Attorneys: County?s LNG victory could be temporary

A state environment commission Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a request to ban liquid natural gas terminals in Baltimore County?s sensitive areas, a victory in county officials? aggressive effort to block a facility in Sparrows Point.

But county attorneys conceded the win could be short-lived. They learned of the commission?s decision while simultaneously defending the legislation that prompted it in federal court. Attorneys for the company proposing the $400 million facility near the Key Bridge are asking Judge Richard Bennett to throw out the county zoning law that adds LNG terminals to a list of facilities banned within 1,000 feet of sensitive Chesapeake Bay wetlands.