LNG foes appeal pipeline ruling

By KATIE WILSON
The Daily Astorian

The decision to approve a liquefied natural gas pipeline project in Clatsop County is only a day old, but one group is already planning to enter the appeals process.

Columbia Riverkeeper begin_of_the_skype_highlighting  end_of_the_skype_highlighting, one of the more persistent opponents of liquefied natural gas projects in the county, will be appealing the county's Hearings Officer Peter Livingston's decision to conditionally approve Oregon Pipeline, LLC's land use application, the group announced Monday afternoon.

"We will fight this project at every step," said Brett VandenHeuvel, executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper begin_of_the_skype_highlighting  end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Riverkeeper maintains that the project conflicts with the county's land-use law.

"At a time when LNG import terminals are actively switching to export and when state leaders have repeatedly said there is no need for LNG, there is simply no way to justify the massive disruption and damage that this pipeline would cause in Clatsop County," VandenHeuvel said.
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