By Kerstin Lock

Near SHADY COVE, Ore. -- Some southern Oregonians aren't happy with the federal government's approval of a liquefied natural gas pipeline, which would run right through their property.

The pipeline would run from Coos Bay to Malin, Oregon and slice right through Douglas, Jackson and Klamath counties. Yet experts say approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) doesn't mean the pipeline is a done deal.

Governor Kulongoski and Attorney General John Kroger are already asking FERC to reconsider its approval of the project, and residents are hoping they will.

"It's a 3,000 foot drill so they would be drilling for a number of weeks, perhaps months," says property owner Bob Barker.

"We want to work with land owners. We will be fair in terms of negotiating landowner rights, and that's been our policy," says LNG Project Representative Michele Smith.

Though the pipeline will lay underground, construction crews will need to clear the land of trees and vegetation to build it. It will take at least a year for project managers to get the permits they need to start construction.

The appeal process for FERC's approval is only open to those people and groups who have already voiced their opinion on the project. That lasts 30 days.

Public comment on permit grants by Oregon's DEQ and the Army Corps of Engineer is currently underway. The deadline for that is December 27th.