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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018
US eyes military bases for coal, gas exports
national security to ensure
U.S. allies have access to
affordable fuels. The Trump
administration also has cited
national security as justifi-
cation for keeping domes-
tic coal-burning power plants
online to prevent disruptions
of electricity supplies.
It’s unclear which sites
are under consideration other
than one in Alaska. Experts
said the possibilities are con-
strained by the need for a deep
water port.
Zinke said the adminis-
tration is interested in part-
nering with private entities
to ship coal or liquefied nat-
ural gas through naval instal-
lations or other federal facili-
ties. He added it’s still early in
the process.
“I respect the state of
Washington and Oregon
and California,” Zinke said.
“But also, it’s in our inter-
est for national security and
our allies to make sure that
they have access to affordable
energy commodities.”
Accomplishing that, he
By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. — The
Trump administration is con-
sidering using West Coast
military bases or other federal
properties as transit points for
shipments of U.S. coal and
natural gas to Asia as officials
seek to bolster the domestic
energy industry and circum-
vent environmental oppo-
sition to fossil fuel exports,
according to Interior Sec-
retary Ryan Zinke and two
Republican lawmakers.
The
proposal
would
advance the administration’s
agenda of establishing Amer-
ican “energy dominance” on
the world stage and under-
scores a willingness to inter-
vene in markets to make that
happen. It’s tantamount to an
end-run around West Coast
officials who have rejected
private-sector efforts to build
new coal ports in their states.
In an interview with The
Associated Press, Zinke cast
the proposal as a matter of
Julia O’Malley/Alaska Daily News
The former Adak Naval Air Facility sits vacant in Alas-
ka. The Trump administration is considering using West
Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit
points for shipments of coal and natural gas to Asia.
said, may require the use of
“some of our naval facilities,
some of our federal facilities
on the West Coast.”
Zinke specified only one
site that could serve as an
export hub, for natural gas:
the former Adak Naval Air
Facility in Alaska’s Aleu-
tian Islands, which he sug-
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“significant and unavoidable
harm to the environment.”
That’s brought a back-
lash from elected officials in
coal-producing states, who
have blasted Washington
Gov. Jay Inslee in particular.
They argue the rejection of
the Longview port, sponsored
by Utah-based Lighthouse
Resources, violated the com-
merce clause in the Constitu-
tion that says only Congress
has the power to regulate
international and interstate
trade.
Montana, Wyoming and
four other states joined Light-
house Resources in a lawsuit
challenging the rejection of
the company’s Millennium
Bulk Terminals port, which
could handle up to 48.5 mil-
lion tons of coal a year.
U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, a
Wyoming Republican, said
she’s spoken with Zinke and
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick
Perry about using federal
facilities to circumvent oppo-
sition to proposed ports.
“That might be, for exam-
ple, retired military facili-
ties or other places where we
would be able to use those
for exports — frankly, to get
around some of the unreason-
able obstacles that have been
thrown up,” Cheney said.
Prior to joining Trump’s
cabinet, Zinke was a Montana
congressman and Perry was
governor of Texas. Both states
are among the United States’
top coal producers.
Zinke said Commerce Sec-
retary Wilbur Ross also was
involved in the proposal.
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gested could receive fuel by
barge from the North Slope.
The base closed in 1997 and
has been largely abandoned.
Roughly 300 people live in
the town of Adak, the west-
ernmost community in the
U.S.
Zinke did not reveal gov-
ernment properties that could
serve as potential coal ports.
Exports have been held
up as a lifeline for struggling
domestic coal miners since
demand for the fuel started
to wane a decade ago, when
many power plants switched
to cheaper, cleaner fuels. The
West Coast offers the most
economical route for ship-
ments to Asia because of its
relative proximity to the larg-
est coal-producing region in
the U.S.: the Powder River
Basin, which straddles the
Montana-Wyoming border.
Any export site would
need access to deep waters
to accommodate large ships
and enough land to store fuel
awaiting shipment. Few such
locations can be found on the
West Coast, said Joe Aldina,
a coal industry analyst with
S&P Global Platts Analytics.
With the U.S. coal export
market booming in recent
months, Aldina said any
new port established by the
government would quickly
fill with coal for shipment
overseas. Yet with demand
expected to fall over the long
term, particularly in Europe,
the current high prices for
coal are expected to drop.
Aldina expressed skepti-
cism that government inter-
vention could make much
difference.
“Like everything else the
Trump administration has
tried to do, it’s a long shot
whether some of these things
will work, and it’s question-
able whether they will really
help the market,” he said, add-
ing prices and fuel quality are
the main drivers of coal mar-
kets, not government policies.
Resistance to exports —
rooted in worries about air
pollution, climate change
and rail safety — and chang-
ing market conditions have
resulted in six proposed coal
ports in Washington state
and Oregon being rejected or
shelved. A $680 million proj-
ect in Longview, Washington,
was denied a key permit last
year by state regulators who
said it would increase green-
house gas emissions and cause
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Sept. 21, 2018
KENSINGER, Jessica and Caleb, of Cath-
lamet, Washington, a girl, Ellie Kensinger,
born at Columbia Memorial Hospi-
tal. Grandparents are Sue and Fred Drake
of Long Creek, Lori and Scott Kensinger
of Cathlamet, and Andrea Wurdeman of
Prineville.
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