Scoping Report December 18, 2015 Table of Contents 1. Acronyms and abbreviations .................................................................................................................. 3 2. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 How to use this report ............................................................................................................................ 4 Proposal overview and context .............................................................................................................. 4 Purpose of the scoping process .............................................................................................................. 5 3. Scoping process ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Notification of scoping ........................................................................................................................... 6 Determination of Significance ......................................................................................................... 6 Public and media notification .......................................................................................................... 6 Opportunities to provide comment ....................................................................................................... 7 Online open house ........................................................................................................................... 7 Scoping meetings ............................................................................................................................. 7 Verbal public comment sessions ..................................................................................................... 8 Voicemail.......................................................................................................................................... 8 Email................................................................................................................................................. 8 Written ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Comment analysis process ..................................................................................................................... 9 Processing communications ............................................................................................................ 9 Analysis methodology ...................................................................................................................... 9 4. Public comments summarized by issue of concern ............................................................................. 10 Organization of this section .................................................................................................................. 10 Geographic scope ................................................................................................................................. 10 Comments summarized by topic .......................................................................................................... 10 Air quality ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Climate change and greenhouse gases .......................................................................................... 12 Cumulative impacts ....................................................................................................................... 13 Economics ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Earth, geology, and soils ................................................................................................................ 18 Emergency response ...................................................................................................................... 20 Energy dependency ....................................................................................................................... 23 Shell Anacortes Rail Unloading Facility EIS Public and Agency Scoping Report 1 Environmental justice .................................................................................................................... 24 Historic and cultural preservation ................................................................................................. 25 Land use and social elements ........................................................................................................ 26 Mitigation ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Tribal Governments and Native Americans ................................................................................... 39 Noise and vibration ........................................................................................................................ 41 Permitting ...................................................................................................................................... 44 Plants and animals ......................................................................................................................... 49 Project alternatives, design, and extraction methods ................................................................... 60 Public involvement......................................................................................................................... 66 Safety ............................................................................................................................................. 68 Transportation ............................................................................................................................... 79 Water resources ............................................................................................................................. 88 Appendix A: Determination of Significance ................................................................................................ 97 Appendix B: Scoping notifications ............................................................................................................ 100 Press release ....................................................................................................................................... 100 Project Mailer ..................................................................................................................................... 102 Project Email ....................................................................................................................................... 104 Advertisements .................................................................................................................................. 106 Website Update .................................................................................................................................. 107 Appendix C: Tribes and Governments ...................................................................................................... 108 Tribes .................................................................................................................................................. 108 Federal ................................................................................................................................................ 108 State.................................................................................................................................................... 108 Local .................................................................................................................................................... 108 Other .................................................................................................................................................. 108 Shell Anacortes Rail Unloading Facility EIS Public and Agency Scoping Report 2 1. Acronyms and abbreviations ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act AMC – Anacortes Municipal Code ARUF – Anacortes Rail Unloading Facility BPD – Barrels per day BNSF – BNSF Railway Co-leads – Skagit County and the Washington State Department of Ecology CTUIR – Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation DOT – Department of Transportation DNR – Washington State Department of Natural Resources DS – Determination of Significance Ecology – Washington State Department of Ecology EFSEC – Washington State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council EIS – Environmental Impact Statement EPA – Environmental Protection Agency ESA – Endangered Species Act FRA – Federal Railroad Administration GHG – Greenhouse gas GIS – Geographic information system HIA – Health Impact Assessment JARPA – Joint Aquatic Resource Permit Application MDNS – Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOx – Mono-nitrogen oxides PDF – Portable document format PM2.5 – Particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less RCW – Revised Code of Washington SCC – Skagit County Code SEPA – State Environmental Policy Act Shell