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Jordan Cove LNG backers appeal federal permit denial
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“request for a rehearing” with
the Federal Energy Regulatory
The companies backing Commission on Friday.
In early March, the com-
the Jordan Cove energy proj-
ect in southern Oregon have mission denied the project,
appealed a federal decision saying backers didn’t prove
denying permits needed to there was a market for the fuel.
move forward.
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Veresen and the Williams pipe- the negative impacts to private
line company propose to build landowners in its path.
a natural gas liquefaction facil-
Environmental
groups
ity and export terminal in Coos cheered the decision, as did
Bay. Construction of a 230- some local landowners who
mile pipeline that will connect fear their property will be
the terminal with natural gas taken through eminent domain
supplies in the inland West is to make way for the pipeline.
But since the March 11
being proposed as well.
By JES BURNS
Oregon Public Broadcasting
denial, Jordan Cove has
announced preliminary sales
deals with two Japanese
companies.
“That certainly indicates
there’s commercial interest
and a market for the capacity
and for the project itself,” said
Williams spokesman George
Angerbauer.
Federal regulators have
several options in front of
them. They can grant or deny a
rehearing or extend the process
timeline. They have 30 days to
respond.
Despite the regulatory com-
mission’s denial of the project,
the companies have continued
moving forward with plans.
In addition to pursuing LNG
customers abroad, Versen said
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stateside who are interested
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Pipeline, which would cross
four Oregon counties before
linking up with another natu-
ral gas line on the Oregon-Cal-
ifornia border.
Backers also continue to
pursue right-of-way deals with
private landowners in the pro-
posed pipeline’s path – and
state permits needed for the
project to move forward.
“Through the request for
rehearing and this new infor-
mation, I think that we con-
tinue to move forward with
that project,” said Jordan Cove
spokesman Michael Hinrichs.
“And therefore we would like
other agencies to continue
moving forward with theirs
until FERC reconsiders the
project.”
These other agencies are
where opponents of the project
are focusing their most recent
organizing efforts. On Tues-
day, anti-LNG groups plan to
travel to Salem and attend the
State Land Board meeting.
“This FERC denial actu-
ally gives the state some good
guidance for their own deni-
als,” said No LNG organizer
Apple Goeckner.
The Department of State
Lands is considering easement
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from the project. No discus-
sion is planned on the State
Land Board’s meeting agenda.
Goeckner said she believes
that federal regulators will
hold their ground and stick
with the original denial.
But they aren’t taking any
chances.
“We believe for this thing
to be dead, we would like the
state denials as well,” she said.
Original story at http://bit.
ly/1Q5hVM4
Grant Count sheriff intends Arizona lawmaker drops ban on
journalists who refuse checks
to sue city, its employees
Media groups
had criticized
the move
Allegations
related to refuge
standoff actions
By BOB CHRISTIE
Associated Press
By SEAN HART
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Sher-
iff Glenn Palmer has given
notice he intends to sue
the city of John Day and
its employees for a list of
allegations stemming from
actions related to the occu-
pation of the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge.
Palmer’s attorney, Ben-
jamin Boyd from Hostetter
Law Group in Enterprise,
sent a tort claim notice to
the city earlier this month
that states Palmer will assert
claims for damages against
the city, John Day dis-
patch employees, City Man-
ager Peggy Gray and Police
Chief Richard Gray. The
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ing a lawsuit against a pub-
lic body.
In the notice, Boyd said,
as Palmer was traveling to
a roadblock near Seneca
after the law enforcement
action Jan. 26 that led to the
arrest of most of the occu-
pation leaders and the death
of one, city dispatchers
falsely determined a passen-
ger with Palmer was a mili-
tia member. He said the pas-
senger was actually Grant
County District Attorney
Jim Carpenter.
Boyd said Palmer asked
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Glenn Palmer
for an update, who “know-
ingly and/or recklessly”
withheld information from
Palmer that had been relayed
previously to a variety of
other law enforcement agen-
cies. Palmer and Carpenter’s
lives were in danger, Boyd
said, as they proceeded to
the police roadblock with
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was traveling with a militia
member.
