From lisa.howard at state.or.us Tue Dec 13 16:16:44 2011 From: lisa.howard at state.or.us (Howard, Lisa) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:16:44 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News Message-ID: <0BAEA486E031B943A99D9F4E0FC1F73408F7B9@DLCDSXCH05.dlcd.state.or.us> Welcome to the Land Use News e-mail list! Land Use News is an electronic news clipping service provided by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. Land Use News emphasizes local reporting and commentary on land use in Oregon and other states. The links to copyrighted news stories in Land Use News are not archived by DLCD, and the archiving policies of these sources vary. The stories, if available, reside on the site of the original news source. Please direct requests for archived stories, or permission to reprint them, to the original news source. 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Fortune Data Centers Builds the Nation's Lowest Latency Data Center to Asia (Sacramento Bee) "Because coastal construction regulations in Oregon are much more flexible than those in California, three of the four main cables delivering Asian Internet traffic to/from the Bay Area first land on the Oregon coast and then terminate in Hillsboro," ... Commentary: DEQ working with community to meet federal air quality standards (Herald and News) In the case of power plants, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council also has the authority to approve a facility's location. Our job begins once these land-use authorities give permission to build a facility in a certain place. ... December 12: Bad economy? Farmers have one of best years ever (San Francisco Chronicle) An Iowa farmer upgraded his combine and also paid off debt, while an elderly Oregon farmer poured into retirement funds a bundle of his $2 million take from a well-timed sale of much of his turf and equipment. While much of America worries about the ... Opinion: Mining Law of 1872 is inadequate to regulate large-scale mining (Cordova Times) As the late Senator Lee Metcalf of Montana noted more than three decades ago, the Mining Law of 1872 is the "only law that puts the land use decision entirely in the hands of the developer." As fisheries biologists with well over a century of combined ... What are Ashland's housing needs? (Ashland Daily Tidings) The city will use the results from residents, landlords and property management companies to help craft an analysis that will include data on land supply, population projections and other relevant topics, city officials said. Oregon requires local ... December 11: IN OUR VIEW: OK FROM D.C. -- OPINION (The Columbian) http://www.columbian.com/news/2011/dec/11/ok-from-dc-columbia-crossing-bridge/ After many years of scientific analysis, public participation, deliberation and planning, the Columbia River Crossing last week reached a milestone. PNNL studies storing wind power underground (The News Tribune) Most of the wind farms in southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon sit on land above the Columbia River Basalt Extent, where lava flows left layers of solid basalt that sandwich other layers with as many holes as a sponge. ... For near neighbors, turbines a noisy prospect (The Spokesman Review) Eastern Oregon's Umatilla County recently passed an ordinance requiring wind turbines to be at least two miles from the closest residence. In Kittitas County, opposition to the proposed 80-turbine wind farm centered on open vistas, property values and ... December 10: Supreme Court will decide key Columbia River Crossing issue (Daily Journal of Commerce) ... for the Columbia River Crossing project, oral arguments over another aspect of the CRC were presented at the Oregon Supreme Court. The court is expected to decide in the coming months whether Metro inappropriately used a fast-track land-use process ... December 9: JUNCTION CITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL DOWNSIZED (The Daily Journal of Commerce) http://djcoregon.com/news/2011/12/09/junction-city-psychiatric-hospital-downsized/ An effort to ensure that ailing Oregonians receive the appropriate type of health care has changed plans for the new state psychiatric hospital in Junction City. JACKSON COUNTY WANTS INPUT ON FEDERAL DECISIONS (kdrv.com Medford) http://kdrv.com/page/233105 If the federal government wants to make decisions on Southern Oregon land, it will first have to go through Jackson County leaders. Jackson County is now the first county in Oregon to require local input on federal decisions that could affect Southern Oregon. The county commissioners have enacted what they call a coordination plan, where any plans made in Washington D.C. about Jackson County requires local input. 