relating to the proposed development as required by domestic and European law.
It also claimed the State failed to properly transpose a number of EU directives relating to the control of major accident hazards along with the assessment of certain projects and their impact on the environment.
The Irish Times
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Thursday, 8 May 2008
Company offers compensation to lay gas pipeline across land
SHANNON LNG, the firm planning to build the State’s first liquified natural gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary, Co Kerry, has offered to compensate more than 60 landowners for permission to lay and operate a pipeline on their land.
The pipeline would link the giant terminal at Kilcolgan near Tarbert to the national gas network near Foynes, Co Limerick.
The landowners along the 25km route are being offered “a flexibility payment” of €5,000 along with various per metre payments. Early signing landowners stand to gain most.
However, the main objectors’ group against the project – there had been more than 60 objections to the planning application – warned landowners yesterday to “read the small print”.
No account has been taken of the real cost of sterilised land, and a site worth €80,000 would be “given away” for €5,000, Johnny McElligott, of the Kilcolgan Residents Association, claimed.
The permissions sought were permanent and the most a property owner giving a 400- metre strip would stand to gain was €32,400, said Mr McElligott.
He added the widths required were “very confusing” and they included a stipulation that the farmer could not object to a corridor of 50 metres either side of the proposed pipeline.
If the “sweetener” flexibility payment of €5,000 is deducted (this is paid providing the contract is returned by the end of the month), you are left with a payment of €27,400, which equates to €68.50 per linear metre, he said.
The width of the permanent land access is to be 14m but there are working strips varying in size. No planting is to be allowed within 7m of the strip, the contract stipulates.
The application for the project, estimated to cost at least €500 million, and backed by the US corporation Hess, on Shannon Development-owned land went straight to An Bord Pleanála under the new fast-track process for key infrastructural projects.
Following an oral hearing in Tralee earlier this year, the terminal with four gas storage towers as tall as Liberty Hall got the go-ahead last month.
The board had stipulated that no gas can leave the terminal by road so a pipeline is required.
Irish Times
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The pipeline would link the giant terminal at Kilcolgan near Tarbert to the national gas network near Foynes, Co Limerick.
The landowners along the 25km route are being offered “a flexibility payment” of €5,000 along with various per metre payments. Early signing landowners stand to gain most.
However, the main objectors’ group against the project – there had been more than 60 objections to the planning application – warned landowners yesterday to “read the small print”.
No account has been taken of the real cost of sterilised land, and a site worth €80,000 would be “given away” for €5,000, Johnny McElligott, of the Kilcolgan Residents Association, claimed.
The permissions sought were permanent and the most a property owner giving a 400- metre strip would stand to gain was €32,400, said Mr McElligott.
He added the widths required were “very confusing” and they included a stipulation that the farmer could not object to a corridor of 50 metres either side of the proposed pipeline.
If the “sweetener” flexibility payment of €5,000 is deducted (this is paid providing the contract is returned by the end of the month), you are left with a payment of €27,400, which equates to €68.50 per linear metre, he said.
The width of the permanent land access is to be 14m but there are working strips varying in size. No planting is to be allowed within 7m of the strip, the contract stipulates.
The application for the project, estimated to cost at least €500 million, and backed by the US corporation Hess, on Shannon Development-owned land went straight to An Bord Pleanála under the new fast-track process for key infrastructural projects.
Following an oral hearing in Tralee earlier this year, the terminal with four gas storage towers as tall as Liberty Hall got the go-ahead last month.
The board had stipulated that no gas can leave the terminal by road so a pipeline is required.
Irish Times
www.buckplanning.ie
Sunday, 13 April 2008
Minister will hear pleas on €500m LNG plans
WORRIED residents are to plead with the government to intervene in the row over the development of a ¤500 million liquefied natural gas terminal on a landbank between Tarbert and Ballylongford.
An Bord Pleanala has given a green light for the contentious project to proceed but a last ditch appeal is to be lodged with the cabinet in an attempt to call the venture to a halt.
The Kilcolgan Residents' Association, who had lodged a formal objection to the plan, have complained that their concerns were not mentioned in An Bord Pleanala's written decision and are now planning to go directly to the cabinet table.
The residents are planning to approach Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Eamon Ryan, to ask him to intervene in the matter before a foreshore licence is granted.
But the go-ahead for the massive terminal has been warmly welcomed by the Ballyheigue-based chairman of Shannon Development Cllr John Brassil who said he was happy that Bord Pleanála has given permission to LNG to proceed with the commencement of works on the Shannon Development owned land between Tarbert and Ballylongford
"The announcement is a major milestone in the development of a strategic project aimed at addressing Ireland's future energy needs and will, I am convinced, make an important contribution to our international competitiveness in the future," Cllr Brassil said.
And he stressed that the provision of property-based solutions for Irish and foreign industry projects had always been a primary activity of Shannon Development.
"We brought the potential of our Ballylongford landbank to key international industry sectors and are pleased that a leading global energy player of the calibre of Shannon LNG has been granted planning permission for this project," said Cllr Brassil.
"This project is an ideal fit for our site which we had designated for maritime-related industry and this is why we granted an option-to-purchase to Shannon LNG," he added.
