Millennium Bulk Terminals Denied Shoreline Permits, Washington
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A county hearing examiner has denied two shoreline permits Millennium Bulk Terminals needs for its $680 million coal-export terminal project on the Columbia River in Washington state.
The Daily News in Longview reported that Hearing Examiner Mark Scheibmeir rejected the permits Tuesday despite recommendations from Cowlitz County staff that he approve the permits with conditions.
Scheibmeir wrote in his decision that Millennium couldn’t show that it would adequately compensate for 10 significant adverse impacts — from rail capacity to noise pollution to tribal resources — identified in the state’s environmental impact statement.
In a statement, Millenium CEO Bill Chapman said “the decision is based primarily on issues outside the shoreline area applicable to any new terminal or transportation project in the state of Washington.”
Source: The Associated Press
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