LNG application decision delayed

By KATIE WILSON
The Daily Astorian

Hearings Officer Peter Livingston was expected to announce his decision to approve or deny a liquefied natural gas pipeline project's land use application today.

Instead, he has asked for more time to finalize the decision documents, say Clatsop County planners.

The county will release his decision for the Oregon Pipeline, LLC consolidated land use application on Monday, August 23.

Oregon Pipeline, LLC is part of the Oregon LNG project and seeks to run 41 miles of a 121-mile natural gas pipeline through Clatsop County.

County planners recommended denial of the application at a public hearing in June, but the ultimate decision rests in Livingston's hands.

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