The fight over Tacoma's liquified-natural gas plant continues. Will permits be upheld?
Apr. 13—Attorneys made opening statements Monday in front of the Pollution Control Hearings Board about whether the board should overturn permits for the liquefied natural gas facility on the Tacoma Tideflats.
Environmental organizations and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians appealed to try to invalidate permits the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency issued for the Puget Sound Energy facility. They argue the agency underestimated the effects of the project on the climate and that changes to the design of the facility require additional review of health and safety impacts.
If the board agrees, the Clean Air Agency would need to redo its environmental analysis and permit process.
Jan Hasselman, an attorney representing Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma, told the board the agency's Environmental Impact Statement failed to meet its goal and asked the board to "send it back to the agency for another try."
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