Canada formally objects to LNG tankers in Canadian waters - AP

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Canada formally objects to LNG tankers in Canadian waters

February 14, 2007

SAINT JOHN, New Brunwick --Canada has told the United States it won't allow
liquefied natural gas tankers through tricky Canadian waters to get to liquefied
natural gas terminals that are being proposed on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy
Bay.

Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador in Washington, expressed the government's
formal opposition in a letter sent Wednesday to the chairman of the U.S. Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission.

In his letter, Wilson described Head Harbor Passage as sovereign Canadian waters
and an environmentally sensitive area that is challenging to navigate.

He said allowing tankers longer than 900 feet into the passage is an environmental
risk that Canada cannot accept.

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