VANCOUVER, Wash. — The first of several public hearings on a proposed massive oil-handling facility in southwest Washington opens Tuesday in Ridgefield.
Environmental groups say they expect hundreds of people to testify against the project, as well as rally outside the hearing.
Tesoro Corp. and Savage Cos., operating as Vancouver Energy, want to build a rail-to-marine oil transfer terminal along the Columbia River that can handle an average 360,000 barrels of crude per day. The oil would temporarily be stored on site and then loaded onto marine vessels for transport to refineries on the West Coast.
The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council is taking comments on a draft environmental review it released in late November. The council will make a recommendation to Gov. Jay Inslee.
Other hearings are scheduled for Jan. 12 in Ridgefield and Jan. 14 in Spokane.
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