Natural Oregon: http://www.naturaloregon.org/2009/12/08/video-hey-nw-natural-rallies-to-block-palomar-pipeline/

KGW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7PRaU3MYhs

Monica Vaughan (541) 521-1832

NW Natural ratepayers opposing NW Natural’s plans for Mt. Hood National Forest will confront the gas utility on Tuesday, December 8th at noon in a press conference highlighting the impacts of NW Natural’s proposed LNG Palomar Pipeline to public lands. The pipeline threatens public lands – public lands owned by us.

This action follows a recent victory for Columbia Riverkeeper and landowners along the Palomar Pipeline route. Against NW Natural’s wishes, and ordered by federal court, a list of over 1500 impacted landowners threatened by the development of the Palomar Pipeline has now become public.

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Over the past several years, thousands of Oregonians have had their land targeted for pipeline development by multiple LNG and pipeline companies.  One of these projects, NW Natural’s Palomar pipeline, would connect to the Bradwood LNG terminal.  As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conducted its review of this 223-mile pipeline, it became clear that this lead permitting agency was not notifying affected parties of key meetings.

At one meeting, I witnessed multiple landowners attend only because their neighbors or CRK organizers had informed them that FERC was holding a hearing, only to find that the pipeline went directly through their farms!  One landowner approached me and told me how incredibly frustrating this was because he was completely unprepared to testify about the impacts to his land.  After this happened on multiple occasions, at multiple hearings, we decided that it was time to take action.

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