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Despite its rocky start, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe refueling depot in Huetter received a nod of approval from the Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday. Continuing the conditional five-year compliance hearing that was tabled last week, the commissioners voted unanimously that the massive depot is in compliance with the conditions the officials set when they passed a conditional use permit for the facility in 2004/Alecia Warren, Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.
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ejs on November 20 at 10:21 a.m.
What two people, so far in the voting, don’t think there is a significant risk with hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel sitting on top of a water supply? Couple that of course with the arrogance of BNSF not to mention their track record.
It’s only a matter of time before something happens.
ejs on November 20 at 11:02 a.m.
Holy smokes, four more votes of no? Now that the County Commish got their votes in I expect BNSF will have their people start getting on line.
Again who in their right mind does not see a risk here?
Sure we could define “significant” in many ways but one drop would be significant enough for me.
Bigguy on November 20 at 3:07 p.m.
Maybe because the refueling depot is in HAUSER and not HEUTTER? I have no concerns about any BNSF refueling depot located in Heutter. The one in Hauser is a different story however.
Cabbage Boy on November 20 at 3:09 p.m.
Good catch Bigguy. I was thinking Heutter might be a bit off the tracks.