FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) – The president of a liquefied gas company planning to build a facility on the Maine coast says the United States government will not back down in an international showdown over LNG tankers and Canadian waters.
Dean Girdis, the president of Washington D.C.-based Downeast LNG, said would set a dangerous international precedent if Canada is allowed to stop the Maine LNG projects by refusing to allow tankers to cross Canadian waters off southern New Brunswick.
Three LNG terminals are in the works for the Maine coast on Passamaquoddy Bay.
Opponents of the projects on the New Brunswick side of the bay want the Canadian government to stop the terminals by refusing to allow LNG tankers across Canadian waters at Head Harbor Passage.
The town of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, has given Prime Minister Stephen Harper a deadline of early April to say whether he will say no to LNG tankers in the passage.
But Girdis says that if Canada refuses access, it would establish a precedent in Maritime law that would trigger major international problems in places like the Strait of Bahrain and the Taiwan Strait.
AP-ES-02-28-06 1347EST
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