波特兰市议会通过条例 油库区11家终端2036年前减容至少两成
俄勒冈州波特兰市议会11月12日通过两项条例，要求威拉米特河沿岸“关键能源基础设施枢纽”的11家散装燃油终端在2036年前将储油能力至少削减20%（航空燃油储存除外），以降低大地震发生时燃油泄漏与火灾的风险。
这片俗称“油库区”的区域沿河绵延6英里，位于弗里蒙特大桥与索维岛之间，储存着俄勒冈州90%的化石燃料，储油罐大多老旧。市议员埃拉娜·皮尔特-吉尼承认这项立法并不完美，但表示这是一个好的开始。
波特兰市政府自2016年起已限制该枢纽新建燃油储存设施与扩建，此次条例进一步要求现有终端逐步缩减规模。支持者指出，一旦卡斯卡迪亚俯冲带发生大地震，老旧油罐可能破裂，燃油泄漏将污染威拉米特河并引发火灾，对下游社区构成严重威胁。
条例通过后，相关企业需制定减容计划并分阶段执行，市政府将监督落实情况。
Portland Council Orders Tank Farm Terminals to Cut Fuel Storage at Least 20% by 2036
The Portland City Council in Oregon adopted two ordinances on November 12 requiring the 11 bulk fuel terminals at the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub along the Willamette River to cut their fuel storage capacity by at least 20 percent by 2036 (aviation fuel storage excepted), in order to reduce the risk of fuel spills and fires in a major earthquake.
The area, commonly known as the tank farm, stretches six miles along the river between the Fremont Bridge and Sauvie Island and stores 90 percent of Oregon's fossil fuels, much of it in aging tanks. Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney acknowledged the legislation is not perfect but called it a good start.
Portland has restricted new fuel storage facilities and expansions at the hub since 2016, and the new ordinances go further by requiring existing terminals to gradually scale down. Supporters note that in a major Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, aging tanks could rupture, spilling fuel into the Willamette River and sparking fires that would threaten downstream communities.
Under the ordinances, the companies must draw up capacity-reduction plans and implement them in phases, with the city overseeing compliance.
来源：波特兰市议会
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图片来源：图为波特兰威拉米特河两岸航拍，关键能源基础设施枢纽即沿该河分布。Photo: The Willamette River in Portland (Dicklyon / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0)
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