The sponsor of the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal is suspending work on an environmental review while it awaits a federal ruling on whether the exporting would interfere with Lummi Nation fishing rights.
SSA Marine said it was halting the required environmental review until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers makes a decision on the treaty rights of the Lummi Tribe.
In January 2015, the tribe asked the corps to deny permits for the Cherry Point area project because it would interfere with the tribe’s fishing grounds.