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Oregon LNG loses lawsuit over land easement

The Columbian
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WARRENTON, Ore. — An Oregon energy company that wants to export liquefied natural gas has lost a lawsuit regarding a land easement.

The Daily Astorian reported that a federal magistrate judge found Oregon LNG’s challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ easement on the Skipanon Peninsula in Warrenton should be dismissed because the statute of limitations had expired.

Oregon LNG claimed the Corps has no right to land beneath the water the company intends to use for an export terminal and pipeline project.

The Corps has held an easement to deposit dredging spoils there since 1957.

The judge found that the state and the Port of Astoria, which has leased the property to Oregon LNG since 2004, knew or should have known of the easement.

An attorney for Oregon LNG could not be reached for comment.

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