I was talking with someone this weekend and they made two
comments that simply amazed me.
The first was that coal terminal opponents seemed to not be making
progress on the Cherry Point issue.
What? My immediate response
was to ask that person to look at statements made by project proponents in
April at the City Club
debate and compare them with them with the recent comments made by Faith
Lumsden with the governor’s Office of Regulatory Assistance. What seemed fast-tracked in April now
seems mired.
As facts become known and attention focused on this project
the opposition grows. Trackside mayor
after trackside mayor in Washington State are stepping up to voice concerns and
often opposition to this project from Bellingham to Spokane. And just last week the Port
of Skagit issued a broadly distributed letter with the line: Let there be
no doubt, the Gateway project as currently proposed will have a very negative
impact on our local economy. Now
some have contrived to portray this letter as conditional support for the
project, but clearly their support—like RE Sources’—is for something much
smaller and more right-sized for our community and others.
So how far have things moved? In April, we were looking at starting a scoping process in
June or July. Now the start date
is anyone’s guess and no EIS contractor has been identified or even a “request
for proposal” refined and issued.
Moreover, the scope of the scoping process has increased with the
addition of the Department of Ecology as co-lead agency and promises of
sessions in Seattle as well as Whatcom County. We think the geographic extent of the session will only
increase as more and more communities realize that this level of train traffic
will bi-sect their towns and business districts.
In April also, SSA Marine was arguing that the analyses be
limited to on-site impacts and that train traffic and ship impacts should be
excluded for scrutiny. Now SSA
Marine has shifted from optimistic and empowered permittee to dealing with
solving problems associated with them violating county, state, and federal laws
and regulations. Much has
certainly changed.
The second comment that bothered me was that Bellingham was
not a player in this debate because we lacked jurisdiction and a legitimate voice. Really? Somehow this belief does not comport with the cause-and-effect
relationship with the above movement on this issue. What was the catalyst for the various rail town mayors to
get involved? Where did the noise
originate to take the Governor from project proponent to nearly neutral on this
issue? And where would folks in
this camp think that the initial beating drum was located that led to coverage
of this issue from Blaine south to Seattle? The answer in my mind is obvious and resounding: This
started in Bellingham and is led—in large part—by Bellingham.
An EIS process—particularly one that involves so many and so
much—is a large and complicated beast.
We in the Pacific Northwest should feel pride that we have moved the
needle on this project a considerable distance from “full-speed ahead” towards
“are you kidding?” Let’s all continue
to ask questions and lend our voices to this issue. It is important work that will earn us gratitude from future
generations.
Bob Ferris
Executive Director
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