The Washington State Department of Ecology has “a considerable problem” with a settlement offer from Millennium Bulk Logistics to delay coal exports west of Longview but hasn’t yet decided whether to accept it, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday.
Spokeswoman Kim Schmanke said Ecology doesn’t see a way to settle the case without the original appellants, a coalition of four environmental group, also agreeing to whatever settlement might be reached. The environmentalists said earlier this week that they don’t plan to drop their appeal, which will go before the state’s Shoreline Hearings Board in April.
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