A state environmental agency appears poised to deny approval of a Baltimore County ordinance seeking to ban a proposed liquid natural gas plant at Sparrows Point.

A panel of the state?s Critical Area Commission earlier this month halted its review of a county zoning law that adds LNG terminals to a list of facilities banned within 1,000 feet of sensitive Chesapeake Bay wetlands. The decision, commission director Ren Serey said, came at the request of county officials who anticipated a denial and after a subpanel unanimously voted to recommend denial to the full commission.

Recommended Stories

Daily on Energy: DOE appeals LNG pause decision, Manchin and Graham take on Right Whale rule, and coal stockpiles hit post-pandemic high

Energy consumers question legality of Trump’s energy exports

Ehrlich?s attorney cleared of complaint