No Gas Plants in Oregon Tsunami Zones The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) opened a 60-day public comment period on the coastal impacts of Pembina’s proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline. Will you send a comment to tell Oregon to stop Jordan Cove LNG, for once and for all? DLCD is conducting a review on whether the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline are consistent with the Oregon Coastal Management Program. If DLCD finds the Canadian fossil fuel corporation’s fracked gas export project is not consistent with Oregon’s Coastal Management Program, the project cannot move forward. Your comments are due by Saturday, September 21, and Oregon DLCD must make a decision by October 12, 2019. Suggested letter below. Please add your own comments and email coast.permits@state.or.us Dear Director Jim Rue, I strongly oppose the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Pacific Connector Pipeline project because it will cause irreparable harm to Oregon’s coastal communities, natural resources and local economy, and there is no public need for the project. The Department should deny the Coastal Zone Management Act Certification for the project because Pembina has failed to demonstrate that it is consistent with the enforceable policies of Oregon’s Coastal Management program. Jordan Cove LNG would be built in a tsunami hazard zone, threatening the health and safety of thousands of people on the coast. It would be the largest source of climate pollution in a coastal region that is already feeling the impacts of climate change. It would also be one of the largest dredging projects in Oregon’s history - threatening cultural resources, and the local crabbing, fishing, and shellfish industries. The project conflicts with Oregon's rules for protecting the Coastal Zone. The project is at odds with Statewide Planning Goal 6, "to maintain and improve the quality of air, water, and land resources", and it clashes with Statewide Planning Goal 7 requiring land use planning to reduce risk to people and property from natural hazards, such as floods, wildfires, tsunamis, landslides, and earthquakes. Further, the project is not consistent with local land use regulations. Pembina has failed to obtain many of the local land use permits required for the project. Without demonstrating that it meets Oregon's local land use rules, the project cannot assert that it complies with Oregon's Coastal Zone Management Program. Finally, the project clearly violates Oregon's Coastal Zone Management Program because it has failed to meet Oregon's clean water standards. In May, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality denied the Clean Water Act Section 401 state water quality certification because the project could harm Oregon's water quality, waterways and wetlands. DEQ's denial provides compelling evidence for why Jordan Cove LNG does not comply with the Coastal Zone Management Act in Oregon. - All of us at Onward Oregon | 