What do we want on our Port Angeles waterfront and in the adjacent harbor?
How can we save our last best chance of a salmon stream in Port Angeles and protect our health?
For more than 50 years, we, Ennis Creek’s fish and other animals have lived with contaminants from the Rayonier mill.
Our last opportunity to tell state Department of Ecology what we want Rayonier to do about toxic waste it left behind ends at midnight Aug. 12.
From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at Field Hall, Ecology staff will discuss recommendations Rayonier helped it prepare.
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at Port Angeles City Hall, the city council is hosting an information and discussion session.
My presentation as Friends of Ennis Creek co-founder will follow those from the city’s environmental consultants and Olympic Environmental Council’s Darlene Schanfald.
We can learn about council’s priority for requiring Rayonier to remove all contaminants and not letting it cover those considered least contaminated with woven material, rock, sand and/or gravel, then checking at least every five years to make sure weather, sea-level rise or disturbances from people, wildlife and domestic animals aren’t causing leaks that could affect health, including increased cancer risks.
Please participate in both sessions, in person or through livestreaming and recordings at go.ecology.wa.gov/2270, where comments are accepted, and www.cityofpa.us/583/Meetings-Agendas, where you can speak through a link.
Robbie Mantooth
Port Angeles