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From page 1 for ARCO in 1971. BP purchased ARCO in 2000, and construction on the north wing finished in 2001. But several environmental groups sued the Corps and BP, asking for an environment impact statement (EIS).

Environmental groups expected shipping traffic to increase if the north wing was deemed usable, so they filed suit.

The groups found the originally approved permit potentially violated the Magnuson Amendment, enacted to the federal Marine Mammal Protection

Act in 1977, which limits crude oil vessels in Puget Sound waters. The amendment prohibits federal agencies from granting permits that could “result in any increase in the volume of crude oil capable of being handled at any such facility, other than oil to be refined for consumption in the State of Washington.” The benchmark for oil volume was set October 18, 1977 at 191 million barrels per year.

The EIS, detailing the incremental environmental risk of operating the north wing of the BP Cherry Point terminal, was released August 12, 2022, and the Corps awaited consultations with local tribes and the Depart - ment of Justice before coming to a decision whether to modify the permit.

At that time, EIS project manager Daniel Krenz said the decision would come down to three possibilities. Either the Corps would leave the permit as is, revoke the existing permit or propose changes to modify it. Ultimately deciding to make changes, the Corps has brought the permit into compliance with the Magnuson Amendment.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Corps to complete an EIS in 2005, after environmental group Ocean Advocates appealed when the U.S.

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After conducting two longterm vessel studies a draft EIS was released in 2014 for pub - lic review. Then, following ESA consultations with NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the final EIS was released in 2022. It’s available at bit.ly/3Dh7sjJ.

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School ... From page 1 a business,” Akre said. “It has to be run as a business.”

In November 2016, Akre was elected the first woman president of Western Building Material Association, a regional trade association serving Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Akre has also served as president of the Blaine Chamber of Commerce.

Having caught her during the middle of the workday, Akre said she didn’t yet have any specific goals for her time on the board. “This has all been pretty new to me,” she said.