The planning permission was granted in relation to 281 acres of the Shannon Development 600-acre land bank in the area.
The project was officially launched by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin in May 2006 and the decision to grant planning follows a protracted oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála, held in Tralee in January, to discuss on all sides of the debate.
It is expected that construction of the terminal could commence in 2009 and could be in operation by 2012. According to project backers, it will provide in the region of 50 long-term jobs and 350 positions during the three-year construction phase.
Mary Murphy
The Kingdom
www.buckplanning.ie
An Bord Pleanala has given a green light for the contentious project to proceed but a last ditch appeal is to be lodged with the cabinet in an attempt to call the venture to a halt.
The Kilcolgan Residents' Association, who had lodged a formal objection to the plan, have complained that their concerns were not mentioned in An Bord Pleanala's written decision and are now planning to go directly to the cabinet table.
The residents are planning to approach Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Eamon Ryan, to ask him to intervene in the matter before a foreshore licence is granted.
But the go-ahead for the massive terminal has been warmly welcomed by the Ballyheigue-based chairman of Shannon Development Cllr John Brassil who said he was happy that Bord Pleanála has given permission to LNG to proceed with the commencement of works on the Shannon Development owned land between Tarbert and Ballylongford
"The announcement is a major milestone in the development of a strategic project aimed at addressing Ireland's future energy needs and will, I am convinced, make an important contribution to our international competitiveness in the future," Cllr Brassil said.
And he stressed that the provision of property-based solutions for Irish and foreign industry projects had always been a primary activity of Shannon Development.
"We brought the potential of our Ballylongford landbank to key international industry sectors and are pleased that a leading global energy player of the calibre of Shannon LNG has been granted planning permission for this project," said Cllr Brassil.
"This project is an ideal fit for our site which we had designated for maritime-related industry and this is why we granted an option-to-purchase to Shannon LNG," he added.
The planning permission was granted in relation to 281 acres of the Shannon Development 600-acre land bank in the area.
The project was officially launched by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Micheál Martin in May 2006 and the decision to grant planning follows a protracted oral hearing by An Bord Pleanála, held in Tralee in January, to discuss on all sides of the debate.
It is expected that construction of the terminal could commence in 2009 and could be in operation by 2012. According to project backers, it will provide in the region of 50 long-term jobs and 350 positions during the three-year construction phase.
Mary Murphy
The Kingdom
www.buckplanning.ie
Saturday, 29 December 2007
Oral hearing into Kerry gas plan
An oral hearing is to be held by An Bórd Pleanála into the country's first liquified natural gas terminal, planned for a site on the Shannon estuary in Co Kerry.
The hearing will be held in Tralee at the Brandon Hotel on January 21st-28th. The €500 million proposal for the regasification project involves 300 acres of land and a deepwater site between the villages of Tarbert and Ballylongford.
Earlier this year An Bórd Pleanála decided the project by Shannon LNG (a subsidiary of the US company Hess LNG) was "strategic infrastructure" under the terms of the new the new Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 , after an application by the company.
The decision meant the application has gone directly or been fast-tracked to An Bórd Pleanála, without having to go first to the local authority, Kerry County Council. It is the first such application in Kerry under the Act.
The proposal will also involve the Health and Safety Authority and it is subject to licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The project is a major one for the county and will require the significant upgrading of roads, fire service and water services in north Kerry. It will involve huge gas storage tanks, a new marine jetty and unloading equipment as well as warehousing and stores and water pump houses.
At full capacity up to 125 tankers a year would arrive with gas and this will require an exclusion zone around the jetty when the ships arrived. Up to 750 jobs will be created during the height of the construction phase.
The planning appeals board has received more than 50 submissions. These are from prescribed bodies such as An Taisce and the Department of the Environment, as well as from residents, marine bodies and interested groups.
The Irish Times
www.buckplanning.ie
The hearing will be held in Tralee at the Brandon Hotel on January 21st-28th. The €500 million proposal for the regasification project involves 300 acres of land and a deepwater site between the villages of Tarbert and Ballylongford.
Earlier this year An Bórd Pleanála decided the project by Shannon LNG (a subsidiary of the US company Hess LNG) was "strategic infrastructure" under the terms of the new the new Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006 , after an application by the company.
The decision meant the application has gone directly or been fast-tracked to An Bórd Pleanála, without having to go first to the local authority, Kerry County Council. It is the first such application in Kerry under the Act.
The proposal will also involve the Health and Safety Authority and it is subject to licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The project is a major one for the county and will require the significant upgrading of roads, fire service and water services in north Kerry. It will involve huge gas storage tanks, a new marine jetty and unloading equipment as well as warehousing and stores and water pump houses.
At full capacity up to 125 tankers a year would arrive with gas and this will require an exclusion zone around the jetty when the ships arrived. Up to 750 jobs will be created during the height of the construction phase.
The planning appeals board has received more than 50 submissions. These are from prescribed bodies such as An Taisce and the Department of the Environment, as well as from residents, marine bodies and interested groups.
The Irish Times
www.buckplanning.ie
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