Gateway Pacific terminal at Cherry Point starts permit process
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By
John Stark
The Bellingham Herald
March 01, 2011
The terminal's most likely use is for coal exports, and coal trains through the city would mean traffic disruptions, public spending on safety improvements, lost property values, disruption of business activity, and pollution from both coal dust and diesel locomotive exhaust.
Cherry Point
The environmental review process for the Gateway Pacific cargo terminal at Cherry Point began officially Monday, Feb. 28, when SSA Marine submitted preliminary documents on the $500 million project to Whatcom County, state agencies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
