Highlights Governor’s plans still uncertain: spokeswoman Despite changes, North Dakota plans to sue Washington — A bill that could dramatically impact roughly 150,000 b/d of crude-by-rail traffic to refineries in the Pacific Northwest has been sent to Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s desk to be signed into law, but it remains unclear what the governor plans to do. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “We are reviewing it,” Tara Lee, an Inslee spokeswoman, saud Tuesday. “I don’t know what action he will take yet.” By law, the governor has five days to decide whether to sign the bill into law. The bill prohibits a facility, including Washington’s five refineries along the Puget Sound, from loading or unloading any crude from a rail tank car unless the oil has a vapor pressure of less than 9 psi. The state senate Monday approved changes to the […]