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January 5 Public Meeting: Keep Dangerous Oil Trains Away from Fort Vancouver

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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site is a treasure trove of history. It is home to ancient native settlements, one of the nation’s oldest operating airfields, a former Army post, an historic Hawaiian village, a reconstructed Hudson Bay Company fort, and Washington’s oldest apple tree. The Fort is also directly adjacent to a railroad line, and unfortunately the line is facing a proposal that could carry even more loads of dangerous, flammable crude oil to the Port of Vancouver. Attend a public meeting to voice your concerns about this proposal.

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Children's Parade at Fort Vancouver National Historical Park   camera icon NPS

Washington State Governor Jay Inslee will soon decide on a permit for the largest proposed oil-by-rail project in the Pacific Northwest. The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) will make a recommendation about the unprecedented project before the Governor makes a final decision.

Oil trains would pass in close proximity to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, a site with more than 780,000 annual visitors, including nearly 12,000 school children and 12 summer camp programs. Increasing the number of oil trains running through the park is a risk we shouldn’t take. Almost the entire For Vancouver area is within the half-mile evacuation zone from the tracks recommended by the U.S. Department of Transportation in the event of an oil train fire.

This is no place to risk an oil train explosion!

There’s also a meeting on January 12.

calendary icon Date January 5, 2016
  • Time:
    1:00 PM (PST)
  • Location:
    Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds, Hall B, 17402 NE Delfel Road Ridgefield, WA 98642
  • Cost:
    Free
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