EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — It looks like September was a bad month for supporters of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay and a proposed pipeline from there to the Southeastern Oregon town of Malin.
The Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project began the month by suing the state, claiming Oregon is using its permitting clout to hinder the proposed 230-mile line for political reasons.
Opponents quickly appealed Coos County’s Sept. 8 approval of a conditional use permit for the project’s proposed pipeline.
Then an explosion at a natural gas line in San Bruno, Calif., leveled 50 homes and killed four people. The owner of the pipeline, Pacific Gas and Electric Corp., is among the partners in the Oregon proposal.
