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 […]

Tacoma: Methanol Facility: Draft EIS Available Now

Tacoma Methanol Facility Environmental Impact Review Draft is available These “Draft” EIS documents are great reading for Tacoma Community knowledge about the proposed Methane-to-methanol facility under Tacoma review process My advise, please read, and if necessary submit your own comments into this Methanol Facility EIS review process. ////

What I don’t know about natural gas?

Natural Gas is proposed to feed industry in Tacoma Washington Therefore, It’s time I start learning, it’s an education thing for older people, about natural gas (methane gas) and its good- and not-so-good-benefits. My research, I discovered there exists sweet- and sour-natural gas So, which type of natural gas is intended to supply the Tacoma […]

Tacoma Methanol SEPA EIS: My Review

I must understand the process first The Washington State Environmental Policy Act (“SEPA”) and the Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) are just a little difficult to grasp for Tacoma Community People’s resulting benefits received back from these review process(s)–SEPA and EIS? We will never know what difference any public comments made to influence the Tacoma Methanol […]

Industry: Chemicals: Community Knows What When?

Communities have potential hazards, people must know in my community, Tacoma Wash., under review is a methane-to-methanol industrial plant proposed to be constructed here then operated and it will become the biggest methane-to-methanol operating plant in the world once built and processing methane (natural gas). Likewise, I have an interest in the potential people hazards […]

I think I have EPA: EPCRA standing because

Let me think of the reasons First, I must have a direct interest, or affected by potential for future injury, future harm created by operating Port of Tacoma Washington methane-to-methanol plant. I need have conditions that I might be adversely affected in future years, as also others within my Community; Just thinking, I think I […]

How EIA for SEPA or NEPA works

Let’s review, community public comments, the process The review process for methane-to-methanol, Port of Tacoma proposed industrial plant, as Tacoma solicits environmental comments for government review and just how this works? Let’s take a look at the environmental comments coordinator—Tacoma: NW Innovation Works: What Permits Will Be Required for a Plant at Tacoma, Washington?, (Accessed […]

Let’s review our right to know -v- methanol

Community Right-to-Know sounds logical On the other hand, does anybody really want the community (people, stakeholders) to understand what hazards are potential within their communities? See, Sherman, John, Tacoma People Have Access Rights: Read the Planning Plans: How to Mitigate Community Industrial Accidents, (Jan. 17, 2016) (WordPress pdf file t20160117b) online at https://johnesherman.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/t20160117b.pdf (visited Jan. […]

The surround, methane-to-methanol process

What are some other hazard situations Remember that, as our Tacoma City community (people) are focused on the environmental review stuff, looking directly at proposed planned methane-to-methanol industrial plant and its operation; in addition, we must keep all other Port of Tacoma current or future area industrial hazards defined and presented for community people to […]