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		<title>Port of Vancouver Extends Oil Terminal Lease</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a 2-1 vote Tuesday, Port of Vancouver Commissioners extended Vancouver Energy&#8217;s proposed oil terminal lease, ahead of the potential cancellation deadline of March 31. Under the current lease Vancouver Energy is paying the port $100,000 a month pending a final decision by the state. The proposed $210 million Tesoro Savage Vancouver Energy terminal would bring an estimated 360,000 barrels of crude oil to Vancouver per day and has been opposed by community and environmental groups, including Rosemere Neighborhood Association, since its initial proposal nearly 4 years ago. Eric LaBrant was the sole dissenting vote, cautioning his fellow commissioners, “Gentlemen, we’re being sold a bill of goods. We need to make a decision as a commission to move on, be done with this process, and to move on to the other things that are in store for us.” The oil terminal is currently being reviewed by Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) which is expected to give its recommendation to Washington Governor Inslee at any time. The final decision will be made by Governor Inslee. For more information read Columbian Newspaper article here. Contact Governor Inslee&#8217;s office to make your voice heard on the proposed Oil Terminal here. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING:  Port of Vancouver Holds Oil Terminal Lease Amendment Public Hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2016 22:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we have reported, this August 1st marks the deadline for the Port of Vancouver to renew the lease for the Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal. Tesoro Savage has approached the Port with a proposed 2-year extension to renew the lease prior to the August 1 deadline. The Port&#8217;s staff, although still on record supporting the Tesoro project, recommends against the lease renewal, citing growing concerns with the terminal moving forward. Port Commissioners will vote on the lease renewal on Friday April 15th and are holding a public hearing next Tuesday at Clark College to hear public testimony in advance of their vote on the lease renewal. A quite different slate of Port Commissioners will vote this time compared to those on the commission in 2013 when the lease was first approved after massive public opposition.  With the addition of Eric LaBrant last year, a staunch opponent to the terminal, the three Port Commissioners are now divided in their support.  Commissioner Brian Wolfe is also now voicing his own concerns with the Tesoro project. From the Columbian: Wolfe, who has become the three-member commission’s swing vote on the oil terminal lease changes, said he won’t make up his mind on his vote until after Tuesday’s daylong public hearing at Clark College’s Gaiser Hall. The commission expects to vote on the request on April 15. “My position today is I’m still going to listen to everybody next week and try to do at the end of the week what’s best for the Port of Vancouver,” said Wolfe, who backed the initial lease agreement. Eric LaBrant was not a member when the commission unanimously approved the original lease in 2013. But he won his seat on an anti-terminal platform, easily beating a staunch terminal supporter. Commissioner Jerry Oliver remains a supporter of the<a class="more-link" href="http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2016/04/08/breaking-port-of-vancouver-holds-oil-terminal-lease-amendment-public-hearing/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update: New Hurdles for Proposed Oil Terminal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at Columbia Riverkeeper, Northwest Environmental Defense Center (NEDC), and Sierra Club learned this week that the Washington State Supreme Court will review the previous lower court rulings in their lawsuit  challenging the Port of Vancouver&#8217;s closed-door meetings in 2013 during the port’s initial consideration of the Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal lease. If they are successful, and win at the Supreme Court level, the potential result could be the court voiding the current lease agreement. From the Columbian: “If we were to prevail at the Supreme Court, we believe the remedy the court should give us is voiding the lease and asking the Port of Vancouver to make a new decision on the lease in light of the information in a final environmental impact statement,” said attorney Miles Johnson with Columbia Riverkeeper. That is not the only challenge facing the Port&#8217;s lease agreement. As the deadline looms for the Port to confirm the terminal lease this summer on August 1st, Port Commissioner Brian Wolfe is re-thinking his support for the project: Late Thursday, Commissioner Brian Wolfe told The Columbian that he hadn’t made up his mind about how he might cast another vote. “Am I prepared to make a decision on it? No,” Wolfe said. “I honestly don’t know; there are so many variables to consider.” Wolfe’s uncertainty turns what was a 3-0 decision nearly three years ago into a big maybe. “It was and will remain a really hard decision between economic development and the environment, in my mind,” Wolfe said. The other two Port Commissioners are divided; Jerry Oliver is expected to re-affirm his support for the terminal, and Eric Labrant,  the newest commissioner, is a longtime opponent to the project, so Wolfe&#8217;s vote could sway the lease vote this summer. And just this past week, local<a class="more-link" href="http://www.rosemerena.org/home/2016/03/05/update-new-hurdles-for-proposed-oil-terminal/">[Read More...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>EFSEC Scoping Hearing for Tesoro Savage Crude Oil Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As has been reported this week, the Port of Vancouver held a second vote and again unanimously approved the proposed Tesoro/Savage Crude Oil Terminal, the largest such facility in the Pacific Northwest. The Tesoro/Savage project now faces a yearlong examination by the Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (or EFSEC). EFSEC will make a recommendation to Washington Governor Inslee on the project and, then, the Governor will make the final decision to deny or approve the terminal. There are 2 important EFSEC meetings regarding the proposed Crude Oil Terminal coming up this week. It is important for everyone to attend these meetings and voice their opposition to the Tesoro Savage Terminal. Tuesday, October 29 EFSEC Scoping Hearing for Tesoro Savage Project The purpose of this hearing is for the public to ask EFSEC to review and to take into account the total pollution load to the environment from start to finish. When: Tuesday, October 29 &#8211; 6:00 – 9:00 PM Where: Clark College, Gaiser Student Center (1933 Fort Vancouver Way) There will also be a rally outside before the meeting at 5:00 PM ALSO: The night before – Monday, October 28 &#8211; EFSEC Public Information Hearing at 6:00 PM. What: EFSEC Public Information Hearing When: Monday, October 28 &#8211; 6:00PM Where: Clark College, Gaiser Student Center (1933 Fort Vancouver Way) Columbia Riverkeeper has a petition on their website for those who wish to sign and send a message to Governor Inslee and EFSEC to “Deny the Proposed Tesoro Savage Pipeline-on-Wheels Project”. You can find the petition here: Deny the Proposed Tesoro Savage Pipeline-on-Wheels Project]]></description>
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		<title>Toxics at Vancouver Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday, October 22, marked the 5 year anniversary of the Vancouver Lake Watershed Partnership, created to address longstanding problems that prevent the lake from being swimmable and fishable, including toxic blue green algae.

Patty Boydon, Port of Vancouver Environmental Director, gave a presentation on the installation of an air stripping facility installed to remediate toxic groundwater plumes produced by Cadet/Swan Manufacturing. Groundwater plumes that have expanded into the Fruit Valley Neighborhood were caused by the use of industrial chemical solvents. The shallow groundwater plumes were first discovered in 1998 during road construction, marking the largest groundwater cleanup in Washington State.]]></description>
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