Legal Opinion
Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC v. Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 26, 2009No. 08-2440PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (“CRMC”) challenges a decision by the federal district court, which has rejected two regulatory barriers CRMC imposed to plans to build a Liquified Natural Gas (“LNG”) terminal in the City of Fall River with a berth in Massachusetts coastal waters of Mount Hope Bay. Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC (“Weaver’s Cove”) is the sponsor of the LNG terminal. Weaver’s Cove Energy, LLC v. R.I. Coastal Res. Mgmt. Council, 583 F.Supp.2d 259 (D.R.I.2008). The barriers, which CRMC has attempted to impose, are to necessary dredging by…
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