FERC okays NMFS official to extend Jordan Cove LNG biological study

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreed on Oct. 30 to grant a National Marine Fisheries Service official’s request for more time to prepare its biological opinion of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline.

James Martin, branch chief for FERC’s Gas Branch 3, said he was confirming the request Chuck Wheeler of NMFS’s Oregon Coast Branch made because he agreed with the reasons Wheeler outlined in an Oct. 18 letter.

The proposed LNG terminal would be built on the North Spit at the Port of Coos Bay, Ore., on a site zoned for industrial development, 7 nautical miles from the entrance of the federally controlled and maintained navigation channel.

The proposed 229-mile, 36-in. pipeline would transport gas from interconnections with the Ruby Pipeline and the Gas Transmission Northwest pipelines near Malin, Ore.

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