The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has put out a special request for more information about the complaints being lodged against Oregon LNG.
As we reported last week, FERC will hold a series of town meetings in Northwest Oregon to hear those complaints. But before those meetings are scheduled, FERC Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge Bobbie McCartney is asking the public to submit new comments via e-mail. The notice says FERC is looking for, “pertinent information regarding Oregon Pipeline’s conduct with landowners during the environmental review process, to provide a summary of such information, including locations, names, dates, nature of the interaction, or other relevant information.”
Some additional instructions:
- E-mail two copies of the complaints, one to McCartney at Bobbie.McCartney@ferc.gov, and the other going to her law clerk, Meghan Gruebner, at Meghan.Gruebner@ferc.gov.
- Sending the comments in the form of an affidavit “would be particularly helpful.”
- Word documents are preferred, but PDF and Excel files are acceptable.
- Comments won’t be shared with other parties if they’re clearly marked, “Confidential”.
- The deadline is February 10, 2010.
The complaints about Oregon LNG employees and contractors came after a two-day field trip in early December with landowners along the company’s proposed route for a new natural gas pipeline. Landowners claim representatives for the company violated agreements that allowed them access to the land during the visits. They also say they were surprised with last minute changes to maps and documents that described where the pipeline might be routed.
Oregon LNG wants to build an LNG import terminal near Warrenton on the Columbia River, plus a 120 mile pipeline that would transport the gas across Clatsop, Washington, Yamhill and Marion counties, and into Clackamas County near Molalla. It’s one of three major LNG pipelines proposed for Western Oregon. The others include the Palomar Pipeline which has a similar route, and the Pacific Connector pipeline in Southwest Oregon.
