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EFSEC Receives Record Number of Comments on Oil Terminal Proposal

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:15:21 +0000

Following record breaking attendance at open hearings in Vancouver and Spokane, EFSEC, Washington State’s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, is now tasked with sifting through the volume of public input regarding the proposed Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal at the Port of Vancouver. A record number of public comments – more than 250,000 – were submitted to EFSEC during the DEIS public comment period that ended January 22. Opposition to the terminal has been unprecedented, from such diverse organizations as Vancouver City Council, City of Portland, Multnomah County Commissioners, Vancouver Firefighters Union IAFF Local 452, ILWU Local 4, Columbia Waterfront LLC, Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission, the sport fishing community, and the environmental community. Vancouver City Council voted to extend its moratorium on crude oil-handling facilities for another six months, their third extension in two years. Vancouver’s Comments on Draft EIS called the DEIS “wholly indadequate” and it’s “risk analysis is fatally flawed.” Even the Washington Attorney General called out EFSEC’s DEIS “…two significant deficiencies in the DEIS: (1) a flawed statistical analysis of train-derailment risk, and (2) insufficient analysis of the effort and investment required to bring first responders along the crude-oil-train route contemplated by the Tesoro-Savage project to a proper state of preparedness.” Rosemere Neighborhood Association has been vocal in its opposition to the terminal. The environmental risks posed by the terminal as outlined in the DEIS are too great and create excessive and unnecessary dangers to our communities and our precious water resources. RNA public commentary urges EFSEC members do everything in their power to deny the project and recommend Governor Inslee reject the Tesoro-Savage oil terminal. Read the full text of Rosemere Neighborhood Association Oil Terminal DEIS comments here. EFSEC has announced there will be a series of “adjudication hearings” this June, where the various stakeholders in the[Read More...]

Video: Dvija Michael Bertish Interview with Jake Thomas on the Portland Observer Hour

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:47:29 +0000

Please click on the arrow to begin the video. Dvija Michael Bertish recently sat down with Jake Thomas, Web Editor & News Reporter of the Portland Observer on Portland Observer Hour, and discussed the history of Rosemere Neighborhood Association's landmark environmental justice case as well as our dedicated work for environmental protection and improving the status of environmental justice communities.

Pipe Replacement in Vancouver: Water Main Break at 32nd & Q St.

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:41:52 +0000
Water Main Break - September 26, 2009 Rosemere residents were unwinding from a busy week on Saturday night, September 26, 2009. As relaxing bubble baths were being drawn, water ceased flowing. Those with shampoo in their hair found this most inconvenient, but employees of the City of Vancouver who were wrestling with a broken water main on 32nd & Q St. had bigger problems. In inky darkness, water was shooting out of the broken main, creating a sinkhole which overflowed, flooding the streets. A city employee was probing the massive hole to test for depth. Suddenly the edge he was standing on gave way, plunging him into the raging waters. After swirling around in the maelstrom for what seemed an eternity, he was able to extract himself to safer grounds. Water flowed down 32nd towards R St., turning the alley into a churning creek, flooding a home on the corner. The area was a news clip disaster. By Sunday morning, hard working city employees repaired the broken main and filled the sink hole.