Natural gas pipeline permit application withdrawn -- for now
CLEARVIEW — A company has withdrawn a permit application to upgrade nearly 6 miles of natural gas pipeline through unincorporated Snohomish County.
The project known as the North Seattle Lateral Upgrade isn’t likely to disappear, however. Northwest Pipeline had been hoping to start construction next year to enlarge the transmission system serving Puget Sound Energy customers.
“We’re gathering information to supplement the application, and we’ll submit it as soon as we can,” said Keith Isbell, a spokesman for Northwest Pipeline’s parent company.
Northwest Pipeline is part of The Williams Companies Inc., based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The upgrade would replace 8-inch pipe with 20-inch pipe. It would relocate and replace a short distance of 16-inch pipe, along with other upgrades.
The county last month issued a determination of non-significance for that work. The county withdrew the decision Nov. 14. That happened after Northwest Pipeline and county planners agreed more study was needed to gauge potential environmental impacts.
The withdrawal came after planners learned that a storage facility related to the upgrade sits in a channel migration zone, an area where a river or stream is likely to change course.
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