10/18/2008 7:59:00 PM
Bradwood opponents jubilant after latest LNG news
Federal fisheries agency, Washington state Department of Ecology question Bradwood approval process
The Daily Astorian and The Associated Press
Washington's Department of Ecology and a federal fisheries agency have challenged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approving the Bradwood liquefied natural gas terminal.
Managers of both agencies say there has been adequate environmental analysis of the impacts of the proposed terminal, 20 miles east of Astoria.
The National Marine Fisheries Service, a division of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, criticized FERC's approval of the Bradwood project as "not consistent with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act.
"Simultaneously, Washington's Department of Ecology has asked federal authorities to slow down the process, saying that FERC violated the law by "failing to take a hard look at the environmental impacts of the project.".....For Complete Article, Click On Thread Title Above.
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