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Power plant meeting well attended
COB siting permit is discussed
published April 23, 2003
More than 70 people from Langell, Bly, Poe Valley, and Bonanza gathered for a meeting to talk about a power plant siting permit application process.
The meeting was attended mostly by farmers who are concerned about the impact a 1,500-megawatt power plant will have on local agriculture.
Called the California Oregon Border power plant, it will use up to 7.7 million gallons of water a day. For farmers, this is 8,000 acre feet of water that could effect their wells and put them out of business.
The information meeting was sponsored by the Oregon Office of Energy and held at the Lorella Community Hall in Langell Tuesday night.
Catherine Van Horn, project manager for the Oregon Office of Energy, facilitated the meeting and gave packets of information on the siting council process and how citizens can participate.
The meeting topic was to be limited to discussion on process only. However, much of the meeting was spent on farmers comments and concerns over the release of the approval and final order of the COB water rights application for three wells. The final order was released early Tuesday.
The order gives COB developers, Peoples Energy Resources of Chicago, approval to use three wells in the Lost River Basin for industrial use.
Farmers see this as unfair because many have applied for well permits themselves and been denied or have waited for a period of 10 years because of potential impact the farm wells will have on neighboring interests.
Marganne Oxly, of Poe Valley said most people who attended the meeting were opposed to the power plant project.
Gail Whitsett of Langell also attended. She said the only people attending the meeting in favor of the power plant were union representatives and land owners who had given the option to buy their land to Peoples Energy Resources.
Both Whitsett and Oxly said they did not see any county commissioners, state representatives, or Bonanza elected officials attending the meeting.
published April 23, 2003
More than 70 people from Langell, Bly, Poe Valley, and Bonanza gathered for a meeting to talk about a power plant siting permit application process.
The meeting was attended mostly by farmers who are concerned about the impact a 1,500-megawatt power plant will have on local agriculture.
Called the California Oregon Border power plant, it will use up to 7.7 million gallons of water a day. For farmers, this is 8,000 acre feet of water that could effect their wells and put them out of business.
The information meeting was sponsored by the Oregon Office of Energy and held at the Lorella Community Hall in Langell Tuesday night.
Catherine Van Horn, project manager for the Oregon Office of Energy, facilitated the meeting and gave packets of information on the siting council process and how citizens can participate.
The meeting topic was to be limited to discussion on process only. However, much of the meeting was spent on farmers comments and concerns over the release of the approval and final order of the COB water rights application for three wells. The final order was released early Tuesday.
The order gives COB developers, Peoples Energy Resources of Chicago, approval to use three wells in the Lost River Basin for industrial use.
Farmers see this as unfair because many have applied for well permits themselves and been denied or have waited for a period of 10 years because of potential impact the farm wells will have on neighboring interests.
Marganne Oxly, of Poe Valley said most people who attended the meeting were opposed to the power plant project.
Gail Whitsett of Langell also attended. She said the only people attending the meeting in favor of the power plant were union representatives and land owners who had given the option to buy their land to Peoples Energy Resources.
Both Whitsett and Oxly said they did not see any county commissioners, state representatives, or Bonanza elected officials attending the meeting.
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