Port Angeles Still Trying to Get Seat on Rayonier Panel
City Manager Kent Myers has sent a letter to Governor Gregoire protesting the fact that Port Angeles was not included on the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Team. This team was put together to assess the environmental damage caused by the mill at the former Rayonier site.
The team is made up of the state Department of Ecology, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam and Lower Elwha Klallam. Kent Myers said:
“It just seems really unfair that a local government that has that many stewardship and ownership interests would not be part of the process.”
The team is made up of the state Department of Ecology, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam and Lower Elwha Klallam. Kent Myers said:
“It just seems really unfair that a local government that has that many stewardship and ownership interests would not be part of the process.”
posted by Tom Harper at 1:05 PM
5 Comments:
Kent Myers is either getting very bad legal advice or he is incredibly ignorant about the role of a Natural Resource Trustee and whether the City would remotely quailify for such a status. The first letter the City sent to the governor on this subject was embarrassing. To be told "no" and yet write again with the same request is silly grandstanding.
The City's reputation for scorning environmental laws, and its disdain for environmental stewardship are well known at the state level. The City has too many biases and conflicts of interest to fulfill the duties of a natural resource trustee for the Rayonier site.
I'm torn between thinking it's a shame that Port Angeles is not being allowed to be a part of this, and remembering that our fair City has a reputation for bad ideas like HarborWorks. So maybe it's not too much of a shame after all.
Of course, they want to stick their nose in everything. Give it the the natives, never be able to do much there anyway, if it involves much digging.
But, the City now are "property owners" on the site!
How convenient.
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