Does Washington SEPA Process Discover Truth?

State Environmental Policy Act (“SEPA”) Helps How? I have always had questions about how a SEPA can protect the environment by its results when the detailed scientific studies, data, and articles are not published first before public input permitted by the SEPA process. Others have questioned the SEPA process also; for example: Where “[P]rocess does […]

Tacoma: Methanol Facility: Actual Injury

Actual injury, the question is: who pays who and how much? That has caused me to make a comment My Methanol Facility comment submitted to Tacoma EIS is this: To: Tacoma.methanol.sepa@cityoftacoma.org Friday, February 5, 2016 EIS Scoping Comments: Tacoma Manufacturing and Marine Export Facility (TMMEF): “Proposed Methanol Plant”: SEPA Lead Agency: City of Tacoma (File […]

LNG Permits: No interest in community interests

How does a typical LNG export permit work? Let’s take a look at a typical example; for example, Order conditionally granting long-term, multi-contract authorizations to export liquefied natural gas by vessel from the proposed Alaska LNG terminal in Niskiski, Alaska, to non-free Trade Agreement Nations, (collectively, “LNG permit”)1 LNG permit process sounds good for the […]