Judge OKs Cove Point expansion

Next step: Dominion clears legal hurdle at Cove Point

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Luke Johnson

 04 January 2013 23:34 GMT

LNG-export hopeful Dominion has taken another step towards getting a liquefaction plant built after a judge ruled that the company has the right to build at its Cove Point facility on the Chesapeake Bay in the US state of Maryland.

Dominion said it will move forward with engineering, marketing and regulatory review processes following Circuit Court Judge James Salmon's ruling, announced on Friday.

The Sierra Club, an environmental group, had sued Dominion to block construction of the export facility at Cove Point. The group argued that a 2005 agreement required Dominion to get the club's permission before it could expand the existing import facility.

“The agreement specifically allows for ‘delivery by pipeline of LNG from the LNG terminal site,’” Salmon said in his ruling. “This plainly allows the tankers at the…

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