Let’s make a powerful statement against LNG this month at key public hearings about Oregon LNG!
Oregon LNG is pushing the City of Warrenton and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve key permits for
Your voice is critically important this month. Public involvement was key in defeating the proposed Bradwood LNG terminal and pipeline. And your work has been the determining factor in ensuring that Oregon LNG has made no progress in its outrageous scheme to export fracked gas to overseas markets. With your help, we can succeed again. You are the experts on local impacts. You have the most to lose if LNG development succeeds. Public hearings and comment periods are your chance to make the compelling case to decision-makers about why LNG is a bad bet for the Pacific Northwest.
City of Warrenton Public Hearing
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 5:00 pm (join us to rally beforehand at 4:15)
Warrenton Community Center, 170 SW 3rd Street, Warrenton
* Hearing will continue on Thursday if additional time is needed
* Check out Columbia Riverkeeper’s fact sheet about Warrenton’s upcoming hearing.
* Check out Columbia Riverkeeper et al. Oregon LNG City of Warrenton Testimony.
* Supplemental Testimony to City of Warrenton, Oregon LNG*Columbia Riverkeeper et al. Closing Testimony Oregon LNG Land Use
- You have until September 18 at 5:00 pm to email comments to the City of Warrenton (buildingclerk@ci.warrenton.or.us). You can also mail comments, but make sure to get them in the mail early since the City must receive them by the September 18 deadline (Warrenton Planning Department, 225 S. Main Ave., PO Box 250, Warrenton, OR 97146). Check out Columbia Riverkeeper’s website for our commenting Columbia Riverkeeper’s fact sheet and Columbia Riverkeeper et al. Oregon LNG City of Warrenton Testimony to detailed testimony to the City.
- Columbia Riverkeeper will keep our website updated with whatever new testimony Oregon LNG submits to the City. You have until September 25, 2015, at 5:00 pm to read Oregon LNG’s new evidence or testimony and send in comments that respond to the issues Oregon LNG raises. You can submit comments to the same email/mailing address listed above.
- Next, Oregon LNG will have until October 2, 2015, to file a final rebuttal (the applicant always gets the last word under Oregon land use law).
- The Hearings Officer will issue a decision approving or denying the terminal and pipeline. We’ll let you know as soon as the City announces this decision. Depending on how the Hearings Officer rules, Oregon LNG or anyone who participated in the Hearings Officer process (i.e., by submitting written testimony or speaking at the hearing) can appeal the decision to the City Commission.
FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) Public Hearings
Astoria - Monday, September 21, 2015, at 1-4pm and 6-9pm
Clatsop County Fairgrounds - Exhibit Hall
92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria
(If you pick one FERC hearing, please attend the Monday evening hearing in Astoria!)
Throughout September, FERC will conduct hearings about the Oregon LNG project and the connected Washington Expansion Project (a series of new pipeline segments in Washington designed to feed into the proposed Oregon LNG pipeline and terminal). The hearings will take public input on the adequacy of FERC’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), which purports to assess the combined impact of Oregon LNG’s terminal, the Oregon LNG Pipeline, and the Washington Expansion Project. FERC will hold hearings in Astoria, Vernonia, Ridgefield, Kelso, and throughout the state of Washington.
FERC’s analysis of the Oregon LNG project and the connected Washington Expansion Project is deeply flawed. The DEIS chronically understates the hazards and potential impacts of Oregon LNG’s terminal. And, although it is over 900 pages in length, the DEIS glosses over the public safety, environmental, and economic risks to communities along the hundreds of miles of new high-pressure, non-odorized pipelines that would be required to ship fracked gas to Warrenton for export. For example, the DEIS lacks complete information about emergency response plans, impacts to salmon habitat, and landslide risks along the pipeline routes.
For basic information about issues to raise in comments, see our Summer Citizen Comment guide. You can also attend to support the great local activists who will speak out against the project. Please wear red!
The FERC hearings are a critical moment for us to stand up to a federal agency that recklessly approves dangerous, destructive projects like Oregon LNG and Jordan Cove LNG in Coos Bay. This is a chance to point out the flaws in Oregon LNG’s plan, and it’s an even bigger chance to educate our communities, our elected officials, and our state regulators who have their own decisions to make about Oregon LNG. We know that FERC will rubberstamp Oregon LNG. The question is, will Governor Brown and our Congressional delegation stand up for Oregon against FERC? Let’s use FERC’s hearings to make sure they do.
- Astoria - Monday, September 21, 2015, at 1-4pm and 6-9pm
Clatsop County Fairgrounds - Exhibit Hall located at 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria, OR
(If you pick one hearing, please attend the Monday evening hearing in Astoria!) - Vernonia – Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at 6-9pm
Vernonia High School-Commons Area located at 1000 Missouri Avenue, Vernonia, OR - Ridgefield – Wednesday, September 23, 2015, at 6-9pm
Summit Grove Lodge located at 30810 NE Timmen Road, Ridgefield, WA - Kelso – Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 6pm-9pm
Red Lion Hotel located at 510 S Kelso Drive, Kelso, WA
For a full list of the dates, times, and locations of FERC hearings in Oregon and Washington, please see the attached public notice.
