This notice in the PDN came to our attention. The firms can answer questions about the well-known ongoing exposures to crumbling asbestos faced by past and current workers. From the Bergman “By 1930, the Crown Zellerbach Corporation was aware the dangerous of the asbestos used to insulate its paper mills. Reports show that it wasn’t …
Port Townsend Paper’s plumbing is ancient and creaky, just like everything else there. But upon hearing that despite good work by the mill’s plumbing staff, something north of 10% of the water that comes to the mill is lost just through bad plumbing and system leaks, I was amazed. Given the mill’s usage of 400,000,000 …
Zero. That’s how much Port Townsend Paper has paid to the City since 1985 — the past 35 years! — for approximately 400,000,000 (400 million) gallons of water monthly plus use of the water system infrastructure, according to the terms of their contract with the City dated Apil 1, 1956 and on December 31, 1983, extended …
============ Forwarded message ============ From: Davis, Nancy D. (ECY) <NADA461@ECY.WA.GOV> To: “Davis, Nancy D. (ECY)”<NADA461@ECY.WA.GOV> Cc: “Abbett, Marian L. (ECY)”<MABB461@ECY.WA.GOV> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:44:51 -0700 Subject: Port Angeles Rayonier Mill cleanup: Ecology EXTENDS Public Comment Period to Nov 26, 2019 ============ Forwarded message ============ Hello, This message is about the Port Angeles Rayonier …
This just in! If you have time this morning to sign onto the comment letter — NOON MONDAY OCTOBER 28, 2019, please send your name and address to the email address below (if signing for an organization, include organization name and your title). Support our neighbors in Port Angeles in their ongoing effort to get …
Public hearing: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 6:30pm at Fort Worden Commons Link to Ecology’s webpage for more information on this project. We learned late Monday that Ecology will indeed hold a public meeting for live q&a and public comments on Port Townsend Paper’s newest project. Port Townsend Paper’s pulper expansion will allow them to increase their …
Click below for full PDN article: Port Townsend Paper Corporation settles with EPA for violation of Clean Air Act According to a Peninsula Daily News report today, Sunday June 9, 2019, Port Townsend Paper has just been fined $346,000 by the EPA for toxic fumes that have been known to be escaping from …
2019 March 29 Today’s news in the Peninsula Daily News is important enough to quote at length. The current contract will not be renewed: a new one is in negotiation. Speak with our City Councillors and Manager about how these decades of considerations to the mill have shifted burdens onto other existing and potential businesses, and …
Reported by Louisiana Environmental Action Network Dec 17, 2018 Georgia-Pacific in Crossett, Arkansas Settles EPA Claims of Violations of the Clean Air Act for: $600,000 Civil Penalty $2.9 million in Mitigation Project $2 million in Supplemental Environmental Projects By Wilma Subra On December 14, 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with …
Who is Port Townsend, WA’s largest employer? Marine Trades provide 1,154 direct jobs in Jefferson County, WA. That’s a number to store in your pocket, and a great reason to support the maritime trades. (Spoiler alert: that’s over four times as many as the company most cited.) This graphic from a study released in July 2018 further quantifies the role of Marine …