Port of Everett Rail/Barge Transfer Facility:Permitting in Tribal Treaty Right Areas, Lessons Learned Everett, Washington

摘要

The Port of Everett, Washington, undertook to design, permit, and construct arnsignificant new eight hundred foot marine facility in support of major new aerospacernindustrial activities in the central Puget Sound region. The substantial role ofrnfederally recognized Treaty Tribes in the regulatory process for the project provided arnunique lesson into Tribal Treaty Rights issues and federal permitting for marinerelatedrnactivities in Indian country. The Tribal Governments in Puget Sound arernfully mature governments with whom mutually respectful government-to-governmentrnrelationships from a port and local government perspective are essential. Resolutionrnof the Tribal issues in the regulatory processes for the facility required a sophisticatedrnpolicy process involving the Port staff and technical consultants, Port commissioners,rnTribal leaders, strong state leadership, and community support.