HERE’S THE SCOOP…..TOWN OF LBTS SHOPPING SPREE…..
HERE’S THE SCOOP…. WHICH CAME FIRST…THE LANDMARK RESTAURANT OR THE PLAZA?…..
HERE’S THE SCOOP…. THIS WRITER LEAVES THE GREEN TEAM….
HERE’S THE SCOOP….MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS….SHARPEN THOSE SHARPIES…
HERE’S THE SCOOP…..ARUBA BEACH CAFE A LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA LANDMARK….
HERE’S THE SCOOP….WHEN IS A TOWN NO LONGER A TOWN?….. WHEN IT BECOMES A CITY!….
HERE’S THE SCOOP….WHAT HAPPENED?….SIMPLE WAS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW!….
HERE’S THE SCOOP….A REPRIEVE…. OR …..CAN WE NOW GET ON WITH IT…..
September 30, 2008 by Barbara
FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW….
the latest…the history…the research ….all things…. Calypso…
The site that has it all and more….I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!
The Galt Mile….it’s a kick!…
July 21, 2008 by Barbara
full text online…paper…1/2 page in the Local section….very impressive with Coast Guard/Maritime seal on either side at the top…
PUBLIC NOTICE
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Calypso LNG Deepwater Port License Apllication
It states the U. S. Coast Guard and the Maritime Administration announce the availability of the final impact statement (EIS) for the Calypso Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Deepwater Gas Port License Apllication…
A description of what calypso proposes to construct…and the location….(well known by now by NIMBY crowd along the Fort Lauderdale/LBTS coast)…how it is supposed to operate……
lease area….in Federal waters…Outer Continental Shelf in OCS Block NG17-06 (Bahamas) ….8-10 miles offshore…northeast of Port Everglades/in a water depth of 800-950 feet /each unloading buoy would connect to a flexible pipeline suspended in the water column / each proposed pipeline would be approx. 2.5 miles in length located on the sea floor….
Description of the Ports design / use….a permanently moored unloading buoy system with 2 submersible unloading buoys separated by a distance of approx. 3 miles/ buoys designed to moor and unload 2 types of LNG vessels/ a transport and regasification vessel (TRV) and a storage and regasification ship (SRS)/ unloading buoys would be connected through the vessels hull to specially designed turrets that enable the the vessel to weathervane/rotate in response to prevailing wind,wave, current directions. When the vessels are not present the unloading buoys would be submerged 100 feet below the sea surface. BothTRV/SRS would be equipped to vaporize LNG cargo to pipeline. Conventional LNG carriers would berth alongside and transfer LNG to the SRS vial loading arms.
This notice is for the availability of the final EIS for the project. An announcement of the public hearing for matters relevant to the approval, denial, approval with conditions of the license application will be published in the future and will include the opportunity for public comments.
REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
We request public comments or other relevant info on the Final EIS. You can submit electronic comments to the Federal Docket Management Facility or hard copy comments to the DOT Docket Management Facility or USCG during the public comment period (no later than Sept. 2, 2008)…addresses below…
Docket management Facility
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140
Washinton, D.C. 20590-0001
Fax-202-493–2251
or….
Commandant (CG-5225)
U.S. Coast Guard, Rm. 1508
2100 Second Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20593-0001
Attention: LT Hannah Kim
Website for access/submissions…www.regulations.gov
click on “Search for Dockets” enter Docket ID 26009, click on USCG-2006-26009; view documents by clicking the PDF icon under “views”; and/ or follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Submissions should include….
Docket number USCG-2006-26009
your name and address
your reasons for making each comment or for bringing info to our attention
Regardless of method used for submiting comments or material all submission will be posted to the docket…
BCbythesea…Have at It….residents…..
June 24, 2008 by Barbara
THE PORT….THE PORT…..(imagine Fantasy Island….)
Fred Grimm…
‘Energy-greedy Floridians say no to oil wells”….
Hats off to Fred….on calling our NIMBY neighbors for wanting the benefits without participating….
Comparisons …..to where our fuel comes from now……from places like the Niger Valley……..to Texas,Louisiana,Mississippi, and Alabama….
Final paragraph..
