Press Room
MEDIA INQUIRIES: Zack Germroth, 410-426-2502 (o) or 410-591-6735 (mobile)
MID-ATLANTIC EXPRESS pipeline full-page advertisements running in The
Aegis newspaper in Harford County, Maryland in the month of July 2006.
Please Select Ad #1
or Ad #2.
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TEN BENEFITS |
- Potential to off-set natural gas and electricity prices:
- Energy demand is increasing: Approximately 40% of America's electrical power-generating plants are powered by clean natural gas.
- Natural gas sets the price of electric power in the Mid-Atlantic Region almost 50% of all hours
- Experts estimate a 15-to-30% savings over piped-in natural gas, now coming long-distances to Maryland.
- Over $13 million in State & local government sales, income, and property taxes each year.
- Direct good-paying jobs: Up to 4 million union man-hours during construction and 60+ permanent jobs.
- Numerous indirect jobs: tug boat operators, ship pilots, maintenance, security, etc.
- No government subsidies or taxpayer support.
- Beneficial long-term re-use of underutilized 80-acres on Sparrows Point industrial site.
- Spin-off commercial and industrial opportunities that can benefit from clean natural gas.
- Innovative re-use of dredge sediments may be used to kick-start a statewide program to recycle dredging material into roadbed or other concrete-like uses: An environmentally-preferred option to disposal sites.
- Direct/indirect construction benefits to the local economy: $200+ million.
- Direct operating expenditures and indirect/induced business supports local vendors: $40 million per year.
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SAFETY REPORT ON SPARROWS POINT LNG by Richard Clarke, Read
More.
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FERC Open House Schedule
Docket No. PF06-22-000
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PREPARE AN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED
SPARROWS POINT PROJECT,
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND
NOTICE OF A JOINT PUBLIC MEETING
To read, click
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Monday, June 5, 2006, 7:00 pm
North Point/Edgemere Volunteer Fire Co.
7500 North Point Road
Sparrows Point, MD
410-477-1310 |
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Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 7:00 pm
East Brandywine Fire Hall
2096 Bondsville Road
Downingtown, PA
610-269-1817 |
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Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 7:00 pm
Harford Community College
401 Thomas Run Road
Bel Air, MD
410-836-4000 |
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Open House Schedule
Tuesday,
April 18
Downingtown, PA
East Brandywine Fire Hall
2096 Bondsville Road
7 - 10 pm |
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Presentation for 4/18-20/06 Open House
Meetings
Click Here
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Monday,
April 24
Dundalk, MD
Ironworkers Apprentice Training Center
2008 Merritt Avenue
6 - 10 pm |
Presentation for 4/24/06 Open House
Meeting
Click
Here
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Wednesday,
May 3
Bel Air, MD
Harford Community College
401 Thomas Run Road
6:30 - 10 pm |
Presentation for 5/03/06 Open House
Meeting
Click
Here
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Thursday,
May 4
Pasadena, MD
Northeast High School
1121 Duvall Highway
7 - 10 pm |
Presentation for 5/04/06 Open House
Meeting
Click
Here
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Please click on a date to view a list of Project Management Team Members attending the meeting.
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