{"id":345,"date":"2018-02-25T08:16:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T16:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/chokepoint\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2023-08-01T13:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:43:46","slug":"bellingham-cherry-point-terminal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vancouver.labs.wsu.edu\/thethingreenlineispeople\/bellingham-cherry-point-terminal\/","title":{"rendered":"SSA Marine Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-1519575357242\" class=\"row single h1-header gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h1>Coal<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1598998213860\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h2>SSA Marine, Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point\/Ferndale, WA<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<h3>Status: Defeated!<\/h3>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sightline.org\/tag\/cherry-point\/\">Sightline Institute Articles and Reports on the Cherry Point Terminal\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1519668634882\" class=\"row single h1-header gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h4>Documents on Record<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1519575415333\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h5>2016<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>May 9, Army Corps of Engineers, Memo for Record RE &#8220;Gateway Pacific Terminal Project and Lummi Nation\u2019s Usual and Accustomed Treaty Fishing Rights at Cherry Point, Whatcom County&#8221;\u00a0 (34 pages)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/27\/docs\/regulatory\/NewsUpdates\/160509MFRUADeMinimisDetermination.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/27\/docs\/regulatory\/NewsUpdates\/160509MFRUADeMinimisDetermination.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>2015<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>August 27, Lummi Nation Response to Army Corps of Engineers (246 pages) <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVjBEdUx1elBjbHM\/view?resourcekey=0-luiIV32renvsXnDtXAdwpA\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVjBEdUx1elBjbHM\/view?resourcekey=0-luiIV32renvsXnDtXAdwpA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 5, Lummi Nation Request for Denial of Permit for the Proposed Gateway Pacific<br \/>\nTerminal Bulk Dry Goods Shipping Facility\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVlJVeG4yQ1NLT0IyT0FLNWpNbWhWSFNiWkVN\/view?resourcekey=0-syHj2EcWxgCCuNxkRgWFYQ\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVlJVeG4yQ1NLT0IyT0FLNWpNbWhWSFNiWkVN\/view?resourcekey=0-syHj2EcWxgCCuNxkRgWFYQ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1519668527955\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h5>2013<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Undated,\u00a0<\/em>GPT Draft EIS and SEPA Contract Scope of Work, Whatcom County Planning and Development Services\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3157\/Environmental-Impact-Statement-Overview-PDF?bidId=\">https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3157\/Environmental-Impact-Statement-Overview-PDF?bidId=<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 17, &#8220;City of Bellingham&#8217;s Second Set of Scoping Comments&#8221; on the Gateway Pacific Terminal (20 pages)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cob.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013-01-17-second-scoping-letter.pdf\">https:\/\/www.cob.org\/documents\/mayor\/2013-01-17-second-scoping-letter.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1519668530436\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<h5>2012<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Winter, <\/em>Western Washington University Huxley College of the Environment, Cherry Point Coal Trains: Environmental Impact Statement (final class project, 83 pages)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1974\/2020\/09\/Cherry-Point-coal-trains-environmental-impact-assessment.pdf\">https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-vancouverlabs\/uploads\/sites\/1974\/2020\/09\/Cherry-Point-coal-trains-environmental-impact-assessment.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September 12, Petitions and Statements in Support of Gateway Pacific Terminal\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3053\/September-12-2012---GPT-Petitions-and-Statements-of-Support-Statements-of-Support-I-PDF?bidId=\">https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/3053\/September-12-2012&#8212;GPT-Petitions-and-Statements-of-Support-Statements-of-Support-I-PDF?bidId=<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September 21. Notice of Intent to Prepare Joint EIS for the Gateway Pacific Terminals.., Army Corps of Engineers (pdf version) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2012-09-21\/pdf\/2012-23301.pdf\">https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2012-09-21\/pdf\/2012-23301.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>June 14, Seattle City Council Resolution 31379 opposing coal transport accross Washington State and Seattle\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.seattle.gov\/~archives\/Resolutions\/Resn_31379.pdf\">https:\/\/clerk.seattle.gov\/~archives\/Resolutions\/Resn_31379.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>2011<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>June 1, &#8220;Environmental Impact Analysis for the Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point, Washington&#8221; UW Environmental Law and Regulation Practicum Project\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5510d902e4b0838d895e37a0\/t\/5542b091e4b004fd41a6a611\/1430433937320\/CherryPointUW.pdf\">https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5510d902e4b0838d895e37a0\/t\/5542b091e4b004fd41a6a611\/1430433937320\/CherryPointUW.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Video<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&#8220;5 Things to Know: The Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal&#8221; McClatchy, The Bellingham Herald, March 11, 2018\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/news\/local\/article70836102.html\">https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/news\/local\/article70836102.