tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81796142012-01-27T14:18:34.095-05:00Penobscot Bay BlogAll about Penobscot Bay, its sailors, winds,wildlife, waves, fish and fisheriesn and the interactions between the public, commercial, scientific, journalistic, regulatory and political players that focus on Maine's biggest bay and its natural inhabitants.Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.comBlogger426125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-8184634143277503792012-01-27T11:41:00.007-05:002012-01-27T14:18:34.111-05:002012-01-27T14:18:34.111-05:00Searsport slams DCP LPG tank after company sneers at town's scenic assets.SEARSPORT Foot-in-mouth disease was evident among Big industry's representatives last night in Searport's Union Hall, clumsily pimping their plan to flatten a 30 acre wetlands-dotted coastal forest near where Penobscot River & Bay meet, and cover it with a 23 million gallon liquified petroleum gas supertank complex.
(Photos of the event click here. About Issue: Click Here, or Here and Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/searsport-slams-dcp-lpg-tank-after.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-64690343702326763612012-01-26T20:50:00.016-05:002012-01-27T01:01:07.978-05:002012-01-27T01:01:07.978-05:00DCP Gasbaggers descend upon Searsport, and get rebuffed.
DCP Public relations flack Roz Elliott tells it like it isn't.
SEARSPORT. Big Carbon came in a convoy of a dozen cars from some other state today, massing in the compound they set up on Route 1, with a view of the Mack Point coastal forest they propose slaying, before descending upon Union Hall in Searsport Thursday evening.
DCP Midstream's corporadoes were worried. Local businesses, Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/dcp-gasbaggers-descend-upon-searsport.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-40614074439261342542012-01-24T20:19:00.006-05:002012-01-26T21:28:43.928-05:002012-01-26T21:28:43.928-05:00DCP 's PR assault team to hit Searsport Thursday evening. Its fear & loathing campaign already underway - via robo-calls
SEARSPORT Big Gas' hired public relations machine has turned its sights on the innocent residents of the coastal town of Searsport, Maine.
The Industry Strategy: spin the citizens and local businesses who are leading the effort to keep the town LPG supertank-free as OUTSIDERS, while Big Gas, having rented a storefront in town, is now as a corporate Searsport person INSIDER.
So the people Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/dcp-s-pr-assault-team-to-hit-searsport.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-54806317845240978052012-01-21T11:00:00.001-05:002012-01-21T11:01:34.947-05:002012-01-21T11:01:34.947-05:00Will Searsport, Maine become the new Mordor-by-the-Sea?DCP-Midstream gasbags want scenic Searsport to take on this new look & sound, so she can be a sister community to this formerly scenic Scottish town. Thanks but no tank!
Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com4http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/will-searsport-maine-become-new-mordor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-43135551414005794852012-01-20T09:53:00.001-05:002012-01-20T09:59:30.713-05:002012-01-20T09:59:30.713-05:00Monhegan - DMR explains legislation to let public recreationally lobster thereOn January 19, 2012 the Maine Legislature's marine resources committee held a hearing on LD 1709 "An Act To Amend the Limited-entry Program for Taking Lobsters in the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area" A governor's bill, and sponsored by Representative Windol Weaver
Listen to a 9 minute recording of Diedre Gilbert of DMR explain the bill and be questioned about it by the committee
Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/monhegan-dmr-explains-legislatiol-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-46762505756898043822012-01-18T12:13:00.004-05:002012-01-21T10:01:05.459-05:002012-01-21T10:01:05.459-05:00DCP gasser-wannabees respond to January 4, 2012 USACE Request for Additional InformationDCP sent the following responses to a January 4, 2012 USACE Request for Additional Information. DCP's reply is a very long pdf file. Here it is broken into its various parts.
