RRT/NWAC
Idaho Meeting – May 30, 2012
Presented by Dale Jensen
Program Manager
WA State Dept of Ecology
Spill Prevention, Preparedness & Response Program
• 15 billion gallons of oil product transferred over
state waters each year
• Over 4000 vessel arrivals to Washington ports
each year
• 6 oil refineries
• 21,526 miles of natural gas pipelines in the state
• 74 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines located
completely in the state
• 1,656 miles of interstate natural gas pipelines
• 710 miles of interstate hazardous liquid pipelines
Roberts Bank, CAN
Entrance from BC
KM pipeline
expansion
Cherry Point
Entrance to Strait
of Juan de Fuca
Idaho
Entrance to
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen/Hoquiam
Entrance to
Columbia River
Port of St. Helens: Port Westward
Oil from mid west
by trucks and rail
Longview
Port of Morrow, OR
Oregon
Coos Bay, OR
• Development of Gateway Pacific Terminal
(GPT) at Cherry Point
–GPT activities would represent 7% of overall Cargo
vessel traffic within Salish Sea waters at full
operating capability; and this project would result
in 44% of the projected shipping increase between
2011 and 2017.
• Expansion of Kinder Morgan pipeline
–Increase laden crude oil tanker traffic to and from
Canadian ports.
• $250M expansion to Imperium for bio jet-fuel
– Tankers operating for first time ever in harbor – oil to
Imperium Renewables and methanol to Westway
• Coal export terminals
– Millennium Coal Export Terminal – 44 million metric
tons of coal (per year)= 730 new Panamax size vessels
– Coyote Island Terminal – 8.8 million metric tons of coal
(per year) = 156 new Panamax size ships, 1,248 barge
transits
– Port Westward Terminal – 3 million metric tons of
coal/year = approximately 150 ships
Unique proposal to
avoid facility
infrastructure –
vessel to vessel
transfer of coal.
Coal terminal at the
Port of Morrow, OR
• Expansion of Kinder-Morgan Trans Mountain
Pipeline capacity in Canada
–This will be an additional increase of ~ 210 laden
crude oil tankers plying Salish Sea waters by ~2017;
a 300% increase in Canadian tanker traffic over
current level.
–Increase the capacity of pipeline flow to all
refineries.
• 3 new coal terminals: Millennium Coal Export
Terminal; Coyote Island Terminal; Port Westward
Terminal
– Millennium Coal Export Terminal = 44 million metric
tons of coal (~10 more trains daily)
– Coyote Island Terminal = 8.8 million metric tons of coal
size ships and 1,248 barge transits (~10 more trains
daily/24 more barge transits daily)
– Port Westward Terminal = 3 million metric tons (~12
more trains daily)
• Crude oil from the mid west to the Tesoro
refineries by railcars.
• Initiation of vessel traffic study to assess risk of vessels calling at
Gateway Pacific Terminal.
• Existing robust US/Canadian Jointly-operated Vessel Traffic Service;
tug escort requirements for laden tankers.
• Comparability Study mandated by Coast Guard Authorization Act of
2010 may create leverage for system-wide improvements by
ensuring parity between U.S. and Canadian/B.C. standards.
• Well established Lower Columbia Region Harbor Safety Committee
has published a Harbor Safety Plan with guidelines and standards of
care.
• Bar Pilots are conducting an Underkeel Clearance study to
determine vessel handling limitations.
• Bar and River Pilots, Ports, and Harbor Safety Committee are
starting discussions on regional growth issues and planning
requirements.
• Newly established Grays Harbor Safety Committee with
stakeholders, USCG, Ecology and Pilots
Questions?