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Want A little taste of what's in store for us up hear on the Lower Columbia where FERC says pretty much the same as Coos Bay's report and the Captain of the Port lays out his Water Suitability Report to be mitigated by Texas LNG Speculator, Nortern Star Natural Gas's proposed Bradwood Landing, 30-plus mile upriver, 2.4 times a week (minimum) to start before any permits will be issued? Of course NSNG/Bradwood boasts about $8 Million big ones a year in property taxes but then, there's the little matter of a projected $50,000 to $80,000 per tanker trip to be paid by somebody of which nobody seems to know who that somebody is. Do the math. Read The Details

— Posted by patrickmcgee

Up HERE on the Lower Columbia we are quite pleased that FERC is allowing the process to proceed as it is supposed to. We have been well protected by our Coast Guard, who daily escort many ships and tankers past our shores on their way to Longview and Portland. Several times a week hazardous materials go by our shores on board escorted tankers. Who is paying for that? Oh, yes, it is the Coast Guard's job and duties so it is already being paid for! The bar pilots? Oh, yes, the tankers (firms/corpos) pay for them, just as Northern Star's Bradwood Landing will pay. On top of that Bradwood Landing will be installing a video surveillance system that will be operating 24/7 on the Columbia River for our communities' protection, in addition to the outstanding work and commitment already provided by our Coast Guard. It is too bad that some insist on spreading false, alarmist, information. If someone wants my vote, treat me respectfully and give me good, honest, information. Say "I don't know" and "This is what I believe" in response, rather than spreading "misstatements" and "fallacious" arguments.

— Posted by geri_hardy

And as it is with the pro-lng element in their accusations of misinformation by those that see no use in LNG Speculation on the Lower Columbia River and their blind and unresearched faith in Energy Speculators "Forward Reaching Statements"(Which is the "Ass Coverer" when their empty promises do not come to fruition), I simply ask and that is, "Show us one iota of documented fact the "Bovine Scat" that they espouse does indeed exist at this time." They won't because it doesn't and they can't. As a matter of fact, at this time LNG Terminals and their accompanying pipelines and devastating impact on infrastructure do not exist on the Lower Columbia River and with both the State of Washington and Oregon appealing all approval of LNG Licensing and permitting on Bradwood Landing, for one, to The U.S. Court of Appeals, the whole process could very easily be upended and booted back to reality on everybody's part and the process forced into a completely new start of which "The Hill" will be much steeper next time. Once again Coos Bay's fortune are no better than anybody else's and read above, again, THe Captain of the Port of Astoria's stipulations for Bradwood Landing and tell me it's just a little hiccup along the journey for Northern Star Natural Gas. Tell me all our lives along that 30-plus mile route of those LNG Tankers on their way to and from Bradwood Landing will not be dramatically impacted everyday.

— Posted by patrickmcgee