County Demands End to Secrecy!

Time for more comments The Clatsop County Planning Commission's public record for testimony on the Bradwood Landing project will be open for another two weeks. The deadline to submit comments is 5 p.m. July 31. Anyone wishing to respond to evidence in the public record must do so by 5 p.m. Aug. 7. All records can be mailed to: Clatsop County Community Development 800 Exchange St., Suite 100 Astoria, OR 97103 Records can also be e-mailed to: ( comdev@co.clatsop.or.us)The next planning commission meeting on the Bradwood Project will be 10 a.m. Aug. 29, in the Judge Guy Boyington Building. At that meeting, the commission will make a "tentative recommendation" to the Clastop County Board of Commissioners and set a future meeting date to adopt a formal recommendation.

Planners demand end to LNG secrecy
County representatives grill NorthernStar on controversial points

By CASSANDRA PROFITA
The Daily Astorian

The Clatsop County Planning Commission grilled Bradwood Landing executives for answers Tuesday during the second part of a land-use hearing on the company's proposed liquefied natural gas terminal.

After another three hours of public testimony on the project from a total of about 150 LNG opponent speakers and 70 supporters over the two-day hearing, it was finally time for the commissioners to voice their thoughts on NorthernStar Natural Gas Co.'s application to build a $600 million LNG terminal 20 miles east of Astoria at Bradwood Landing.

Several board members followed up on opponents' public comments and directed pointed questions at NorthernStar representatives, explaining their need to understand the "ramifications" of the upcoming decision on a host of zone changes needed before a terminal could be built at the site.
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