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FERC’s Jordan Cove Approval Challenged on Several Fronts
The state of Oregon, the National Marine Fisheries Service, a coalition of local and environmental groups, and even one of the project's developers all filed appeals to FERC’s December approval of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal and pipeline.
Oregon’s governor and attorney general, Ted Kulongoski and John Kroger, described FERC's decision as unlawful, saying the state is still in the process of determining whether the project conforms to water quality standards, coastal planning laws, the Endangered Species Act and federal fishing laws.
The NMFS made a similar claim, saying that consultation with them is mandated by the Endangered Species Act before the FERC can make a decision.
A coalition of 18 petitioners said the approval was in violation of the Natural Gas Act and that its negative environmental impacts outweighed a “purported but not adequately demonstrated” need for LNG imports in the region.
The developer of the pipeline component of the project, meanwhile, appealed FERC’s calculations regarding the prices they would be able to charge users.
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