26th St. cell tower gets OK from city (LaGrande Observer) Planner Mike Boquist said he recommended upholding the appeal because the city's land development code currently includes no standards for cell towers. Boquist said that if the planning commission denies a conditional use application, the reasons for ... Interior Secretary to talk sage grouse in Wyo. (Sacramento Bee) Sage grouse, birds about the size of chickens, are found in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, the Dakotas, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. The federal government announced last year that sage grouse deserve protection ... Integrated Biomass moving to mill site (La Grande Observer) The additional $100000 is coming from Oregon Business Development. Rent payments made by Integrated Biomass will be paid to the LLC who in turn will repay the loans. There's no risk of running out of available material from the forest, Hayward said, ... Frustrated mayors sidestep Metro panel (Portland Tribune) Tualatin Mayor Lou Ogden was shocked when a Metro advisory committee voted in September to require that new housing developments across the region have a minimum of 20 units per acre. December 8: Feds give green light to Columbia River Crossing (The Columbian) The groups took issue with a Land Use Final Order that Metro used to give its green light to the project, arguing the law shouldn't apply to something as big as the CRC. Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals mostly shot down that argument in October. ... Coos Bay LNG receives preliminary permit for export (Daily Astorian) To build the Coos Bay terminal and use eminent domain to secure land for the ... In a motion filed Friday, the Oregon Department of Justice said the project ... PROPOSED COOS BAY LNG TERMINAL GRANTED PERMISSION TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS. (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/porposed_coos_bay_lng_terminal.html The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday granted a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay permission to export natural gas. COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING GETS CRITICAL OK FROM FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION TO PROCEED (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2011/12/columbia_river_crossing_gets_c.html The Columbia River Crossing took a crucial step forward Wednesday when two federal agencies granted the controversial bridge-freeway project a federal "record of decision." COLUMBIA CROSSING CLEARS FEDERAL HURDLE (Oregon Public Broadcasting) http://news.opb.org//article/columbia-crossing-clear-federal-hurdle/ The Columbia River Crossing took a key step forward Wednesday. Thats the multi-billion dollar bridge replacement between Oregon and Washington REGULATORS TELL BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION TO STOP PULLING THE PLUG ON WIND FARMS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/regulators_tell_bonneville_to.html Federal energy regulators told the Bonneville Power Administration Wednesday that it can no longer discriminate against wind farm owners by cutting off their transmission during periods of excess electricity generation in the region. OHSU/OUS PROJECT SPROUTING ON SOUTH WATERFRONT AS OFFICIALS SEEK SAVINGS (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/12/construction_of_ohsuous_projec.html Steel pilings are sprouting inside a chain link fence in Portland's South Waterfront District. December 7: The Missing Link of Climate Change: Single-Family Suburban Homes (The Atlantic Cities) Like Calthorpe, Fregonese has been peddling this message to cities and states that now want to begin crafting master plans for regional land use decades into the future. California, Oregon, and Washington state are all at the forefront of this, as is, ... WHO: green cars still hurt health (Health24.com) "We need to try to create areas that have more compact and mixed land use - work, residential and recreational - so people can access resources more easily nearby." WHO points out that improved active and public transport systems are not only healthy, ... Pendleton Council Approves Downtown Plan (OPB News) ... developing upper building stories as apartments and creating more mixed-use spaces. ... for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, ... Land-use challenges to the Columbia River Crossing are likely water under the bridge (Daily Journal of Commerce) For some time now the Columbia River Crossing - the project to repair or replace the Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver, Wash. - has generated controversy because of cost and design. December 6: OREGON ASKS FEDS TO REVOKE LICENSE FOR COOS BAY LNG PROJECT (Portland Oregonian) http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2011/12/oregon_asks_feds_to_revoke_lic.html The state of Oregon has asked federal regulators to revoke their approval of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos Bay and reopen the record so the state can submit evidence that a revised terminal proposal is not in the public interest. 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