Letter: What is NuStar planning?

NuStar started their journey for a crude oil terminal in November 2013, indicating they were taking idle assets and retrofitting them for crude oil service.

NuStar planned for 22,000 barrels per day or 32 rail cars of “bubbling crude” to be stored and loaded to marine vessels for unknown markets.

NuStar was denied an appeal to the Determination of Significance (DS) in October 2015 for the crude oil project and advised that the preparation of a detailed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was the next step.

After proceeding for 800 days with growing and changing plans for the commodity, crude oil, NuStar “Changes Horses in the Middle of the Stream” and proceeds onward with the commodity ethanol.

The ethanol project is everything that was in the crude oil project and then some, without completing an Environmental Impact Statement.

It has 12 new rail car unloading spots, unloading by marine vessels, new pumps, new piping, etc., and load tanker trucks and marine vessels all for 22,000 barrels per day.

Write Jon Wagner (jon.wagner@cityofvancouver.us) with the planning department and request a Determination of Significance (DS) and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

What is NuStar really planning to do?