Temco grain facility at Port of Kalama

The Daily News reports that 'the owners of the Temco terminal, formerly United Harvest, plan 12 additional storage silos, new rail lines, support buildings and conveyor belts. A previous 2010 permit had called for eight new silos.'

Cowlitz County commissioners unanimously approved a shoreline permit for expansion of the Temco grain terminal at the Port of Kalama Tuesday.

The permit is one of many that’s needed for the $50 million expansion. Shoreline permits deal with work done along the Columbia River.

Rick Von Rock, a Kelso resident and former union representative at Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, warned commissioners there could be union protests if construction is not done by local union workers.

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