PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners approved a work order and change order this week as part of the Western Port Angeles Harbor Group’s efforts to clean up the harbor.
The work order was approved Monday to retroactively fund extra work done on a sand cap that was installed to an inside portion of Ediz Hook last month.
The size of the sand cap was changed from 150 feet long by 30 feet wide to 280 feet long by 20 feet wide, and was completed with a barge-based clam shell instead of the land-based conveyor system that was originally planned, said Jesse Waknitz, environmental manager for the port.
The equipment used was already on Ediz Hook for the adjacent U.S. Navy pier project.
The contract originally had a budget of $199,135 — of which the port pays 25 percent — but ended up costing an additional $29,000 for the Western Port Angeles Harbor Group, he said.
Other members of the group are the city of Port Angeles, Georgia-Pacific LLC, Nippon Paper Industries USA Co. Ltd. and Merrill &Ring, which were identified by the state Department of Ecology as potentially liable parties after pollutants were found in the harbor.
Each member of the group is paying 25 percent of the total cost for the project, except for Nippon and Merrill &Ring, which will pay a combined amount.
The sand cap is intended as a pilot project that is being tested as a potential restoration solution.
Port commissioners also approved a change order to increase the Western Port Angeles Harbor Group’s consultant Floyd Snyder’s contract from $2,605,371 up to $3,017,871.
The scope of the extra $412,500 includes project management, group meetings, white paper finalization and completion of the draft remedial investigation and feasibility study.
The port is the fiscal agent for the group, meaning the port has an account that it pays the costs from. The other partners in the group pay their share into the account, said Executive Director Karen Goschen.
To date, the port’s insurance has reimbursed it for its share of the cleanup costs.
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