Update from Columbia Riverkeeper:
According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Bradwood LNG project will be formally reviewed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the coming months. LNG opponents are confident that the agencies will conclude that the Bradwood LNG terminal will harm protected salmon species.
Opponents of the Bradwood project contend that the project obviously harms endangered salmon because of massive dredging, pipeline construction, and other proposed pollution in critical salmon habitat.
Brett VandenHeuvel, Executive Director of Columbia Riverkeeper, asserts that FERC is pressing for a decision based on inadequate information. “NMFS has repeatedly raised concerns about the project’s harm to salmon. In 2007 and again in late 2009, NMFS asked for additional data on the project’s impacts, and FERC has refused to cooperate. We are confident that FERC’s dismissive approach and this project violate the Endangered Species Act.”
