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CRITICS RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT LNG PLANT’S LATEST IMPACT STUDY BY STEVE DUNKELBERGER stevedunkel@tacomaweeekly.com
This week, Carter the Crater Gator found another impressive road divot to stretch out in. To be honest, we’ve had a difficult time with this critter. He can’t get over the fact that he’ll always be second-fiddle when compared to Percival, and frankly, he’s been getting a little snarky. While we’ve let him know that his replacement could waddle through the front door of the Tacoma Weekly office at any moment, the toothy sourpuss has countered with his own threat of “pulling a Percival” and disappearing. With this in mind, we are still in the process of trying out new pothole seeking varmints. If you’ve got any ideas, please send them to jgimse@ tacomaweekly.com.
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency released a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) regarding the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant that Puget Sound Energy is building on the Tacoma Tideflats. The SEIS included the contracted consultant’s recommendation that the final permit for the project include a requirement that the plant only use natural gas from British Columbia. That is, the report stated, the only way that the plant could avoid adding greenhouse gas emissions. Critics question the report’s numbers and assumptions. The report, presented by Ecology and Environmental Inc., stated that while natural gas emits lower amounts of greenhouse gases than other fuels used in the maritime industry, there would be no reduction of overall gas emissions unless the natural gas were piped 145 miles from British Columbia because of Canada’s regulations regarding emission controls. “The analysis supports the recommendation that the facility’s air permit include the condition regarding the sole source of natural gas from British Columbia as a requirement so the analysis and this conclusion is consistent with the proponent’s project description,” the report stated, noting that the review is an informational and evaluative tool and “does not
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An environmental review of the 8 million gallon liquefied natural gas plant under construction on the Tacoma Tideflats would generate less fossil fuel emissions only if the natural gas were collected in British Columbia, but critics say the study is based on assumptions. mandate approval or disapproval of the (project’s) potential impacts related to emissions…” The draft SEIS is available through the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, which is collecting public comments about it through Nov. 21. Those comments will be added to the final supplemental study that is expected after the new year. A public hearing on the u See LNG / page 9
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BURGLARY & FRAUD Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies need your help to identify the suspects responsible for a burglary and credit card fraud. Sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Sunday September 16, 2018, unidentified suspect(s) burglarized a house on 14th Ave. E. in the Midland area. The suspect(s) ransacked the victims’ house and stole several pieces of jewelry as well as two credit cards. At 12:40 p.m. the same day, the two pictured suspects used the victims’ stolen credit cards at a Fred Meyer store located on River Rd. in Puyallup. The unidentified male suspects were seen carrying motorcycle helmets and wearing riding gear; neighbors had also reported seeing a motorcycle in front of the victims’ home at the time of the burglary. Fridays at 10:30pm on
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