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Committee hears bills to diversify fuel storage and require financial responsibility for CEI hub terminals
Summary
Lawmakers and witnesses urged the House Committee on Emergency Management and Veterans to approve HB 4,032 (fuel site prioritization) and HB 4,100 (financial responsibility for bulk fuel terminals) to reduce risk posed by Oregon’s concentrated Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) hub in Northwest Portland and to ensure cleanup costs are not shifted to taxpayers.
The House Committee on Emergency Management and Veterans heard extensive public testimony Tuesday on two linked measures aimed at reducing the risks from Oregon's Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) hub and ensuring operators can pay for cleanup and recovery.
Representative Travis Nelson, sponsor and a House member from North and Northeast Portland, told the committee HB 4,100 dash 2 strengthens financial responsibility for terminals at the CEI hub by requiring verifiable financial assurances and limiting self-insurance unless backed by solvency tests and a standby trust. "Too often, the public is left holding the bag for cleanup and recovery," Nelson said, arguing the bill would make the polluter — not taxpayers — responsible.
Supporters described the CEI hub as a single point of…
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