Part 1. DCP letter to Jay Clement with responses to request for additional information. 47 pages
Part 2. Attachment A Applicable design codes and Standards. 5 pages
Part 3. Attachment B Visual Simulations. 6 pages
Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/dcp-gasser-wannabees-respond-to-january.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-91979753252447364242012-01-12T21:09:00.000-05:002012-01-12T21:09:38.865-05:002012-01-12T21:09:38.865-05:00Ocean windmills, turbulence avoidance and zooplankton.A recent paper by University of New Hampshire professor James Pringle What is the windage of zooplankton? Turbulence avoidance and the wind-driven transport of plankton reveals how strategies used by migrating zooplankton to get where they're going can have unexpected consequences when the wind blows or stops blowing. Something that would-be deepwater windpower extractors need to keep in mind
Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/ocean-windmills-turbulence-avoidance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-41036755000977003872011-12-19T23:01:00.000-05:002011-12-19T23:01:30.924-05:002011-12-19T23:01:30.924-05:00Protest reaches out to King Harald V re Norwegian plan to site ocean windpark off Maine.
South Portland, Maine. A long time Maine coastal conservation group has sent a letter to King Harold V. (Also attached as a pdf file.) The letter was sent December 10, 2011 following the December 8, 2011 meeting held by the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in South Portland, Maine,where a plan by Statoil to build and install a floating ocean windpark 12 miles off the Maine coast was Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/12/protest-reaches-out-to-king-harald-v-re.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-63170700861765329362011-12-14T23:28:00.000-05:002011-12-14T23:28:49.823-05:002011-12-14T23:28:49.823-05:00Maine foes of Colorado-based DCP Midstream's supertank plan appeal to top federal brass.
Searsport. Angry residents of the bayside town of Searsport, Maine, and neighboring towns, along with a variety of citizens' groups, are reacting sharply to word that the officials of the US Army Corps of Engineers in that agency's Maine state projects office are poised to conclude that no environmental review is needed of DCP Midstream company's controversial plan to site the East coast's Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/12/maine-foes-of-colorado-based-dcp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-54880921632151312282011-12-11T09:27:00.000-05:002011-12-11T09:27:52.345-05:002011-12-11T09:27:52.345-05:00Opponents file court appeal to block Searsport LPG tank
Opponents file court appeal to block Searsport LPG tankBy Ethan Andrews | Dec 07, 2011 Village Soup
Share Augusta — A group of Searsport and Stockton Springs residents have ramped up their opposition to a proposed liquefied petroleum gas terminal at Mack Point, filing an appeal in Kennebec County Superior Court, Dec. Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com1http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/12/opponents-file-court-appeal-to-block.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-80772094534423480802011-12-09T17:36:00.003-05:002011-12-10T00:22:53.679-05:002011-12-10T00:22:53.679-05:00Norwegian Wind: federal/state task force discusses Statoil plan for floating windfarm 12+ miles off Boothbay Hbr.Media Coverage of the December 8, 2011, Bureau of Ocean Management meeting on the Norwegian proposal to emplace a windfarm in waters 12 miles off Midcoast Maine.
While most of the coverage was supportive, a precautionary note was struck by the Bay Watch, as the stories extracted from Google News show. In addition, the absence of any officials or even representatives of energy giant Statoil Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/12/norwegian-windedstate-task-force.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-17894684918982174072011-12-07T15:39:00.003-05:002011-12-08T07:33:06.678-05:002011-12-08T07:33:06.678-05:00Protestors to picket Norwegian offshore windfarm meeting in Portland.
Protestors to picket Norwegian ocean windfarm meeting in Portland on December 8th.
STATOIL is here! Will they plunder Maine's offshore wind ?
