The International Port of Coos Bay, once a major U.S. shipping point for logs and lumber is about to get its second wind. While logs and lumber, obtained primarily from local Douglas Fir are still important cargo for the port, a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in early November of last year took another step towards the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal by Jordan Cover LNG at the port. Based on a review of information, the agency concluded that project implementation would result in limited adverse environmental impacts that would be reduced to less-than-significant levels. The report details site-specific mitigation measures to better address potential environmental impacts, including LNG marine traffic control measures, seismic specifications, wetland-loss mitigation efforts, and water- and air-quality measures. Martin Callery, Chief Commercial Officer for the port told AJOT: “The scope of the project is two 160,000 cubic litre shoreside LNG tanks, a natural gas fired 420 megawatt power plant, a natural gas-to-LNG conversion facility that compresses the gas into LNG, a two-berth vessel slip excavated out of the North Spit, an operations center and a gas conditioning facility that would remove anything from the natural gas stream that would inhibit the conversion to LNG.” Callery said the natural gas supplied to facility would be a mixture of gas from northeast British Columbia and northwest Alberta regions and gas from the Rocky Mountain region. The gas would be delivered to the port via a new 234-mile Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. Another project underway at the port he said is channel modification that will take the channel in Lower Coos Bay and widen it to roughly 450 feet and deepen it to 40 to 45 feet. “The Jordan Cove project is a big step forward towards getting industrial development out on the North Spit and channel deepening is a benefit to that project,” he said. Channel modification will accommodate the new generation of ocean carriers and industrial development on the North Spit, Callery said. Both the LNG project, the channel deepening and the Jordan Cover project, are scheduled for completion in 2019, he said. Callery also said Principle Power Inc. continues to pursue its WindFloat Pacific project, which will establish a deep-water wind farm 15-18 miles offshore of Coos Bay. If successful, the Coos Bay harbor could develop into an installation and maintenance point for deployment of floating wind turbines located between northern California and southern Oregon.