Millennium Bulk Terminals Comments to DEIS

May 23, 2016 Vancouver City Council Workshop

E. Bronson Potter, City Attorney

May 23, 2016

The presentation will review:

• Description of the proposed project

• Previous Council concerns

• What the DEIS discloses

• Potential comments

• Next steps

Presentation Overview

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• Coal export terminal on 190 acres of land in the Port of Longview

• It would receive and export 44 million tons of coal per year

• Coal would come from Powder River Basin in Montana and

Wyoming and the Uinta Basin in Utah and Colorado

• It would receive 8 loaded unit trains (125 cars) and send 8 empty trains

per day and load 70 vessels per month

The project

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• Workshop July 2, 2012

• Adoption of resolution expressing concerns July 16, 2012

Prior Council Review

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• Direct and cumulative impacts of coal transport from Millennium,

Gateway and other potential projects

• Potential of up to 20 additional unit trains per day from these projects

• traffic congestion

• Air quality

• Coal dust accumulation (“deposition”)

• Water quality from barge traffic

• Requests reviewing agencies to evaluate these impacts

Council Concerns - Resolution

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• DEIS jointly issued by Department of Ecology and Cowlitz County on

April 29, 2016

• Comment period closes June 13, 2016

Environmental review - Millennium

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• Rail capacity: Rail traffic exceeds capacity. Deficit in 2028: 15 per day

Pasco-Vancouver, 1 per day Vancouver-Longview; Significant and

unavoidable impact if no capacity expansions or operating changes

were made

• Rail accidents: 22% increase in accident frequency – significant and

unavoidable impact unless safety improvements are made

• Traffic and emergency response delay: If infrastructure

improvements are not made, impacts on vehicle transportation would

be significant and unavoidable

DEIS identified impacts

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• Coal Dust:

• Air emissions would be below state and federal air quality

standards;

• Deposition: no standard but would be below nuisance standard of

New Zealand study

• Greenhouse Gas: 38,500 tons of CO2 per year when in full operation;

significant and unavoidable

• Water Quality: coal dust, chance of spills and turbidity; not significant

DEIS identified impacts

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• Cumulative Impacts:

• Rail Capacity:

• Pasco-Vancouver: capacity 41, 2038 cumulative volume 94

• Vancouver-Longview: capacity 80, 2038 cumulative volume 142

DEIS identified impacts

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• Comments on DEIS due June 13, 2016

• Comments will be submitted consistent with Council policy concerns

• Opportunity for testimony

• Ongoing monitoring and participation in permitting process.

Next Steps

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Questions and Discussion

E. Bronson Potter, City Attorney

City Hall

415 West 6th Street

Vancouver, Wa.

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