Cite "betrayal" by Dept of Interior, risk to fisheries, ask for King of Norway's help
South Portland, Maine. Tomorrow's meeting of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in South Portland will have an unexpected beginning, as demonstrators Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/12/protestors-to-picket-norwegian-offshore.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-90531331647838636192011-12-03T21:37:00.001-05:002011-12-03T21:39:16.253-05:002011-12-03T21:39:16.253-05:00Stopping the DCP tank plan. Newspaper lays out details of both sides.Safety & sightlines in Searsport, By Ethan Andrews, Republican Journal 12/2/11 Wildly divergent views of a proposed 22.7-million-gallon liquefied petroleum gas terminal have polarized the debate on the would-be Searsport development. A portion of a satirical comic circulated by opponents at a recent rally shows the tank looming over Penobscot Bay..
SEARSPORT As discussion heats up about Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/12/stopping-dcp-tank-plan-newspaper-lays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-51722696749913101472011-11-30T21:43:00.016-05:002011-11-30T21:50:25.942-05:002011-11-30T21:50:25.942-05:00Mack Point LPG protests set to sound
From the mind and heart of Mj come these three productions, responses to the sudden pall that DCP's LPG gas tank plan has cast over Searsport's future, and to the Peoples' reaction.
1. SAVE MAINE/Stop the Tank: LPG Tank Protest, Misericordian (chorale) version. Mack Point, Searsport, Maine, 11/19/11
2. LPG TANK PLAN PUBLIC PROTEST, Discordian chant version. Mack Point, Searsport, Maine Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/mack-point-lpg-protests-set-to-sound.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-55059991479860528892011-11-23T21:03:00.001-05:002011-11-23T21:04:39.185-05:002011-11-23T21:04:39.185-05:00Newspaper: Propane proposal pulls protesters to SearsportBelfast Republican Journal 11/22/11
Propane proposal pulls protesters to Searsport By Steve Fuller | Nov 22, 2011
Photo by: Steve Fuller Many of the people who attended Saturday's protest carried signs showing their opposition to the proposed tank project.
Searsport — The corner of Station Avenue and Route 1 was a busy location Saturday afternoon, Nov. 19, as Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/newspaper-propane-proposal-pulls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-50195146210342620662011-11-23T12:07:00.016-05:002011-11-29T22:09:58.876-05:002011-11-29T22:09:58.876-05:00Mack Point Forest - Let's protect irreplaceable forested coastal wetlandsSaving the Mack Point Forest and its Coastal Wetlands Location and Site maps
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Maine Wetlands and their Boundaries: a Guide Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/wetlands-iding-those-of-mack-point.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-79523196034062331292011-11-20T09:16:00.002-05:002011-11-20T10:38:12.448-05:002011-11-20T10:38:12.448-05:00DCP Midstream tank plan protest draws more than 100 in SearsportPropane tank protest draws more than 100 in Searsport
By Heather Steeves, BDN StaffPosted Nov. 19, 2011, at 4:43 p.m.
Judy Kaiser, 70, of Waldo, stood in the cold Saturday in Searsport to protest a plan to build a large propane storage tank in town.
SEARSPORT, Maine — More than 100 people stood on the side of Route 1 by an Irving gas Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com2http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/propane-tank-protest-draws-more-than.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-29355321397746930082011-11-19T09:08:00.000-05:002011-11-19T09:08:45.655-05:002011-11-19T09:08:45.655-05:00If you love Penobscot Bay, come to Searsport today at 1pm. Stand up against DCP's LPG Gas tank plan! (picture is crude approximatiion).Where: 1pm Route 1 and Station Avenue - just past the Irving Oil station. The forest next to you is the one that DCP Midstream gas company wants to flatten and replace with the biggest liquified gas tank in the northeast United States. Got drums? Good! Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/if-you-love-penobscot-bay-come-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-47141341606578965102011-11-16T22:40:00.003-05:002011-11-17T13:22:55.289-05:002011-11-17T13:22:55.289-05:00Belfasters speak out against DCP supertank plan. Audio.At the November 15, 2011 Belfast City Council Meeting, three Belfast residents spoke out with their concerns about the proposed LPG super tank in nearby Searsport. And the City Councilors listened and replied. Listen to them, below.
