State Agencies Want Voice in Bradwood Landing LNG

From the Clatskanie Chief

A meeting called by Clatsop County, six state agencies, plus two federal agencies, left no doubt that they want their say over issues related to the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and the 34 mile bi-state pipeline through portions of Clatsop, Columbia and Cowlitz counties.

    Held Thursday, Aug. 3, at Knappa High School, the meeting was called by the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL), Oregon Department of Water Resources, Clatsop County, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department.

The article includes a list of concerns voiced by the National Marine Fisheries Service, including:

• Alternative locations for the Bradwood facility have not been explored to prevent a significant loss of floodplain habitat, off-channel waterways, and wetlands...
• The site configuration of the terminal does not appear to avoid or minimize environmental effects to the maximum extent practicable.
• The site configuration of the terminal does not provide significant setbacks from adjacent waterways and displaces riparian habitat.
• The effect of the railroad realignment on the bank stability and water quality of Hunt Creek has not been provided in the resource reports.
• The fate of riparian areas crossed by horizontal directional drilling or boring  (needed for the pipeline to cross the various waterways) is not clear.