Owensboro Gateway Terminal
From Global Energy Monitor
Owensboro Gateway Terminal is a coal terminal operated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (formerly Massey Coal Terminal) located in Maceo, Kentucky. The terminal services barges on the Ohio River as well as CSX railroad shipments.[1] As of 2006, the terminal had an annual capacity of 500,000 tons (453,000 metric tonnes) per year.[2] The terminal was purchased by Watco in 2016.[3]
Sightline Institute reports "track record of pollution, lawbreaking, and cover-ups" at Kinder Morgan facilities
An April 2012 report by the environmental think tank Sightline Institute, "The Facts about Kinder Morgan," , lists a series of legal violations and pollution incidents at various Kinder Morgan terminals. The report includes the following:[4]
- "In Louisiana, Kinder Morgan’s coal export facilities are so dirty that satellite photos clearly show coal dust pollution spewing into the Mississippi River."
- "In South Carolina, coal dust from Kinder Morgan’s terminal contaminates oysters, pilings, and boats. Locals have even caught the company on video washing coal directly into sensitive waterways."
- "In Virginia, Kinder Morgan’s coal export terminal is an open sore on the neighborhood, coating nearby homes in dust so frequently that even the mayor is speaking out about the problem."
- "In Portland, Kinder Morgan officials bribed a ship captain to illegally dump contaminated material at sea, and their operations have repeatedly polluted the Willamette River."
- "Kinder Morgan has been fined by the US government for stealing coal from customer’s stockpiles, lying to air pollution regulators, illegally mixing hazardous waste into gasoline, and many other crimes."
- "Kinder Morgan’s pipelines are plagued by leaks and explosions, including two large dangerous spills in residential neighborhoods in British Columbia."
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References
- ↑ Owensboro Gateway Terminal, Kinder Morgan, accessed May 2012.
- ↑ WESTERN KENTUCKY COAL RIVER TERMINALS, Kentucky Office of Energy Policy, Division of Fossil Fuels & Utility Services, June 2006, p. 8
- ↑ Watco to acquire 20 U.S. bulk terminals from Kinder Morgan, Freight Waves, Nov. 11, 2016
- ↑ Eric de Place, "The Facts about Kinder Morgan," Sightline Institute, April 2012