HEARINGS SCHEDULED FOR BRADWOOD SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATIONS

The Clatsop County Hearings Officer will conduct four public hearings beginning Tuesday, April 6 on a consolidated land-use application regarding the proposed Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project.

Project applicant Bradwood Landing LLC and NorthernStar Energy LLC have submitted supplemental applications for eight components required under the county’s March 2008 conditional approval of the proposed LNG terminal and associated facilities at Bradwood Landing 25 miles east of Astoria. Those supplemental applications cover the Shoreline Monitoring Plan, Dredge Material Disposal Plan, Park-and-Ride Plan, Mitigation Plan, Clifton and Bradwood Road Improvements Conditional Use Permit, Decommissioning Plan, Riparian Vegetation Restoration Plan, and Erosion and Sediment Control Plan

The hearings will be held at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria on four days on the following days and times:

· Tuesday, April 6, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

· Thursday, April 8, 3 p.m.-7 p.m.

· Tuesday, April 13, 3 p.m.-7 p.m.

· Thursday, April 15, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

A copy of the applications, all documents and evidence submitted by or on behalf of the applicant may be reviewed in the Clatsop County Transportation and Development Services ? Land Use Planning Office, 800 Exchange St., Suite 100, Astoria at no cost, and copies may be obtained at reasonable cost. The staff reports for these applications may be inspected at no cost or copies obtained at reasonable cost seven days prior to the hearings.

Parties are invited to express their opinion for or against the proposals in person at the hearings or by letter addressed to the Clatsop County Hearings Officer, 800 Exchange St., Suite 100, Astoria OR 97103. Written comments must be received by 5 p.m. Monday, April 5.

For more information go to the “Bradwood Landing Supplemental Applications” page under “Land Use Planning” at www.co.clatsop.or.us