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(Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday rejected a liquefied natural gas port off the Southern California coast proposed by Anglo-Australian mining company BHP Billiton.
The rejection was expected. The $800 million Cabrillo Port project has been on its last gasps since April 12, when the 12-member California Coastal Commission unanimously rejected it.
The governor is a supporter of LNG for California as a way to diversify energy sources.
But Schwarzenegger said an "LNG import facility must meet the strict environmental standards California demands to continue to improve our air quality, protect our coast, and preserve our marine environment. The Cabrillo Port LNG project, as designed, fails to meet that test."
There are no LNG ports on the U.S. West Coast and none approved. But Sempra Energy is to open the Energia Costa Azul terminal in 2008 in Baja California in northern Mexico that will feed gas into California.
BHP is disappointed by Schwarzenegger's rejection, said Patrick Cassidy, spokesman for the company.
"For four years, BHP worked cooperatively with federal and state officials," Cassidy sai
The rejection was expected. The $800 million Cabrillo Port project has been on its last gasps since April 12, when the 12-member California Coastal Commission unanimously rejected it.
The governor is a supporter of LNG for California as a way to diversify energy sources.
But Schwarzenegger said an "LNG import facility must meet the strict environmental standards California demands to continue to improve our air quality, protect our coast, and preserve our marine environment. The Cabrillo Port LNG project, as designed, fails to meet that test."
There are no LNG ports on the U.S. West Coast and none approved. But Sempra Energy is to open the Energia Costa Azul terminal in 2008 in Baja California in northern Mexico that will feed gas into California.
BHP is disappointed by Schwarzenegger's rejection, said Patrick Cassidy, spokesman for the company.
"For four years, BHP worked cooperatively with federal and state officials," Cassidy sai
