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KBOO
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Air date:
Fri, 03/11/2016 - 12:00am
FERC Denies Permit for LNG Terminal in Coos Bay
In breaking news of the past few hours, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today denied Jordan Cove Energy Project's permit to operate a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay.
The 25-page ruling cited the project's adverse impact on landowners, with little evidence to support the need for a pipeline.
The Pacific Connector Pipeline would have affected just over 157 miles of privately owned lands and around 630 landowners.
Several landowners, who wrote a letter opposing the project to FERC, cited economic impacts such as land devaluation, loss of tax revenue, and harm to business operations.
Finding insufficient evidence of a public benefit, FERC denied the application to build a pipeline, and without such, Jordan Cove would not be able to operate an LNG terminal to liquefy and export liquefied natural gas.
Deb Evans, one of the landowners who wrote the letter to FERC, spoke to KBOO’s Paul Roland.
The 25-page ruling cited the project's adverse impact on landowners, with little evidence to support the need for a pipeline.
The Pacific Connector Pipeline would have affected just over 157 miles of privately owned lands and around 630 landowners.
Several landowners, who wrote a letter opposing the project to FERC, cited economic impacts such as land devaluation, loss of tax revenue, and harm to business operations.
Finding insufficient evidence of a public benefit, FERC denied the application to build a pipeline, and without such, Jordan Cove would not be able to operate an LNG terminal to liquefy and export liquefied natural gas.
Deb Evans, one of the landowners who wrote the letter to FERC, spoke to KBOO’s Paul Roland.
- KBOO
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