Public Hearing
Shell Puget Sound Refinery
Crude-by-Rail East Gate Project
Proposed Shell Crudy-by-Rail East Gate rail terminal area at March Point, Anacortes,
encompassed by Highway 20, Fidalgo Bay and Padilla Bay.
Public Hearing
Northwest Clean Air Agency
Draft Permit for Potential Emissions of Bakken Crude Oil Volatile Organic Compounds
Thursday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (or to when the last person speaks)
Anacortes Public Library
1220 10th Avenue, Anacortes
Shell
Puget Sound Refinery (PSR) must meet the requirements of over 15
permits to ensure that its proposed crude-by-rail terminal will be
built.
The
Northwest Clean Air Agency (NWCAA) of Mount Vernon will hold this
public hearing regarding one of these permits, whose project is
described as follows:
Project description:
Shell Puget Sound Refinery (PSR) proposes to construct a crude oil
unloading system with the capacity to unload up to 102 railcars per day.
Upon the train’s arrival at the Crude-by-Rail East Gate station, PSR
would connect hoses to the bottom of each railcar, allowing crude oil to
drain into a large collection pipe. PSR would pump crude oil to
existing tanks. The collection pipe and railcar overhead vents are
designed as a closed vapor control system. Volatile
organic compounds (ozone precursors) could total 0.9 tons a year.
Potential sources of VOCs would be leaks from unloading equipment such
as pumps, valves, and flanges and leaks from oily wastewater systems. (Courtesy of Protect Skagit.)
Shell Notice of Construction, G. Criteria Air Pollutant2 Emissions, Page 3, demonstrates the technicality of this proposed permit. Therefore, Carolyn Gastellum of Protect Skagit generously
wrote the attached talking points for those who wish to speak at the
public hearing. A second option is to speak that you support the
testimony already given. A third option is to come and occupy a seat,
thereby expressing concern.
Nonprofit
groups/citizens from Bellingham to Portland and in the San Juans are
partnering in their concern over the cumulative environmental impacts
of crude oil transport by rail and ship/barge.
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