March 20, 2008Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Representatives John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Christopher Shays (CT-4), and Chris Murphy (CT-5), today declared their strong disapproval of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the proposed Broadwater Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Storage and Regasification Facility in Long Island Sound. The proposed LNG facility is roughly the size of the Queen Mary II and will draw regular traffic of full LNG tanker ships through the relatively narrow mouth of the Sound and within a few miles of Connecticut’s shore along the entire eastern half of the state. The Connecticut delegation has previously voiced their objections about the proposed facility in letters to Joseph Kelliher, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Admiral Thad Allan of the U.S. Coast Guard, which is responsible for the security of offshore energy facilities.