August deadline looms for Tesoro oil terminal in Vancouver


The Port of Vancouver and backers of the Vancouver Energy Project have until August to opt out if permits aren’t acquired in time.

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Nearly three years ago, the Port of Vancouver signed a lease with companies that want to build the largest oil-by-rail terminal in the country. But the project has not gone as planned and may now be running out of time.

… The proposal is now slowly working its way through Washington state’s permitting process. But it’s faced with a deadline that could prove problematic, if not ultimately fatal.

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