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- Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. Port of Seattle
Litigation
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. Port of Seattle
About this case
Documents
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
08/27/2015
Appeal
Notice of appeal filed.
The environmental groups appealed the court’s order granting summary judgment to the Port of Seattle.
07/31/2015
Decision
Order issued granting Port of Seattle's motion for summary judgment and denying plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment.
A Washington State Superior Court rejected a challenge to the use of a Port of Seattle terminal as a homeport for the Royal Dutch Shell Arctic drilling fleet. Four environmental groups had charged that the Port of Seattle illegally circumvented the environmental review requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act when it entered into a lease with the operator for the homeport. The court said that the Port acted within its jurisdiction and that its actions were not arbitrary and capricious.
03/02/2015
Complaint
Complaint filed.
Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit against the Port of Seattle alleging that it had improperly entered into a lease pursuant to which it would serve as a homeport for Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet. The organizations claimed that the Port had illegally circumvented the State Environmental Policy Act and had therefore avoided a full assessment of the project’s environmental impacts. The organizations also contended that the Port was required to obtain a revision of its substantial shoreline development permit prior to entering into the lease.
Summary
Challenge to lease that would allegedly make the Port of Seattle the homeport for Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet.