Nick Snow
Washington Editor

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 3 -- A proposed LNG project in Coos Bay, Ore., would have limited adverse environmental impacts that could be reduced substantially with several mitigating measures, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded in a draft environmental impact statement.

The draft EIS covers Jordan Cove Energy LP's proposed LNG terminal, which would be built 7½ miles down into the existing Coos Bay navigation channel on the bay side of the North Spit, and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline LP's proposed associated sendout natural gas pipeline, FERC said as it issued the document for public comment.

It said the proposed pipeline would extend 230 miles from the terminal's regasification facility to a terminus near Malin, Ore., where it would connect with pipelines owned by Gas Transmission Northwest Corp., Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co., and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The pipeline also would connect with Williams Cos. Inc.'s Northwest Pipeline near Myrtle Creek, Ore., and Avista Corp.'s distribution system near Shady Grove, according to its sponsors.