State Agencies Raise Concerns.

State agencies raise concerns on LNG project Bradwood Landing - A federal environmental review generates comments Thursday, November 22, 2007 TED SICKINGER The Oregonian Until now, Oregon's state government, including Gov. Ted Kulongoski, has remained largely silent as the federal government has applied its new authority to decide whether a massive liquified natural gas terminal should go up on the Columbia River near Astoria. But that period is about to end. In preliminary comments reviewed by The Oregonian, numerous state agencies offer harsh criticism of a 600-page environmental review of the project that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued in August. The agencies raise serious concerns about the environmental and public-safety impact of NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc.'s controversial Bradwood Landing project. They also question why there has been no independent assessment of the region's demand for LNG (liquified natural gas) or need for the facility. "For FERC to make LNG siting decisions in a vacuum without the best available information and scientific data does a huge disservice to the people of Oregon," says a proposed cover letter drafted by the state Energy Department.

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