Land Use Applications
T2-2025-0057 Northwest Pipeline LLC (comments due June 1, 2026)
T2-2025-0057 Northwest Pipeline LLC
Location: Within the submerged lands within the Columbia River and on: No situs address south of 21024 NW Gillihan Road, Portland
Comments: due June 1, 2026
Proposal: Request for a Planning Director Decision and Limited Design Review to modify a utility facility by constructing a new natural gas pipeline that will tie into existing pipeline and decommission by removing an existing aboveground valve facility.
Decision making process: The Planning Director will render a decision on this application after the comment period expires. Notice of the Director's decision will be mailed to the applicant, parties within 750 feet of the subject property, and any other persons who submitted written comments during the comment period. The Planning Director's decision can be appealed. An explanation of the requirements for filing an appeal will be included in the notice of decision.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: NORTHWEST PIPELINE LLC (NORTHWEST) PROPOSES TO INSTALL AN 18-INCH-DIAMETER NATURAL GAS PIPELINE TO REPLACE TWO EXISTING AND EXPOSED 16-INCH-DIAMETER PIPELINE SEGMENTS BENEATH THE COLUMBIA RIVER USING HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILL (HDD) METHOD. THE OREGON SIDE OF THE HDD CROSSING IS ON SAUVIE ISLAND. NORTHWEST ALSO WILL TIE IN THE NEW HDD PIPE SEGMENT INTO THE EXISTING PIPELINE IN A DIRECT-BURY TRENCH, REMOVE THE OLD PIPELINE SEGMENT, AND REMOVE AN EXISTING VALVE AND PIGGING FACILITY OUTSIDE OF THE 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN. DISTURBED AREAS WILL BE RESEED IN COORDINATION WITH LANDOWNER USING SEED APPROPRIATE FOR AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY USE.
APPLICANT/CONTACT: NORTHWEST PIPELINE LLC JEAN BRADY 8907 NE 219TH ST BATTLE GROUND, WA 98604 PHONE: (801) 209-0495 EMAIL: JEAN.BRADY@WILLIAMS.COM