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Page 8 * St. Johns Review * #7 April 3, 2015 * Addresses: PO Box 83068, Port., OR 97283 * reviewnewspaper@gmail.com or reviewnewspaper@comcast.net * 503-283-5086 * web: www.stjohnsreview.com Pembina Update: Pembina and port pledge $3 million to community investment fund Pembina Press Release: March 24, 2015 Pembina Marine Terminals, a sub- sidiary of Pembina Pipeline Corpo- ration and the Port of Portland have announced their intention to create a community investment fund that would total $3 million over 10 years, commencing at the time the terminal is in full operation. “Investing in communities where we operate is one way we provide com- munity benefi ts,” said Eric Dyck, vice president for Pembina Marine Termi- nals. “In Portland, we hope this fund will make investments that provide direct benefi ts to the communities surrounding our facility, as well as support the City of Portland’s Climate Action Plan.” Pembina is proposing a $500 million propane export facility at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 complex. The project is estimated to generate up to 800 union construction jobs over two years, 40 full-time employees who will be hired locally and $30 million in annual spending for goods, services and labor. Pembina has sought no pub- lic subsidies or tax abatement and is projected to pay $12 million annually in property taxes to fund local services and schools. Previously, Pembina committed to en- ter into a Good Neighbor Agreement and form a community advisory com- mittee. One role for the community advisory committee, Dyck said, will be to recommend how to leverage the community investment funds that Pembina and the Port of Portland are committing. “The people who know best where community investments are needed are the people who live in the com- munities we touch,” Dyck explained. “We want their advice, their recom- mendations on where community investment dollars should go in their neighborhoods.” Because of the nature of the export facility, Dyck said he appreciates the need to relate community investments to climate change action. Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline P hoto of the W eek This beautiful shot was captured by CHERI CUMMINS. If you have a picture you’d like to send the Review to be entered into the St. Johns Bridge Photo Contest, send them ASAP via email to: reviewnewspaper@gmail.com. A winner will be selected in November 2015 and the prize is $100 cash. Send in high resolution, jpeg format. See more contest info on Page 2 of this issue. Corporation is a leading transporta- tion and midstream service provider that has been serving North America’s energy industry for nearly 60 years. Pembina owns and operates: pipelines that transport conventional and syn- thetic crude oil and natural gas liquids produced in western Canada; oil sands and heavy oil and diluent pipelines; gas gathering and processing facili- ties; and, an oil and natural gas liquids infrastructure and logistics business. A long-awaited risk assessment from Pembina By Barbara Quinn Cathedral Park Resident & Community Activist In spite of declining to share it on March 9 and 10th at the St. Johns and Cathedral Park neighborhood meet- ings, Pembina Pipeline Corporation fi nally shared a Quantitative Risk Assessment for their proposed pro- pane terminal at a hearing on March 10 before the Planning Commission. The terminal proposal would locate 33 million gallons of propane, a volatile byproduct of fracked natural gas in St. Johns. Only select members of the public were allowed to testify at the hearing. Representatives from St. Johns Neigh- borhood Association and Hayden Island Neighborhood Network were chosen due to their location within the riskiest blast area. Pembina’s vendor, who created the QRA, drew the risk zones considerably smaller than the ones defi ned in a white paper written by local citizens (Proposed Propane Marine Terminal in Portland, A. Rox- burgh, M.Sc, Systems engineering architect; Ron Ebersol B.S.E.E., Sys- tem fault/failure engineering architect; and Timme Helzer Ph.D. Professor of quantitative & qualitative research methodologies). Neighbors felt Pembina’s Risk As- sessment was selective and limited. “Their statistics are based on oil rigs in the North Sea, not propane termi- nals,” said Ben Poe, St. Johns Neigh- borhood representative. “They also use ‘acceptable risk’ statistics from the UK because the US doesn’t have any” he continued. Apparently, this is due to the fact that the few existing propane terminals have declared their statistics proprietary and refuse to share them. Neighbors testifi ed that the Assess- ment should include the transport of the volatile fuel. “The primary objec- tion of neighborhood people is that the Risk Assessment begins and ends with the terminal and doesn’t include rail transport,” said Poe. The company insists it has no control of the rails. Besides safety, the issue of climate change arose at the hearing. When asked how the proposal fi ts with the Climate Action Plan for Portland, Poe said, “In my point of view, it doesn’t support the ethic of reducing fossil fu- els. It doesn’t go to the big picture.” The Commission will vote on April 7 to remove the environmental overlay zone to allow the terminal or keep the overlay which would not allow it. The hearing is open to the public: Tuesday, April 7, 3pm, at 1900 SW 4th, Room 2500-A. There will be a rally at 2pm. Sign up for 2-min. testimony starting at 2:30pm. All are encouraged to send feed- back about the proposed propane ter- minal prior to April 7, to the Planning and Sustainability Commission: psc@ portlandoregon.gov. Ask your neigh- borhood association to send a letter: • Friends of Cathedral Park Neigh- borhood Assoc. board: fcpnaboard@ gmail.com • Portsmouth Neighborhood Assoc.: portsmouthchair@gmail.com • University Park Neighborhood As- soc.: UPNA.chair@gmail.com