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<p class="story-times dtstamp"> Posted: <span
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<p><strong>COEUR d'ALENE -</strong> Inspections
will continue as usual at the train refueling
depot in Hauser, even after a conditional
agreement for the facility sunsets.</p>
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<p>Kootenai County commissioners recently met with
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
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<p>The DEQ's 10-year agreement with BNSF for the
depot - detailing aquifer protection activities
and public outreach - is in its last year,
confirmed Dan Redline, DEQ regional administrator.</p>
<p>The agency wanted to hammer out any necessary
agreements with the county to ensure monitoring
activities continue smoothly, he said.</p>
<p>"This helps us figure out what we need to do,"
Redline said.</p>
<p>There are already myriad safety conditions in
place for the 500,000-gallon diesel refueling
station sitting over the Rathdrum-Prairie aquifer,
the area's primary source of drinking water.</p>
<p>The county's conditional use permit for the
facility, issued in 2000, contained 33 operating
conditions ensuring inspections and protection of
water quality.</p>
<p>A five-year county permit review led to
additional conditions, like procedures for fuel
leaks.</p>
<p>The county further required BNSF to provide DEQ
with $100,000 a year for aquifer protection
staffing, for as long as the facility operates
under the permit.</p>
<p>Currently, the DEQ bills the railway roughly
$100,000 a year to fund the work of employees who
monitor the aquifer and the depot, said Geoff
Harvey, DEQ waste and remediation manager.</p>
<p>Once the 10-year agreement ends, Harvey said, the
railway will continue that funding, but will
provide it through the county.</p>
<p>"That's what we're working out," he said of just
how that change will work.</p>
<p>The DEQ's 10-year agreement with BNSF simply
expanded on depot inspection and compliance,
Redline said, as well as aquifer protection
activities and public education.</p>
<p>The agency officials agreed to create a work plan
of its monitoring and outreach for the depot.</p>
<p>They will present that to the commissioners this
summer, to plan how to proceed with the BNSF
funding.</p>
<p>Harvey told the commissioners that the DEQ still
conducts monthly inspections of the refueling
facility, and has no plans to reduce that.</p>
<p>"We need to go out monthly," he said.</p>
<p>But seeing as the depot hasn't had any issues in
several years, the commissioners agreed the DEQ
should only provide the county with an annual
report on the facility, instead of the current
quarterly reports.</p>
<p>The DEQ will still notify the commissioners
immediately of emergencies or anomalies at the
facility.</p>
<p>"We just don't want to be surprised by anything,"
said Commissioner Todd Tondee. "This is a very
high profile site."</p>
<p>The depot has had two incidents since opening in
2004. In December of 2004, petroleum was released
due to a crushed wastewater line. Underground
protective liners also failed in 2005, which
followed with BNSF's $10 million investment in
improving the barriers.</p>
<p>Harvey assured that operations at the depot are
stabilized now.</p>
<p>"Since the 2004, 2005 excursions, it has been
running in tip-top shape," he said.</p>
<p>The county won't review the facility's permit
again, the commissioners said.</p>
<p>When they pursued new permit conditions after the
last review, BNSF challenged their authority to do
so with litigation.</p>
<p>"They don't want to come back every 5 or 10 years
at the whims of a new board," said Commissioner
Dan Green.</p>
<p>He's comfortable with that, he said.</p>
<p>It's the DEQ that is and should be monitoring the
depot's operations, he said.</p>
<p>"We want to make sure you continue to be staffed,
to monitor the facility in perpetuity," he told
the state officials.</p>
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<p>"Harvey assured that operations at the
depot are stabilized now."</p>
<p>I'd imagine BP often made the same
claims. It was hard to tell in this
article but the tenor seemed to be, "don't
worry, be happy, TRUST us." Remember
Reagan's famous quote? Trust, but verify.
Any one who trust big business is a fool.</p>
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