PLEASANT POINT (AP) – A Passamaquoddy Tribe vote is aimed at terminating a land lease contract with an Oklahoma company that hopes to construct a liquefied natural gas terminal on Passamaquoddy Bay. But Donald Smith, president of Quoddy Bay LNG, said he doesn’t think the tribe has legal grounds. The Bangor Daily News reported that Tribal Councilor Ed Bassett confirmed Wednesday that on June 9 the council authorized a letter to Smith notifying the company that their LNG partnership had ended.
Bassett said the ground lease that the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation and Quoddy Bay signed years ago had expired.
Smith contends that the tribe has not upheld its legal obligations under the land lease contract.
Quoddy Bay withdrew its applications for state and federal permits last year.
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