ABERDEEN — A few hundred people testified at a hearing on two proposed oil terminals at the Port of Grays Harbor in Hoquiam.
Westway Terminal Co. and Renewable Energy Group want to expand existing facilities to bring crude oil by train from the Bakken region of North Dakota and Montana to send it by tankers or barges to refineries in Puget Sound and Northern California.
KXRO-AM reported that protesters from Grays Harbor, Olympia, Vancouver and Portland rallied before Thursday’s public hearing in Aberdeen. Hoquiam City Administrator Brian Shay acknowledged concerns about train traffic, oil spill risk and air quality.
Hoquiam and the state Department of Ecology are taking comments on the draft environmental studies through Oct. 29 at www.ecy.wa.gov/geographic/graysharbor/terminals.html.
