Federal bill impacts Locals' input on LNG

The Los Angeles Daily News reports that local governments will not have input on the future of liquefied natural gas terminals in their communities:

Congress on Thursday stripped Oxnard and Long Beach of their authority to decide whether it can approve a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal at the port.
By a 194-237 vote, the House stamped out an effort to assert local control over where new liquefied natural gas, or LNG terminals should be placed as well as whether a potential facility meets a community's safety and environmental standards.

The decision directly affects Long Beach and Oxnard, where officials are considering proposals for new LNG terminals. Things may change when the legislation gets to the U.S. Senate, but for now the word from Congress is that the federal government has near complete say-so over approving sites for the controversial facilities.

While the measure affects the spproval process for the proposed LNG terminal in Long Beach, the paper gets it wrong when it comes to the Oxnard facility, which will continue to be under the oversight of the U.S. Coast Guard and State Lands Commission.