Nucor crane permits: A hearing, after all

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A new development three weeks after we first wrote about Nucor‘s application for permits to upgrade a crane. When we first heard about it, thanks to an eagle-eyed WSB reader, time for public comment was already running out, and a note on the public posting said a hearing would be scheduled only if there was “significant public interest.” Looks like somebody subsequently expressed that level of interest; Trissa just e-mailed WSB (thank you!) with word that a public hearing is now set for January 9 @ Alki Community Center (more details here), plus a note that the time for public comment has been extended to January 14 (more on that here). We’ll add both dates shortly to our ever-growing West Seattle-wide Events page.

Pete December 10, 2007 (4:28 pm)

Makes me wonder why folks in Delridge have to go to the Alki Community center for this hearing when the Delridge community center is only a block away from Nucor….Wouldn’t it be more convenient for Delridge residents? Oh that’s right it is a city hearing isn’t it?

Nick December 10, 2007 (10:56 pm)

Actually, Pete, is this a “city hearing”? I think that both Puget Sound Clean Air and the Dept. of Ecology are state-run.

My concerns about this crane permit range from the potential for increased noise (durration and volume), and increased pollution.

I’ll be at the hearing for sure.

Mike Dady December 11, 2007 (7:46 am)

I am a fan of Nucor Steel, its history, its employment base, its involvement and contributions in the neighborhood and its locally produced product, but the Alki meeting venue choice is wrong. Unless there was some scheduling problem in obtaining the Delridge Community Center, there is no excuse for holding a public meeting clear over at Alki when the plant is not located there and the effects of any change in the plants operation are likely lessened the further one lives from the plant.

bob December 19, 2007 (12:45 pm)

If I’m not mistaken, It is just a crane upgrade. Not a new crane, just an upgrade. Think of it as an upgrade from a Yugo to a Hyundai. Unless they are they are talking about adding more furnaces, everything will most likely be status-quo.

Bob Richard December 21, 2007 (6:36 am)

A crane upgrade will have no environmental impact. It could, however, upgrade production, which increases taxes paid to the community.

Although I appreciate your vigilance, Nucor has an excellent track record of good corporate citizenship and high standards of environmental stewardship. A lot of communities would welcome them, especially the hard hit economies of OH, PA, and WVA.

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