NMFS Official Requests Denial of Bradwood Landing Dredging Permit
Posted on Jan 22, 2008 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on NMFS Official Requests Denial of Bradwood Landing Dredging Permit
The Daily Astorian reports that National Marine Fisheries Service Oregon State Habitat Office Director Michael P. Tehan asked the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers in a letter last month to deny NorthernStar Natural Gas the dredging permit it needs to create a turning basin for LNG vessels at its proposed Bradwood Landing terminal. In the letter, Tehan outlined seven reasons to deny the permit, including discrepancies between NorthernStar’s project descriptions and the Corps’ public notice, as well as possible threats to fish habitats posed by the dredging. The NMFS letter is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No. CP06-365.