POV_T5-2010VANCOUVER, Wash. –The Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday, July 23, to attend to three action items, including consideration of a lease with the Tesoro-Savage Joint Venture (TSJV) for a crude oil handling facility at the port. Other action items include approval of a contract with Floyd Snider, Inc. for environmental services related to the port’s proposed purchase of approximately 94 acres of heavy industrial property, and authorization of a change order related to the development of Centennial Industrial Park. Click for a complete agenda and meeting materials. Open session begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission Room at the port’s administrative building, located at 3103 NW Lower River Road, Vancouver.

The July 23 consideration of a possible lease with TSJV will follow a series of five commission workshops held over a ten-week period. The workshops provided both general information on issues related to crude oil as well as information specific to a proposal by the port’s longtime tenant Tesoro to construct and operate a crude oil handling facility at the port. In partnership with the logistics company Savage, Tesoro is proposing to bring North American crude oil to the port by rail where it would then be transferred to marine vessels for transport to refineries in such places as California, Washington and Alaska.

Earlier workshop topics included marine safety, rail safety, the permitting process, and an overview of the TSJV project. The final workshop, during which commissioners and staff will review and discuss elements of a possible lease, will be held on Monday, July 22, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the port’s administrative office. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Taped coverage of the workshops can be viewed at www.cvtv.org, or click on the links above for summaries of the workshops, copies of presentations and links to the CVTV coverage.

For those not able to attend, both the July 22 workshop and the July 23 board meeting will be televised live on CVTV (cable channels 21 and 23). They also will be streamed live on www.cvtv.org and archived later on the same website for future viewing.

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