At the September 11, 2018, Commission meeting the Port of Grays Harbor Commission authorized Executive Director Gary Nelson to sign an Option to Lease 85 acres of property adjacent to port-owned Marine Terminal 3 from the City of Hoquiam. The land would be required if BHP, a global resource company, should select Grays Harbor as the preferred site for their proposed potash export facility.
Hoquiam’s City Council also authorized the Option to be executed at its City Council meeting on September 10th.
BHP has been working with the Port to establish a potential Pacific Northwest potash export facility. While the Port of Grays Harbor’s Terminal 3 site is still one of two sites on the West Coast being considered, the Option to Lease is the next step in assuring BHP that the property is available should the Grays Harbor site be selected.
