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RESOLUTION NO. 0 3 -1
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, directing to the Department of Ecology (DOE)
comments on the proposed Agreed Order DE 6815.
WHEREAS, cleanup of the Rayonier Site in Port Angeles has been pending since the
Rayonier Mill closed in 1997; and
WHEREAS, DOE's proposed Agreed Order DE 6815 extends for at least an additional
3 years the time allotted to develop an Interim Action Plan for the upland Mill property; and
WHEREAS, Rayonier has already accomplished substantial cleanups of the uplands
under numerous voluntary and directed cleanups; and
WHEREAS, delaying the cleanup process for another 3 years substantially hinders
efforts to return the property to beneficial use; and
WHEREAS, delaying the cleanup process for another 3 years will make it more difficult
for the City to timely and efficiently complete its CSO project; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Port Angeles community that Rayonier
property be available for beneficial use as soon as possible, and without further prolonged delay;
WHEREAS, since 2007 the City has been attempting to accelerate the process of
returning the Rayonier site to some beneficial use; and
WHEREAS, the City of Port Angeles and the Port of Port Angeles have been working
cooperatively together, through the HarborWorks Public Development Authority, for the
purpose of restoring the Rayonier property to community use and to accelerate the cleanup
process,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles as follows:
The City hereby directs the following comments to DOE on its proposed Agreed Order
DE 6815:
1. The Schedule of Deliverables, Exhibit C of the proposed Agreed Order,
establishes a time frame of at least 3 years for development of an Interim Action Plan. Given
the status of investigatory work performed to date and the Port Angeles community needs, that
is too long. It is not in the best interests of the Port Angeles community to allow such a
prolonged extension of time. The Schedule, in all of its particulars, should be substantially
condensed.
2. The uplands portion of the work can and should be completed in a relatively short
time. For that reason, the uplands schedule and activities should be separated from the marine
work. This would allow the uplands work to be completed in a more expeditious and reasonable
time frame that would better serve the Port Angeles community and result in more rapid
remediation to benefit the environment.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the
ATTEST:
?kik,
sa Hurd, City Clerk
2nd day of February, 2010.
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM
William E. Bloor, City ttorney
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