August 11, 2016 Sandy Robson
My letter today to Whatcom County… Continue reading
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Request to Terminate for Public Convenience the agreement for EIS preparation for GPT and BNSF Custer Spur Modification Project / Facebook Post, Sj Robson
Hope this letter I sent tonight might motivate others to also write County Executive Louws and Sam Ryan, Director of County PDS, requesting the County terminate the EIS for the Gateway Pacific Terminal– Continue reading
Not wise to give Whatcom County Executive authority to spend up to $250,000, or 15% of contract amount / Facebook post, Whatcom Hawk, Sj Robson
Below, is my public comment on proposed ordinance AB2016-191 that I gave last night during Open Session, at the June 28 County Council meeting. Continue reading
Kwel Hoy’! Army Corps denies shoreline permit for Cherry Point / Cascadia Weekly, Tim Johnson and Bob Simmons
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Tim Johnson and Bob Simmons
The long, long coal train has come to a halt.
Years ago, Lummi Nation declared Kwel Hoy’!, “We Draw the Line,” and vowed the coal trains would not unload at their fishing grounds and sacred burial site, Xwe’chieXen. They called upon the federal government to honor its treaty to protect those heritage assets. […] Continue reading
Still waiting for BP and Phillips 66 oil train number counts / Letter to Director of Whatcom County Planning and Development from Sandy Robson
April 5, 2016 Sandy Robson
From: Sandra Robson
Date: April 5, 2016 at 12:52:23 PM PDT
To: Sam Ryan <jryan@co.whatcom.wa.us> Continue reading
Oil Train Count: the County NEVER set up an objective accounting method / Facebook post, Sj Robson
10 hrsAre we to trust BP and Phillips 66 to comply with crude oil train permit stipulations based solely on their companies’ say-so? That seems to be what Whatcom County Planning and Development Services thinks. Continue reading
When is a “rail loop” not a loop/track? BP Cherry point / FB post, Sj Robson
June 10 at 11:20am by Sj Robson on Facebook
Whatcom County planning and development continues to be asleep at the wheel on the BP crude by rail facility. When is a “rail loop” not a rail loop/track? When BP’s project plans describe it only in linear feet instead of describing it as a “third loop” but then show the “third loop” in a diagram of the facility. Continue reading
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