The Oregon Department of State Lands has denied Ambre Energy a key permit needed to construct a dock in the Columbia River at the Port of Morrow.
OregonLive reported today that the department hasn’t formally announced yet why it denied the permit for the project that could send 8.8 million tons of coal annually to Asia.
The decision is a blow to Ambre Energy and its plans for constructing a $240 million coal transfer and loading facility at the Port of Morrow. The plan for the Morrow Pacific Project is to receive coal from Wyoming and Montana by train. From there, the coal will be moved from the facility by enclosed conveyors and placed in covered barges that will carry the coal along the Columbia River to the Port of St. Helens. At that point, the coal will be transferred to oceangoing vessels and transported to U.S. trade allies in South Korea.
The OregonLive story can be found online.
