Monday, June 1, 2015
SEATTLE — Shell sent a response Monday to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, which raised concerns about the oil company’s Arctic oil rig docked at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5.
DNR officials said they were reviewing the response, but did not release it.
Last month, DNR officials wrote to Shell asking when the Polar Pioneer will leave for Alaska since any long-term use blocking navigation would violate the state constitution, which doesn’t allow private takeover of a public waterway.