On April 30, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced the start of a public comment period for the proposed renewal of the Fort Chicago Holdings National Pollution Discharge Elimination System water quality permit. Fort Chicago is the legal owner of the Jordan Cove Energy Project, which proposes to construct a liquefied natural gas export terminal and related project elements in North Bend. (In 2011 Fort Chicago was converted to a Canadian Corporation called Veresen.) DEQ also announced a public hearing on the permit on June 2 at the Coos Bay Library. The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. The library is located at 525 Anderson Ave.
