Chinook Ventures is near the Port of Longview on the Columbia River. Local activists say the private dock undermines the port by not following the same laws that protect the river. Click on the image to read the Daily News article.
Longview-based Chinook Ventures is facing possible eviction by state regulators following repeated environmental violations in its clean up of the former Reynolds Metals Co. site.
However, a Chinook official says the company plans to file its first formal environmental impact plan next month, which state agency officials say will allow the company to stay at the site.
Without a plan, the state Department of Natural Resources could yank away its aquatic lands lease for Alcoa Inc., which is leasing the 416-acre site to Chinook, a mineral import/export firm west of Longview. DNR governs land surrounding waterways, and the action would be similar to a landlord evicting a tenant.