A judge?s decision upholding a Baltimore County law banning liquefied natural gas facilities from sensitive coastal areas could benefit citizens and governments nationwide battling proposals in their communities, they said Monday.
Opponents of LNG proposals from New York to Oregon said they are reviewing U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett?s decision upholding a county law adding LNG terminals to a list of facilities banned within 1,000 feet of Chesapeake Bay wetlands. In his opinion issued Friday, Bennett ruled the law does not constitute a change in the state?s Coastal Zone Management program ? which requiresfederal approval ? but “rather an implementation of it at the local level.”
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