From michael.morrissey at state.or.us Wed Aug 15 15:36:30 2012 From: michael.morrissey at state.or.us (Morrissey, Michael) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:36:30 +0000 Subject: [LandUse-News] Land Use News August 15, 2012 Message-ID: <8E4EA4B8E876404292F6F09D24A772F8255FED4D@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. Past Land Use News weekly e-mails may be found here: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/landuse-news Anyone may subscribe, unsubscribe or change their subscription to the free service by visiting this site: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/landuse-news Oregon Court of Appeals to decide next step in LNG project Statesman Journal The county now argues that the new commissioners had authority to reconsider the previous approval - and that any appeal of the commissioners' 2011 rejection must go to the state Land Use Board of Appeals, not the circuit court. "The reconsideration ... See all stories on this topic > LNG Factions Clash Over Pipeline OPB News Michael Connors, an attorney for Oregon Pipeline, said the board's vote to remand a previous land-use decision invalidated any action because the board did not readdress the issue in the mandated time frame. "It's no longer a final decision, so it's no ... See all stories on this topic > Clatsop gas pipeline issue before the Oregon Court of Aopeals Seaside Signal November 2010. Board of Commissioners approves Oregon Pipeline LLC's consolidated land use application for 41 miles of pipeline. Project opponents including Columbia Riverkeeper appeal decision to Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals. January 2011 ... See all stories on this topic > Future of the Portland region shaped by diversity, says Pastor Diversity and economics. A presentation to the Metro Council. Draft nears on major Oregon water use report Oregon Natural Resources Report Oregon's Statewide Planning Goals are one of the foundations of Oregon's land use system. The Planning Goals set the state's land use principles and provide instructions to local governments on how to fulfill the Goals. The December 2011 draft of the IWRS ... See all stories on this topic > [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD7AFB.BD9A2BF0] Oregon Natural Resources Report Oregon lands grant for wood energy cluster Sustainable Business Oregon The $168000 Forest Service grant will support a pilot project focused on developing biomass energy projects that will use waste from forest-thinning efforts to provide heat and power at schools, commercial buildings and mills. The grant comes on the heels of the ... The Oregon Department of Energy, Sustainable Northwest, the Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon's economic development department and other groups will help administer the grant. Oregon is the first state tapped by ... See all stories on this topic > Gearhart Council to reconsider historic barn use dsecision Seaside Signal 1 the council met in executive session to discuss an appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) made by the barn owner, Shannon Smith, over use of the facility. Following the executive session, the council reconvened in open public session ... See all stories on this topic > Michael Morrissey | Policy Analyst Director's Office Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development 635 Capitol Street NE, Suite 150 | Salem, OR 97301-2540 Office: (503) 373-0050 ext. 320 | Fax: (503) 373-5518 michael.morrissey at state.or.us| www.oregon.gov/LCD/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1759 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: