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State board weighs local LNG denial
Posted: Friday, May 9, 2014 1:00 pm
dailyastorian.com

By TED SHORACK
The Daily Astorian

Clatsop County’s decision to deny Oregon LNG a land use application for its proposed pipeline was flawed because of bias, according to the company’s attorney...

...Forty-one miles of pipeline would be laid through the county and go through public and private forests, as well as agricultural land, before connecting with the proposed facility. Clatsop County commissioners only had jurisdiction to approve or deny the pipeline proposal. They voted unanimously in October to deny it after a lengthy public hearing...

...Oregon LNG is also contesting the county’s conclusion about horizontal directional drilling, a method used for going underneath waterways for installation of the pipeline. The application denial was based in part on the method and lack of contingency planning if the drill failed, effecting lower Columbia River salmon habitat. Connors argued the conclusion couldn’t have been reached based on the facts that were presented to the board...
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