State board rejects LNG foes' challenge

The Daily Astorian

The Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals has rejected a challenge filed by Bradwood Landing LNG opponents, clearing the way for the board to rule on the two land-use issues that were remanded back to the county.

Project opponents filed an objection with LUBA arguing that the county improperly limited public input during last summer's Bradwood remand hearing by redacting parts of some written testimony.

Now that the appeal has been rejected, LUBA can move on to deciding whether the county properly addressed two flaws in the original approval of Bradwood Landing's land-use application.

While LUBA rejected opponents' objection to the redaction of evidence, the panel, in the same ruling, also turned down an objection filed by NorthernStar claiming that some new evidence was allowed into the record of the remand hearing, in violation of the board of commissioner' pre-hearing policy.
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