Boyd also alleges the dis-
patchers breached the con-
tract to “provide appropriate
information to authorized
personnel” between the city
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The notice goes on to
list complaints against
John Day’s dispatch man-
ager, police chief and city
manager.
Dispatch manager Val-
erie Luttrell and Rich-
ard Gray both filed com-
plaints against Palmer after
the Jan. 26 incident with
the Department of Pub-
lic Safety Standards and
Training. The state police
licensing agency recom-
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mended the complaints be
investigated by the Ore-
gon Department of Jus-
tice, which has opened an
investigation.
Boyd said Luttrell’s
complaints that Palmer
“openly shows his support”
for the occupiers and “their
cause on social media” are
false, as is the allegation
he was “consorting with”
the occupiers. Similarly, he
said Richard Gray’s com-
plaints that Palmer shows
“involvement and support”
for the occupiers is false.
Boyd said both city
employees consulted with
City Manager Peggy Gray
before filing the com-
plaints on city letterhead
using their official email
accounts.
Peggy Gray said the city
does not comment on pend-
ing litigation.
“This will eventually be
resolved in the courtroom
— and until there is public
resolution, this statement
will stand on its own,” she
said.
PHOENIX — The speaker
of the Arizona House of Rep-
resentatives allowed journal-
ists who refused to submit to
extensive background checks
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chamber Tuesday amid pres-
sure from lawmakers and the
public over the sudden shift
in decades-old policy.
The announcement came
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House Speaker David Gowan
banned reporters who refused
to comply with new secu-
rity rules requiring exten-
sive criminal and civil back-
ground checks. He said the
checks were needed after
several disruptions in pub-
lic areas in the House and the
Capitol.
Media organizations crit-
icized the move, saying it
could hinder the ability to
hold lawmakers accountable.
Journalists covered House
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gallery area in the meantime
but lost access to lawmakers.
Journalists who routinely
cover the House receive cre-
dentials and get access to
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an electronic key card. For
decades, there have been
desks for them to do their
work. When the House isn’t
in session, reporters can talk
to lawmakers and ask ques-
tions about important legisla-
tion and other matters. It’s a
key method for journalists to
get to know and understand
the positions of lawmakers in
both major parties.
While reporters will again
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Gowan will not restore key-
card access that allowed jour-
nalists to freely come and go
from the chamber, spokes-
woman Stephanie Grisham
said. Instead, reporters will
have to sign in with the chief
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sign out when they leave.
She acknowledged the
backlash that erupted after
the decision to bar reporters.
“He has heard his mem-
bers, and he has heard the
public, and he has compro-
mised,” Grisham said of
Gowan.
Gowan changed the rules
after the Arizona Capitol
Times reported in January
that the lawmaker was using
a state vehicle and collect-
ing per diems while trav-
eling the state to campaign
for Congress. Gowan repaid
the state more than $12,000
after the report and took the
unusual step of asking the
Arizona attorney general to
investigate whether he broke
the law. He has denied he
intentionally misused state
resources.
The publisher of the Cap-
itol Times suggested the
changes had to do with its
investigative journalism that
has exposed Gowan to height-
ened scrutiny. The policy
Gowan imposed would bar
anyone convicted of a felony
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The Capitol Times reporter
who discovered Gowan’s
vehicle use would have been
banned because of a minor
misdemeanor conviction.
House Democrats in par-
ticular publicly criticized the
policy, and the Democratic
leader said Tuesday that
Gowan and Majority Leader
Steve Montenegro “created
a diversion from doing the
work the people and our con-
stituents sent us here to do.”
“Obviously, we think it
should have never been done
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was never any risk from a
reporter,” said Rep. Eric
Meyer, the minority leader.
“This took us away from
the task at hand, which is to
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session, fund our schools and
invest in our universities.”
But Gowan did not apolo-
gize for barring reporters.
“The safety and security
of the employees and mem-
bers who work in the build-
ing remain a priority for lead-
ership and me,” Gowan wrote
in a letter to House members.
“I had a duty to everyone
who works in the House to
act quickly and decisively to
provide a safe environment
in the wake of the chaotic
and potentially dangerous
events that you all witnessed
on March 28.”
That was the day a pro-
tester in the public gallery
was arrested after a distur-
bance related to lengthy wait
times in Arizona’s presiden-
tial primary.
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