The installation work, which began in mid-August 2006, consists primarily of two new liquefied natural gas storage tanks along with the related process equipment to vaporize and send out up to 800,000 dekatherms of natural gas per day.

"The bulk of the site work at the terminal has been roughed in," said Dominion's Don Baumann, manager- Engineering Projects. "In addition to the construction of the two LNG storage tanks, we're working on all process equipment that is used to transfer the LNG out of the tanks and change it to a gaseous form."

As agreed with shippers to the Cove Point terminal, a facility shut down occurred during June to allow tie-in work. The planned outage, which ended in late June, also allowed for maintenance on existing equipment.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Pipeline Safety and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have both conducted regular inspection visits at the terminal. In addition to these regulatory inspections, Dominion construction and environmental personnel monitor the work for safety or environmental concerns.

Construction and commissioning work will continue for more than a year with an expected in-service date in late 2008.