May 20th Pacific Connector Hearing Update
No LNG in Coos Bay, 23.05.2010 17:01
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who attended the hearing in Coquille on the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. Thank you also for all the 'GREAT' comments and testimony!
The hearing was well attended. The room was full and I am not sure how many that room holds but there was at least 100 + people. 32 people signed up to speak against the project and 1 signed up to speak in favor.
The hearing went rather well I thought and the Hearings Officer let people talk and seemed very interested in what everyone had to say. He seems to be a person who likes to have all the details, particularly if they fit the criteria.
The Pacific Connector agreed with the making of a condition that the gas go only one way - to import and not to export gas. So it looks like that might be a condition that is put into the record.
The Hearings Officer left the record open until June 10th, so we have more time to review information submitted recently by the Pacific Connector. Now on to submitting good relevant comments!!
The Coos County Planning Dept has now updated their website to include more information recently submitted by the Pacific Connector. 
http://www.co.coos.or.us/Planning/public_info/PCGP.html
Documents pertaining to Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP Land Use Application now available at the Coos County Site:
All information submitted by the Applicant
Notice of Hearing HBCU-10-01
Staff Report
Dated 5/13/10
May 20, 2010 Planning Agenda
Hearing Procedures
Audio from May 20, 2010 hearing
Coos County Zoning and Land Development Ordinance (CCZLDO) website here: http://www.co.coos.or.us/Planning/CCZLDO/toc.htm
Coos County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan: http://www.co.coos.or.us/ccem/
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Hearing Details at Coos Media Center 28.05.2010 - 22:44 The May 20th LNG Pacific Connector pipeline hearing is now up on the local media-center website. 3 parts Click here; http://coosmediacenter.pegcentral.com/ Tape One - Hearings Officer explains the Application and Pacific Connector (the Applicant) does a series of presentations about their project. Tape Two - Oral testimony begins -- Speakers - Gino Landrum; Paul Washburn; Mark Sheldon; Jaye Bell (gone); Ronnie Herne (gone); Richard Knablan; Camby Collier; Curt Clay; Jonathan Hanson; Robert Fischer; Jan Dilley; Ron Sadler; Confederated Tribe - Mark Ingersoll / Arrow Coyote; Fred Messerle; Craig Neikirk; Tape Three - Oral testimony continues along with the Applicants rebuttal to all the testimony at the end -- Speakers - Anita Coppock; PJ Keizer Jr.; Lydia Delgado (gone); Dan Nichols (gone); Bill Rohrer (gone); Will Wright; Mary Margaret Muenchrath; Francis Quinn; Daniel Serres; Lilli Clausen - Clausen Oysters; Dana Gaab; Dustin Clarke; Monica Vaughn; David Gonzales; Ron Petock (gone); Mary Geddry; Jody McCaffree; Jake Robinson; Francis Eatherington; ------------------------ The Hearings Officer left the record open until June 10th Anyone can send additional comments in. Put Reference Application # HBCU-10-01 - "Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline" on your letter so they get it into the right file. (You can also make it to the attention of Hearings Officer - Andrew Stamp) Mail to: Coos County Planning Department 225 N Adams St. Coquille OR 97423 Stop LNG!>  Homepage:: http://
Biomethane; local energy independence, NO LNG 28.05.2010 - 23:47 This article on biomethane is from a few years ago, though it shows that with some planning CA (and many others) can be truly energy independent, though NOT with imported natural gas from pipelines!! This applies to both the proposed Pacific Connector and the Ruby Pipeline that plan to import natural gas from elsewhere. We can make our own biomethane from organic wastes, so no pipelines are needed!! "California and Sweden Sign Agreement to Jointly Develop Biomethane and Other Renewable Fuels" Thursday, 29 June 2006 Sacramento, California USA and Sweden "In a ceremony held at the Ministry of the Environment in Stockholm, representatives of the Kingdom of Sweden and the State of California signed an agreement pledging the two governments and their related industries to work together to develop bioenergy, with a particular emphasis on Biomethane. “Through a strong working relationship between its industry and government, Sweden is showing how bioenergy can be developed in a cost-effective manner that benefits its economy and environment. We are extremely pleased to have signed this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will provide a basis for intensified collaboration between Swedish and California officials to develop a thriving bioenergy industry in California,” said Joe Desmond, Undersecretary for the California Resources Agency. In particular, Sweden has been a global leader in terms of converting biowaste, largely agricultural material and residues, into usable Biomethane. This gas is then used to either generate electricity, residential heating, or as a transportation fuel. More than 8,000 vehicles in Sweden are powered by a combination of natural gas and Biomethane. The vehicles include transit buses, refuse trucks, and more than 10 different models of passenger cars. There are more than 25 Biomethane production facilities in Sweden and 65 filling stations. The Swedish Biomethane industry has been growing at an annual rate of about 20 percent over the last five years. According to the Swedish Gas Association, more than 50 percent of the methane used to power Sweden’s natural gas vehicles now comes from biological sources, up from 45% last year. Natural gas vehicle sales in Sweden are increasing at the rate of 25% per annum. Sweden was motivated to develop its Biomethane industry because it has no natural gas reserves, to more efficiently manage its waste, and to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Accord. Since Biomethane is developed from methane sources that would normally release into the atmosphere, it’s considered one of the most climate friendly fuels. Methane (and Biomethane) is 21 times more reactive as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2). Sweden is currently meetings its objectives and schedule as outlined in the Kyoto accord. Biomethane is developed by heating up and breaking down biomaterials in an (Anaerobic Digesters) digester. Among other raw materials, Swedish operators feed their Anaerobic Digesters with slaughterhouse waste, swine manure, and even grassy crops. After the materials breakdown over a 20 day period, technology is then used to remove the impurities and produce Biomethane. Once cleaned-up, Biomethane is 98 percent methane and easily meets the Swedish and California pipeline standards." The Memorandum of Understanding can be accessed on the California Resources Agency Web site: http://resources.ca.gov/press_documents/CaliforniaSwedenBiofuelsMOU.pdf this article and others found here; http://www.biomethane.com BTW - This would help alleviate any other LNG proposals in the future. Once local communities have their own biomethane production facilities up and running, think they'll go for purchasing natural gas from pipelines? Maybe that is why the natural gas corporations are in such a hurry to force these pipelines through!! BTW - The Ruby Pipeline components are being stored in Osino (visible off Route 80, six miles or so east of Elko, NV), and today i witnessed another freight transporting hundreds of the green pipes past Wells, NV. The El Paso corporation planning the Ruby Pipeline is moving fast, and there's very few eco-activists out here. Once again the promise of short term jobs is being dangled before the communities along the route like a carrot on a stick, though once it goes through Nevada gets nothing from the pipeline other than maintenance and future threats of rupture and leakage into numerous watersheds crossed by the pipeline. STOP the pipeline madness!!> Homepage:: http://
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