(United States Ninth Circuit) - A petition for review of the U.
S. Coast Guard's issuance of a letter of recommendation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the suitability of the Columbia River for vessel traffic associated with a proposed liquified gas facility and pipeline is dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction,where the Coast Guard's letter of recommendation was not in practice a final agency action under 15 U.
S.
C. section 717r(d)(1) of the Natural Gas Act, which authorizes judicial review of final agency orders and actions that "issue, or condition,or deny any permit, license, and concurrence,or approval."
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