‘Heck Of A Ruckus”….
the play by play of the Galt opposition…the exaggerated fears…of terrorists…explosions…and obstructing the views….
ending with this…. ‘The claim that Florida deserves an exemption from the unseemly aspects of energy extraction seems at odds with its careless approach to energy conservation. Or renewable energy.’
‘(The Sunshine State has yet to make the top 10 in use of solar energy.)’
‘I wonder if the residents of the Niger Valley, flames spewing overhead, complain about their views.’
INDIANA JONES CAME TO LBTS….
‘Undersea Studies’….Ely Portillo….
A group of South Broward High School students came to LBTS last week…they learned Marine Archaeology was not quite Indiana Jones…meets Aquaman…
The used snorkels…to see relics 15-20 feet off the coast of LBTS….
Workers with the conservation organizations Vone Research ...www.voneresearch.org and Florida Public Archaeology Network ……. www.flpublicarchaeology.org…..instructed the kids…who are incoming freshman to the South Broward High marine science magnet program in Hollywood…..
a list of shipwreck sites…included in the article…
LBTS…snorkel trail..includes swimming over a replica galleon debris field and cannons and a real anchor…
Offshore….Pompano Beach…SS Copenhagen…325 ft. steamship that sank in 1900 off Pompano Beach and now lies in 15-30 feet of water….
Great……… LBTS…press!……..
June 20, 2008 by Barbara
6/24/08…. Agenda
NO LBTS RESOLUTION?…….
Surprised to see no opposition to the gas port resolution being presented by Comm. Keechl….
BCbythesea….Ft. Lauderdale had their resolution on in record time…….
SPEAKING OF FPL……
Port Everglades Department…
122….Motion To Approve ten year License Agreement between Broward County and FPL Company for Bulk Petroleum Product Pipelines at Port Everglades, effective upon approval; and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same….
ANOTHER REASON TO SWITCH FROM BOTTLED WATER….
Natural Resources Planning and Management Division
96….Motion To Approve…Joint Funding Agreement #08E0FL208018 between Broward County and the United States Geological Survey to conduct a geotechnical study of the upper Floridian Aquifer to benefit the development of alternative water supplies during the period of Jan 01, 2008 through Sept. 30,2009 with a project cost funded in this agreement of $817,844…(Broward County to provide $462,922 or 57% cost share); and authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same….
SO YOU CAN CAN MOVE FUNDS FROM DIFFERENT RESERVES…..
Community Service Department
124…
A. Motion To Approve…a grant agreement between Broward County and the Museum of Discovery & Science, Inc (Contractor)in the amount not-to-exceed $1,000,000 (County portion is $1,000,000; Contractor match is $2,000,000) for the purpose of a matching grant for building expansion and improvements; commencing upon execution by all parties and to expire by 12/31/2011;and authorize the Mayor and the Clerk to execute same…
Here’s the clincher…..
B.Motion To Adopt…a budget resolution within the Beach Renourishment Fund (3370) in the amount of $1,000,000 to transfer funds from reserve for the expansion of the Museum of the Discovery & Science.
C. Motion To Adopt….an anticipated Revenue Resolution within the General Capital Outlay Fund (3010) for Public Works Department in the amount of $1,000,000 for the expansion of the Museum of Discovery & Science.
BCbythesea….HMMMM…Broward Commission moves funds around….and LBTS?……….
June 17, 2008 by Barbara
HE’S “EVOLVING”…..
Beware NIMBY LNG gas port opposer’s….
Governor Crist says he is “evolving” on drilling off our coast….
HMMM….maybe is does want that V.P. spot…. badly…..
coming right on the heels of McCain…doing his own “evolving” yesterday…… previous post…
BCbythesea….I can see them now….
2 white-haired guys…riding high on a float somewhere ….between 2 oil rigs….this 4th of July…..
can’t get more American than that!…..
Guess that Veto for Calypso/ Suez may not be so assured….after all!….
June 9, 2008 by Barbara
CALYPSO/SUEZ …..DAY 3….
The 3rd ad is in both Sun-Sentinel/Miami herald….today…
We’re talking big bucks…for 3 full-page ads in 2 newspaper…(we know of)….
