I am a 48-year resident of Vancouver who is very concerned about the long-term impact of an oil export terminal at the Port Vancouver.
The Draft Environmental Impact Statement does not consider two major problems with an oil export terminal there. If an oil terminal is built at the Port of Vancouver, an estimated 360,000 barrels of highly flammable crude oil per day will travel through our region. The increased flow of oil trains will cause a high likelihood of an oil disaster due to human or mechanical error. An oil disaster also is not an incident that emergency responders are prepared to fight.
That said, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee should stop the proposed construction of an oil terminal at the Port of Vancouver.
