Forest Service revising rules for pipeline

PORTLAND — The U.S. Forest Service plans to alter its environmental standards to allow a proposed $800 million natural gas pipeline to run through 47 miles of Mount Hood National Forest.

The proposed Palomar pipeline would require opening a path measuring 120 feet wide. The path would stretch through forest areas that have been protected from clearcutting and other disturbances under the department’s management plans.


The Forest Service also would have to revise other rules, such as limiting cutting around Wild and Scenic designated Clackamas River, spotted owl habitats and recreational areas.

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