The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners will hold a limited hearing next month as part of its reconsideration of the land-use application from Oregon Pipeline LLC.
Following a public hearing Wednesday, the board voted to limit its review to the existing record and allow testimony only from the applicant, Oregon Pipeline LLC, and project opponent Columbia Riverkeeper when it revisits the issue at a hearing March 9. The meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria.
Citizens and other parties who have participated in the process, however, will be able to submit written arguments to the board two weeks prior to the hearing.
The board is reconsidering last year’s decision by the county to grant approval to Oregon Pipeline LLC’s land-use application for the installation of 41 miles of pipeline to serve the company’s proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Warrenton. Wednesday’s public hearing was held to determine the scope of the March 9 hearing.
The board of commissioners voted Nov. 8, 2010 to accept a hearings officer’s ruling granting approval to the consolidated application. The decision was appealed to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) by project opponents.
The board, with three new members, voted Jan. 12 to file a notice of withdrawal with LUBA for reconsideration of the November 2010 ruling. Jurisdictions have the authority to withdraw, re-examine and potentially reverse land-use decisions prior to completing and filing the record of the process with LUBA.
Written arguments from the public must be received by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23. Those submissions may be mailed to Clatsop County Transportation and Development Services, 800 Exchange St. Suite 100, Astoria OR 97103; emailed to comdev@co.clatsop.or.us or faxed to (503) 338-3666.
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