Tesoro Savage EFSEC Process Timeline

Next Steps
In 2017, the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) voted unanimously to recommend rejection of the state’s site certificate for the Tesoro Savage proposal.
Once the EFSEC Report and Recommendation is final, Governor Inslee will have 60 days to make a final decision to approve or the deny project, which is expected in the upcoming weeks. Judicial appeals from the Governor’s decision must be filed in Thurston County Superior Court and direct review to the Washington Supreme Court may be sought and is likely.

Tesoro Savage EFSEC Process Timeline

August 2013: Initial Application submitted by Tesoro-Savage
January 2014: Application amended by Tesoro-Savage
May 2014: Land Use Consistency Hearing
December 2014: Tesoro preliminary EIS found inadequate
January 2015: Application amended by Tesoro-Savage
January 2015: Adjudication process officially commenced
November 2015: DEIS released for public comment
May 2016: Application amended by Tesoro-Savage
June-July 2016: Adjudication
October 2016: Application amended by Tesoro-Savage
October 2016: Stormwater Construction Permit released for public comment
May 2017: Notice of Construction Air Permit released for public comment
July 2017: Industrial Stormwater Permit released for public comment
November 2017: FEIS released
December 2017: Recommendation released
January 9, 2018: Port moves to rescind the lease

Reference materials

EFSEC Tesoro Savage page: http://www.efsec.wa.gov/Tesoro-Savage.shtml
Application timeline: http://www.efsec.wa.gov/Tesoro%20Savage/Application/TesoroApplicationPage.shtml

The Columbian Story on Tesoro, “deeply flawed” preliminary EIS: http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/oct/18/official-says-vancouver-oil-terminal-plan-deeply-flawed/