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Fall River, Mass., Will Have Say in Hearings on Natural-Gas Import Plant.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004

By Jessica Resnick-Ault, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 4--FALL RIVER, Mass. -- Federal officials said yesterday that the city administration will have an official role in determining whether a liquefied natural gas import facility is built just north of the Brightman Street Bridge.

Mayor Edward M. Lambert Jr. was quick to claim the ruling as a victory for opposition to the facility.

But Lambert's voice is not the city's only representation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency responsible for approving LNG import terminals.

City Council President William F. Whitty, who previously challenged the mayor, released his own correspondence yesterday. The FERC told the council...

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