#4….#5…..to come?…
first up…Tuesday Broward Commission meeting to file the Fort Lauderdale Commission’s opposition to the gas port….. Resolution…… previous post…
Followed by…. Wednesday’s LBTS Commission meeting….previous post….
BCbythesea….
Talking of big bucks….and the primary “stakeholder”….. of the gas port….. FPL….
Sunday’s edition…’Solar still a tough sell’….by John Dorschner….a must read….
about FPL……natural gas/ coal/solar power…and the cost….
Sunday edition….. ‘ Executive Privileges’…..Marcia Heroux Pounds……check it out….
FPL group… Company Revenue….$15,263,000,000.
Lewis Hays III ….Chairman/ CEO…..Total pay…..$10,385,045
James L. Robo….Pres./COO…Total pay….$4,155,276
and the consumers…another increase….coming….
June 5, 2008 by Barbara
Some answers came by phone to Comm. Clottey this morning from the Director of Gov. and Regulatory Affairs….and V.P. of Suez….
To their credit they responded …and answered all of the questions she had asked and more that she asked in this second round…
Citizens……whatever their personal views are on this project ….should be assured and impressed by the level of input that is coming from all involved in this pressing issue…
Just a few of the highlights…with details and specifics …sure to be addressed by Comm. Clottey at the 6/11/08 commission meeting…when Calypso/Suez will be on the agenda…
according to the gentlemen …
State and national officials were aware of this project from 2002…
40 organizations were informed of this project…from 2002/2003….
Initially they indicated they were not aware of Hollywoods approval for the pipeline….from the Bahamas…stating it was not them….
later in the conversation…they did discuss the very project with its approval in 2004…previous post…
The present location for the port is due to….
it being a industrialized area…not heavily populated….
BCbythesea… the Comm. took issue with this …stating the opposite is fact….we are definitely heavily populated…
It can not be in Miami-Dade…because the government would not approve it….due to the Biscayne Aquatic Reserve….
It can not be north because FGT…(Florida Gas Transmission)…and FPL did not want it that far away…with less industrial customers…
Wind tests were done at 2.6 meters per second…producing a bigger burn …with a 3.9 mile radius….
the lower the wind speed…keeps the gas cloud together…
the higher the speed …disperses the gas quickly…
example used…blowing out a match….
more to come…..
June 5, 2008 by Barbara
DAY 2….
CALYPSO/SUEZ…GAS PORTS/TERMINALS……
FULL PAGE ADS!
Sun-Sentinel/Miami Herald….
BIG MONEY!
see….previous post…. under scoops….for ad text….
more to come…
June 5, 2008 by Barbara
Looks like Wednesday morning was the meeting day for Comm. Dodd to visit the Calypso Rep. at their offices in Las Olas….
BCbythesea…hears he had a few questions …technical in nature that caught them by surprise….
His expertise and experience on the ocean…along with his vast knowledge with vessels and voyages……
gave them some homework to do….
Some real answers should be received by the Commissioner … and should be revealed at the 6/11/08 commission meeting….
Faithful readers are aware…Calypso/Suez will be front and center that evening…
making their side known….
more to come….
June 4, 2008 by Barbara
Looks like Calypso/Suez has even more plans in the works with FPL…
By 2011…there will be 3 new power stations built…
3 existing power station will be converted from coal to LNG….(liquid natural gas)
getting Florida away from fossil-fuels…
BCbythesea….the real question…is the driving force in the location….the “stakeholders.”…FPL?
HMMM… Front Page….today…Miami Herald…
FPL wants to hike bills 16%…
Do you know LNG Express?….
for anywhere from approx. $600 up….
you to can purchase …
Zeus Development Corporation’s post- conference reports on various LNG projects…worldwide…
such as…”LNG Non- Traditional Concepts for Receiving and Regasification”…(ISBN 0-615-11567-5)….$597 for a 77 page report…
any buyers?
Local paper bias?….
BCbythesea…hears that the “packet”…doled out to LBTS Commissioners and others….from Calypso/Suez…contains…a copy of the Time’s News Flash…. sent out a few weeks back…..
more to come….