Lawmakers advanced a new environmental review process that supporters said could derail a proposed liquefied natural gas facility in Baltimore County and a pipeline network through the metropolitan region.

The state?s House of Delegates on Monday approved a bill that establishes new requirements for LNG facilities within the state?s Chesapeake Critical Bay area, one of four legislative efforts to block a proposed terminal at the Sparrows Point shipyard, just off the Key Bridge. Bill sponsor Del. John Olszewski, D-Baltimore County, said he believes the bill has the greatest potential to pass in both General Assembly chambers.