COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER v. PORT OF VANCOUVER

No. 92335-3.

392 P.3d 1025 (2017)

COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER, and Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Petitioners, Sierra Club, Plaintiff, v. PORT OF VANCOUVER USA; Jerry Oliver, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners President; Brian Wolfe, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners Vice President and Nancy I. Baker, Port of Vancouver USA Board of Commissioners Secretary, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

FILED March 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Alan Knutsen , Kampmeier & Knutsen, PLLC, 833 S.E. Main St., Ste. 318, Portland, OR, 97214-3427, Eric D. `Knoll' Lowney , Smith & Lowney PLLC, 2317 E. John St., Seattle, WA, 98112-5412, Miles Johnson , Attorney at Law, 111 3rd St., Hood River, OR, 97031-2009, for Petitioners.

Kristin Mariko Asai , David B. Markowitz , Anna Joyce , Markowitz Herbold, P.C., 1211 S.W. 5th Ave., Ste. 3000, Portland, OR, 97204-3730, for Respondents.

Frank Joseph Chmelik , Jonathan Kolb Sitkin , Chmelik Sitkin & Davis P.S., 1500 Railroad Ave., Bellingham, WA, 98225-4542, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Public Ports Association.


¶ 1 This case involves a dispute about how the regulatory schemes of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), chapter 43.21C RCW, and the energy facilities site locations act (EFSLA), chapter 80.50 RCW, apply to a lease agreement between respondents, the Port of Vancouver USA and its board of commissioners

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