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Tue, Aug 2, 2011 

 

Discussions break down over 1999 Cherry Point terminal settlement agreement

Quite a bit's gone down today and yesterday regarding the $600 million Gateway Pacific Terminal proposed for the Cherry Point area south of Birch Bay. First, it was Whatcom County council member Carl Weimer's discovery of cleared trees and grated dirt roads at the site proposed for the terminal; work, it turned out, that did not have county approval. Now it appears attempts at altering the 1999 settlement agreement reached with a variety of state and environmental groups to reflect the changes SSA Marine has made to the project since 1997 have fallen through.

Mon, Aug 1, 2011 

 

County had stopped Cherry Point site work last week

Whatcom County natural resources supervisor Wayne Fitch had told the engineering consulting firm doing work at the Cherry Point site to stop on July 22, according to an email exchange just posted to the county planning and development services website (PDS). The firm, AMEC Earth & Environmental out of Abbotsford, B.C., is contracted with SSA Marine to drill monitoring wells and perform earth core sampling at the site. This work is in preparation for the environmental impact statement SSA Marine must present to the county in order for the $600-million Gateway Pacific Terminal to be built.

County council member Weimer questions work done at Cherry Point Terminal site; SSA Marine reacts

A few weeks ago, Whatcom County Council member Carl Weimer discovered trees had been cleared for dirt roads in the Cherry Point area. He asked county Planning and Development Services (PDS) if they knew anything about these roads and if SSA Marine, the company proposing the multi-million-dollar Gateway Pacific Terminal for the site, had anything to do with it.

Sun, Jul 31, 2011 

 

City of Blaine seeks new city prosecutor

The city of Blaine has announced it's looking for a new city prosecuting attorney to handle all misdeanmor criminal violations and civil infractions. On its website, The city recently posted a request for qualificiations and proposal from qualified attorneys. Any interested attorneys with at least five years of experience are being asked to submit their proposals no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 15.

Fri, Jul 29, 2011 

 

Whatcom County beaches now closed only to varnish, butter clams

I just got a press release from the Whatcom County Health Department saying the county has reopened the harvesting of all types of molluscan shellfish except varnish clams and butter clams on county beaches.


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