I spent 35 years as an engineer in the energy business.
Three natural gas to methanol refineries (Port of Kalama, Port of Tacoma, and Port of St. Helens, Ore.) are proposed by Northwest Innovation Works for the Pacific Northwest to be feedstocks to the Chinese plastic industries.
The natural gas supply to the entire state of Washington supports 1.2 million residential, more than 100,000 commercial and 3,300 industrial customers. If the Kalama methanol refinery is approved by the Port of Kalama and Cowlitz County, in the State Environmental Policy Act Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the entire state natural gas supply will be 38 percent higher. Any operational problems in the 1,200-mile supply system with the increased demand and the 1.2 million residential customer meters throughout the state are at significant risk of loss of natural gas service with low supply pressure and pilot lights going out.
Let the decision makers know at http://kalamamfgfacilitysepa.com that we are “The Evergreen State” and the risk is greater than the reward.
