Council vote may block LNG facility

Here are several quotes from an article written by Melissa Brachfeld from the Montgomery County Sentinel:

After several months of conflict, it seems that the Washington Gas Company may not get their chance to build a liquefied natural gas storage facility at their Chillum Road property.

The Sierra Club reported that on Tuesday, May 23, the Prince George's County Council voted 6-1 to approve the new Transit District Overlay Zone to guide development around the West Hyattsville Metro Station.

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On that same day, community residents in opposition to the proposed LNG facility were in the midst of presenting testimony for the seventh and last day before Maurene E. Epps-Webb, the county's zoning hearing examiner. Upon receipt of news of the county council's vote, Epps-Webb announced to all hearing attendees that this new zoning would prohibit her from ruling in favor of the Washington Gas' request for a special exception amendment, needed to permit the LNG plant within Open-Space zones.

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"We have cause to celebrate," Imani Kazana, a member of the WGWA and president of the Avondale Citizens' Association, said. "We have fought this zoning case for 15 long months, and some residents gave up and moved away. This development gives me great hope for a permanent end to this dreadful proposal to place a dangerous industrial activity in the midst of a densely populated residential neighborhood, and I pray the judges will do the right thing.