Squamish Nation continues talks, postpones final vote on Woodfibre LNG facility
Posted Jul 28, 2015 05:14:47 PM.
Last Updated Jul 28, 2015 05:56:13 PM.
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SQUAMISH, B.C. – The Squamish First Nation is delaying its final vote on a $1.6 billion liquefied natural gas plant in its traditional territory, saying more time for talks is needed.
Chief Ian Campbell says the nation has not reached an agreement with the Woodfibre LNG project’s proponents on 25 conditions it wants met before the facility is built.
The conditions include that there be no fuelling of LNG tankers in Squamish territory, that the facility only be used for natural gas liquefaction and export, and that the project not be expanded without the nation’s approval.
Campbell says negotiations continue between the nation and proponents — Woodfibre LNG, FortisBC and the province — and a final vote will be held sometime this fall.
The province granted Woodfibre LNG a suspension of its environmental assessment last month in order to give it time to review the nation’s conditions.
Woodfibre LNG says the plant, proposed for a former pulp mill site seven kilometres southwest of Squamish, would produce between 1.5 and 2.1 million tonnes of LNG per year.
