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Once ambitious plans by a Chinese-based consortium to build three methanol production plants in the Pacific Northwest have hit permitting hurdles, the latest because of issues regarding an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a facility planned for Port of Kalama, WA.

Four environmental groups have appealed a shoreline permit for a proposed $1.8 billion methanol manufacturing plant along the Columbia River in southwest Washington, offering the latest potential hurdle to the massive project.

After dropping one of three proposed multi-billion-dollar methanol production facilities in the Pacific Northwest, a China-based consortium is pressing ahead through a challenging permitting thicket, according to the Washington Department of Ecology.

Multi-billion-dollar plans for three natural gas-consuming methanol plants in the Pacific Northwest were scaled back Tuesday to two plants as the largest proposed facility at Port of Tacoma, WA, was scrapped by the developer, a China-based consortium.

Multi-billion-dollar plans for three natural gas-consuming methanol plants in the Pacific Northwest were scaled back Tuesday to two plants as the largest proposed facility at Port of Tacoma, WA, was scrapped by the developer, a China-based consortium.

Authorities in the state of Washington recently released a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for a new $1.8 billion methanol production facility by Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW) at Port of Kalama along the Columbia River. Public comments will be taken on the DEIS through April 18.

Multi-billion-dollar plans for a trio of methanol production plants in the Pacific Northwest have run into serious local opposition in Tacoma, WA, causing the China-based consortium proposing the network of export plants to suspend its efforts there.