City Council members questioned the speakers and raised their own questions and concerns about how the project is moving along under the radar and whether or not Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/belfasters-speak-out-against-dcp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-472330636154710592011-11-11T17:12:00.002-05:002011-11-13T22:55:35.992-05:002011-11-13T22:55:35.992-05:00Fury in Maine as Denver company proposes New England's biggest gas tank in heart of scenic tourism area.
As reported in the Denver Post, plans by Denver-based natural gas distributor DCP Midstream to set up a large LPG gas storage tank on the coast of Maine have run into a buzzsaw of opposition from businesses making up the area's very profitable coastal tourism industry.
Opponents of DCP's plan to build and operate a 22.7 million gallon liquified petroleum gas (LPG) tank and terminal in the Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com5http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/fury-in-maine-as-denver-company.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-11248956740248469642011-11-11T10:53:00.000-05:002011-11-11T10:53:00.044-05:002011-11-11T10:53:00.044-05:00Maine's upcoming 2012 shrimping season: harvest tonnage cut in half.The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Northern Shrimp Section has announced a total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,000 metric tons, (approximately 70 million individual shrimps) with the season closing when landings are projected to reach 95 percent of the TAC (1,900 mt).
See youtube video of a Maine shrimping haul (shrimp come aboard at the 7 minute mark)
Patrick Keliher, Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com1http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/maines-upcoming-2012-shrimping-season.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-39004724422094340052011-11-11T10:22:00.001-05:002011-11-11T10:27:13.750-05:002011-11-11T10:27:13.750-05:00A virtual Gulf of Maine - game designers needed.WANTED: computer game designer for a Virtual Gulf of Maine game, rich w/ habitat & seasonal species, from whales to plankton, with details mapped onto its bathymetry. A crude short animation of this water body exists. (1.7mb mpg) Data of wind, of the tides and currents is available; the seasonal wanderings of the fishes too are known and available for prospective GOM Game developers. Can youRon Hubernoreply@blogger.com1http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/virtual-gulf-of-maine-game-designers.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-96118465997411062011-11-09T09:04:00.002-05:002011-11-09T09:12:42.840-05:002011-11-09T09:12:42.840-05:00Look out Maine: DCP Midstream's PR machine starts outgassing Here's the public relations machine of Big Gasser DCP Midstream, refusing to talk about how many area residents could get asphyxiated or incinerated if their supertank or one of their trucks ever blew out. "We don''t like to speculate" they said. In so many words, the greenwashers are telling us: "Don't worry be happy. Our mega-corporation cares about you." Yeah, right. Sure you do.
"DCP Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/saving-searsport-dcps-pr-machine-starts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-76682463889193599462011-11-09T08:16:00.007-05:002011-11-16T14:29:50.500-05:002011-11-16T14:29:50.500-05:00Stopping the DCP juggernaut: media coverageNewspapers, Television, Radio. & Op-Eds relating to DCP Midstream's plan to build an LPG terminal.
Pick a media variety and read, watch or listen to the tales of Mainers standing up against the designs of Colorado natural gas tank outfit DCP Midstream - whose management erroneously thought that such citizenry could be easily rolled over .
Surprise surprise! As a Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/stopping-dcp-juggernaut-media-coverage.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179614.post-56979061578865566642011-11-04T21:52:00.014-04:002011-11-13T22:55:09.515-05:002011-11-13T22:55:09.515-05:00Thanks But No Tank! Belfast public presentation AUDIO
Belfast Library, November third. The library's meeting room filled quickly and a two hour presentation and discussion ensued, exploring what is known about the plan for a giant Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) tank being promoted in Mack Point by the DCP-Midstream/Conoco Philips Spectra Energy combine. The meeting was sponsored by Thanks But No Tank! First, Astrig Tanguay gave a 70 minute Ron Hubernoreply@blogger.com0http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanks-but-no-tank-belfast-public.html