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In re Millennium Bulk Terminals – Longview, LLC Shoreline Permit Applications

Date
2017
Geography
Washington
Part of
Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v. State

About this case

Filing year
2017
Status
Underlying decision filed as attachment to petition for review.
Geography
Docket number
S17-17c
Court/admin entity
United States → State Agencies → Wash. SHB
Case category
State Law Claims → Industry LawsuitsState Law Claims → State Impact Assessment Laws
Principal law
United States → Washington Shoreline Management Act of 1971United States → Washington State Environmental Policy Act
At issue
Challenge to denial of shoreline permits for proposed coal terminal.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
12/04/2017
Petition
Petition for review filed.
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The developer of a proposed coal terminal in Washington State filed a petition for review before the State Shorelines Hearings Board to appeal the decision of a Cowlitz County Hearing Examiner denying a shoreline permit application for the terminal. The hearing examiner had found, among other things, that the developer had failed to reasonably mitigate ten unavoidable, significant impacts, including impacts from greenhouse gas emissions.
12/04/2017
Decision
Underlying decision filed as attachment to petition for review.
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Summary

Challenge to denial of shoreline permits for proposed coal terminal.