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic Impact Forum, Segment 4: City of Bellingham Concerns and Actions to Date,\u00a0 January 8, 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57473495\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57473495<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic Impact Forum, Segment 3: Coal Export Impacts on Rail Infrastructure and Local Communities, January 8, 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57409377\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57409377<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic Impact Forum, Segment 2: Tax Implications, Communitywise Bellingham, January 8, 2013\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57406087\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57406087<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Economic Impact Forum, Segment 1: Local Economic Risks and Costs, Communitywise Bellingham, January 8, 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57402386\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/57402386<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Hearing, Seattle, hearing room 1, December 13, 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55971958\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55971958<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EIS Scoping Hearing, Seattle, hearing room 2, December 13, 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55971959\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55971959<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EIS Scoping Hearing, Ferndale, WA, November 29, 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55305714\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55305714<\/a><\/p>\n<p>EIS Scoping Hearing, Bellingham, October 27, 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55305713\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/55305713<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1519668553051\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<header>\n<h4>Context\/Media:<\/h4>\n<\/header>\n<p>&#8220;Gateway Pacific Terminal&#8221; Global Energy Monitor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Gateway_Pacific_Terminal\">https:\/\/www.gem.wiki\/Gateway_Pacific_Terminal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This Community Puts the Brakes on Oil, Coal and Natural Gas with One Law. Yours Can Too.&#8221; Nathan Taft, Grist, August 16 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/fix\/opinion\/whatcom-county-ban-fossil-fuel-expansion-local-government\/\">https:\/\/grist.org\/fix\/opinion\/whatcom-county-ban-fossil-fuel-expansion-local-government\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Developers Withdraw Coal Terminal Applications, Ending Project,&#8221; Dave Gallagher, 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/news\/local\/article131783149\">https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/news\/local\/artcle131783149.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tribes Prevail, Kill Proposed Coal Terminal at Cherry Point&#8221; Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times, May 9, 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/environment\/tribes-prevail-kill-proposed-coal-terminal-at-cherry-point\/\">https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/environment\/tribes-prevail-kill-proposed-coal-terminal-at-cherry-point\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Army Corps Halts Gateway Pacific Terminal Permitting Process&#8221; US Army Corps of Engineers press release, May 9, 2016\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/27\/docs\/regulatory\/NewsUpdates\/GPT%20News%20Release%209%20May%202016.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/27\/docs\/regulatory\/NewsUpdates\/GPT%20News%20Release%209%20May%202016.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gateway Pacific Coal Port Rejected- At Last&#8221; Michael Riordan, Whatcom Watch, 2016\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/article\/gateway-pacific-coal-port-rejected-at-last\/\">https:\/\/whatcomwatch.org\/index.php\/article\/gateway-pacific-coal-port-rejected-at-last\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Northwest Tribes Unite Against Giant Coal,Oil Projects&#8221; Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times, January 16, 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/environment\/northwest-tribes-unite-against-giant-coal-oil-projects\/\">https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/environment\/northwest-tribes-unite-against-giant-coal-oil-projects\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gateway Pacific Terminal at Cherry Point Starts Permit Process&#8221; John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, May 18, 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/news\/local\/article22203096.html#ixzz1FPb9Pknd\">https:\/\/www.bellinghamherald.com\/news\/local\/article22203096.html#ixzz1FPb9Pknd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gateway Pacific Terminal: History, Scoping, and a Discussion of Implications&#8221; Terry Wechsler, Whatcom Watch Online, October\/November 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomwatch.org\/php\/WW_open.php?id=1489\">https:\/\/www.whatcomwatch.org\/php\/WW_open.php?id=1489<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Environmental Review Process, Gateway Pacific Terminal and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Custer Spur Proposal,&#8221; 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&#8217;s Office of Regulatory Assistance, March 20, 2012 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/2783\">https:\/\/www.whatcomcounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/2783<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Coal<\/p>\n<h2>SSA Marine, Gateway Pacific Terminal, Cherry Point\/Ferndale, WA<\/h2>\n<h3>Status: Defeated!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sightline.org\/tag\/cherry-point\/\">Sightline Institute Articles and Reports on the Cherry Point Terminal\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Documents on Record<\/h4>\n<h5>2016<\/h5>\n<p>May 9, Army Corps of Engineers, Memo for Record RE &#8220;Gateway Pacific Terminal Project and Lummi Nation\u2019s Usual and Accustomed Treaty Fishing Rights at Cherry Point, Whatcom County&#8221;\u00a0 (34 pages)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/27\/docs\/regulatory\/NewsUpdates\/160509MFRUADeMinimisDetermination.pdf\">https:\/\/www.nws.usace.army.mil\/Portals\/27\/docs\/regulatory\/NewsUpdates\/160509MFRUADeMinimisDetermination.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>2015<\/h5>\n<p>August 27, Lummi Nation Response to Army Corps of Engineers (246 pages) <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVjBEdUx1elBjbHM\/view?resourcekey=0-luiIV32renvsXnDtXAdwpA\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVjBEdUx1elBjbHM\/view?resourcekey=0-luiIV32renvsXnDtXAdwpA<\/a><br \/> January 5, Lummi Nation Request for Denial of Permit for the Proposed Gateway Pacific<br \/> Terminal Bulk Dry Goods Shipping Facility\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVlJVeG4yQ1NLT0IyT0FLNWpNbWhWSFNiWkVN\/view?resourcekey=0-syHj2EcWxgCCuNxkRgWFYQ\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B6MnRtiEQwcnVlJVeG4yQ1NLT0IyT0FLNWpNbWhWSFNiWkVN\/view?resourcekey=0-syHj2EcWxgCCuNxkRgWFYQ<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>2013<\/h5>\n<p><em>Undated,\u00a0<\/em>GPT Draft EIS and SEPA &#8230; 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