BAILEYVILLE (AP) – A third proposal for a liquefied natural gas terminal has surfaced in eastern Maine.

BP Consulting LLC said it is working with the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township and Calais officials to build a $500 million facility on more than 250 acres in the city’s Red Beach section.

The firm’s founders, tribal Rep. Fred Moore Jr. and state Rep. Ian Emery, R-Cutler, outlined the plan Monday night to the Baileyville Town Council.

They said BP would own the land and the tribe would own the facility that would employ approximately 50 people. Gas would be piped to two storage tanks from a pier to be built in the St. Croix River.

Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC is working with the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point to build a $400 million LNG terminal at Split Rock.

Downeast LNG of Washington, D.C., later proposed building a $400 million terminal and storage tank facility in Robbinston.

Moore said Indian Township planned to share the benefits of its project with the Pleasant Point reservation if its project failed.

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