Coal
SSA Marine, Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point/Ferndale, WA
Status: Defeated!
Sightline Institute Articles and Reports on the Cherry Point Terminal
Documents on Record
2016
- May 9, Army Corps of Engineers, Memo for Record RE “Gateway Pacific Terminal Project and Lummi Nation’s Usual and Accustomed Treaty Fishing Rights at Cherry Point, Whatcom County” (34 pages) https://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Portals/27/docs/regulatory/NewsUpdates/160509MFRUADeMinimisDetermination.pdf
2015
- August 27, Lummi Nation Response to Army Corps of Engineers (246 pages) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVjBEdUx1elBjbHM/view?resourcekey=0-luiIV32renvsXnDtXAdwpA
- January 5, Lummi Nation Request for Denial of Permit for the Proposed Gateway Pacific
Terminal Bulk Dry Goods Shipping Facility https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVlJVeG4yQ1NLT0IyT0FLNWpNbWhWSFNiWkVN/view?resourcekey=0-syHj2EcWxgCCuNxkRgWFYQ
2013
- Undated, GPT Draft EIS and SEPA Contract Scope of Work, Whatcom County Planning and Development Services https://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/3157/Environmental-Impact-Statement-Overview-PDF?bidId=
- January 17, “City of Bellingham’s Second Set of Scoping Comments” on the Gateway Pacific Terminal (20 pages) https://www.cob.org/documents/mayor/2013-01-17-second-scoping-letter.pdf
2012
- Winter, Western Washington University Huxley College of the Environment, Cherry Point Coal Trains: Environmental Impact Statement (final class project, 83 pages) https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/1974/2020/09/Cherry-Point-coal-trains-environmental-impact-assessment.pdf
- September 12, Petitions and Statements in Support of Gateway Pacific Terminal https://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/3053/September-12-2012—GPT-Petitions-and-Statements-of-Support-Statements-of-Support-I-PDF?bidId=
- September 21. Notice of Intent to Prepare Joint EIS for the Gateway Pacific Terminals.., Army Corps of Engineers (pdf version) https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-09-21/pdf/2012-23301.pdf
- June 14, Seattle City Council Resolution 31379 opposing coal transport accross Washington State and Seattle http://clerk.seattle.gov/~archives/Resolutions/Resn_31379.pdf
2011
- June 1, “Environmental Impact Analysis for the Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point, Washington” UW Environmental Law and Regulation Practicum Project https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5510d902e4b0838d895e37a0/t/5542b091e4b004fd41a6a611/1430433937320/CherryPointUW.pdf
Video
“5 Things to Know: The Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal” McClatchy, The Bellingham Herald, March 11, 2018 https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article70836102.html
Economic Impact Forum, Segment 4: City of Bellingham Concerns and Actions to Date, January 8, 2013 https://vimeo.com/57473495
Economic Impact Forum, Segment 3: Coal Export Impacts on Rail Infrastructure and Local Communities, January 8, 2013 https://vimeo.com/57409377
Economic Impact Forum, Segment 2: Tax Implications, Communitywise Bellingham, January 8, 2013 https://vimeo.com/57406087
Economic Impact Forum, Segment 1: Local Economic Risks and Costs, Communitywise Bellingham, January 8, 2013 https://vimeo.com/57402386
Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Hearing, Seattle, hearing room 1, December 13, 2012 https://vimeo.com/55971958
EIS Scoping Hearing, Seattle, hearing room 2, December 13, 2012 https://vimeo.com/55971959
EIS Scoping Hearing, Ferndale, WA, November 29, 2012 https://vimeo.com/55305714
EIS Scoping Hearing, Bellingham, October 27, 2012 https://vimeo.com/55305713
Context/Media:
“Gateway Pacific Terminal” Global Energy Monitor https://www.gem.wiki/Gateway_Pacific_Terminal
“This Community Puts the Brakes on Oil, Coal and Natural Gas with One Law. Yours Can Too.” Nathan Taft, Grist, August 16 2021 https://grist.org/fix/opinion/whatcom-county-ban-fossil-fuel-expansion-local-government/
“Developers Withdraw Coal Terminal Applications, Ending Project,” Dave Gallagher, 2017 http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/artcle131783149.html
“Tribes Prevail, Kill Proposed Coal Terminal at Cherry Point” Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times, May 9, 2016 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/tribes-prevail-kill-proposed-coal-terminal-at-cherry-point/
“Army Corps Halts Gateway Pacific Terminal Permitting Process” US Army Corps of Engineers press release, May 9, 2016 https://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Portals/27/docs/regulatory/NewsUpdates/GPT%20News%20Release%209%20May%202016.pdf
“Gateway Pacific Coal Port Rejected- At Last” Michael Riordan, Whatcom Watch, 2016 https://whatcomwatch.org/index.php/article/gateway-pacific-coal-port-rejected-at-last/
“Northwest Tribes Unite Against Giant Coal,Oil Projects” Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times, January 16, 2016 https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/northwest-tribes-unite-against-giant-coal-oil-projects/
“Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point Starts Permit Process” John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, May 18, 2015 https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article22203096.html#ixzz1FPb9Pknd
“Gateway Pacific Terminal: History, Scoping, and a Discussion of Implications” Terry Wechsler, Whatcom Watch Online, October/November 2012 http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=1489
“Environmental Review Process, Gateway Pacific Terminal and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Custer Spur Proposal,” Presentation, Whatcom County Planning and Development Services and Washington State Department of Ecology, with support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Governor’s Office of Regulatory Assistance, March 20, 2012 https://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/2783