Draft environmental impact report issued for Everport Terminal

TIN news:  The Port of Los Angeles  recently announced that together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (EIS/EIR) for the container terminal located at Berths 226-236 on Terminal Island at the Port of Los Angeles, operated by Everport Terminal Services, Inc.

According to the Port, the  project would improve the container-handling efficiency and capacity of the existing terminal to accommodate the projected fleet mix of larger container vessels that are anticipated to call at the Everport Container Terminal through 2038.

Everport, affiliated with Taiwan-based Evergreen Line, has a long-term lease with the Port for operation of the terminal through 2028, which would be extended 10 years.

The foresaid Draft EIS/EIR  has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of  the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and in  conformance with the Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ), aiming to inform regarding the potential significant environmental effects of the proposed Prject.

In particullar, the Draft EIS/EIR includes a discussion of the proposed project’s environmental impacts and identifies mitigation measures to reduce these impacts as required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

In 2014, the Port released a Notice of Preparation/Notice of Intent (NOP/NOI) to prepare the Draft EIS/EIR. The Draft EIS/EIR includes all of the comments received during the NOP/NOI public comment period.