Stephanie Ogle and the Washington Department of Ecology, Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend are NOT doing ENOUGH to Protect YOUR Rights to Breathe Clean NON-Toxic Air.

The Washington Department of Ecology is NOT doing their JOB of protecting the Ecology of Port Townsend Washington. In fact the Washington Department of Ecology is allowing the Port Townsend Paper Mill to pollute our air and water and to continue to use 14 MILLION Gallons of Water a day in a time of EMERGENCY drought.

Stephanie Ogle of the Washington Department of Ecology is assigned to regulate the Port Townsend Paper Mill and claims to follow up on all odor complaints. However, all this seems to be is to contact the mill and see if everything was normal and okey dokey on that day. The Mill says Ya all is well and well that is that. So it would seem that the Washington Department of Ecology is really out to protect the mill and not the water, air, soil, and people in Washington.

Kind of like asking a criminal if they committed the crime, of course they say NOPE sure didn't.

Stephanie Ogle and the Washington  Department of Ecology is not really a People BEFORE Profit sort of group. Yet they are paid by public dollars. 


The Bottom Line is the mill is, in my understanding of the laws, breaking the clean air, clean water and clean soil laws. They are harassing us constantly and ruining our legal right to quiet enjoyment of property. The Port Townsend Paper Mill, I allege, is breaking the Clean Air Act, and yes are committing crimes on the residents of Port Townsend.

The Washington Department of Ecology allegedly logs odor complaints, SO WHAT. They are supposed to protect the water, soil, air and people of Washington. Instead they protect the profits of the Crown Paper Group, not even based out of Washington.

Complaining about Odor is Futile. They don't do anything but pay us lip service.

The DOE and EPA does NOT address the poisons we are clearly breathing nor the massive clean water that is poisoned by the mill. And for WHAT? The alleged smell of MONEY.

That money smell is for the lung doctors, the mill owners, the investors and not for Port Townsend. There are clean jobs that could come in and there is tons of clean up jobs. The PT Mill gets grants and lot's of hand outs, plus they use 14 Million Gallons of water a day. SURELY there can be a way to create 400 jobs in PT without poisoning us and ruining our quality of life.

Stephanie Ogle of the Washington  Department of Ecology gets her deep investigative results from the mill itself. 

And she says "Generally speaking, the operations at the mill were normal and the air pollution control equipment was operating within their normal ranges. They did not have any leaks/spills/abnormal releases during that period."

What does "generally" MEAN? This is our precious air. We have a right to clean air. The harassing smell that the PT mill puts out is toxic and annoying. There is no such thing as generally speaking. WE WANT FACTS, and the Clean Air and Water Laws OBEYED. The Washington Department of Ecology is SUPPOSED to make sure the laws are followed and not CODDLE corporations.

What does "normal" and "normal ranges" MEAN? 

Normal Ranges is the PROBLEM. The Mill's NORMAL toxic spewing is poisoning us, harassing us, and is in violation of the Clean Air Act. It is wrong, immoral and I believe flat out against the law to put these toxins in our air and water daily. The NORMAL RANGES need to be stopped as they are unconstitutional, unlawful and a complete violation of citizen rights and property rights.

Stephanie Ogle also says;

"While the emissions from the mill are within their normal operations, the weather can have an amplifying affect on the odors that are generated at the facility. It has been hotter and more humid recently and it looks like there are have been some periods of low to no winds, which can also increase the intensity of the odors. This may be why the odors have been worse during the past week.
I will continue to request that they investigate the odor complaints and I will let you know if they do find anything outside of their normal operating ranges."

ENOUGH with the blaming the Weather. JUST Stop the source of the toxins and DO YOUR JOB. Stop mumbling about weather, generally and normally and get STRICT about what is really going on. Protect the people paying your wage. The mill is SERIOUS bad every single day it is operating REGARDLESS of humidity, wind, weather or other mumbo jumbo.

STOP LETTING THE Bad Guys Regulate themselves. STOP calling the perpetrator and asking them if they are committing the alleged crime. INVESTIGATE yourself. Monitor the Air, Obey the Law.

Contact Stephanie Ogle and tell her what you think

Stephanie Ogle, PE
W2R - Industrial Section
360-407-6355


Complain to the Department of Ecology at 
Stephanie Ogle at stog461@ecy.wa.gov

Also Complain to the Port Townsend City Manager David Timmons, the Port Townsend Water Manager Ian Jablonski, and the Port Townsend Mayor.

It is the Job of the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County to PROTECT your property rights, constitutional rights, rights to enjoy your property and to not be daily harassed and assaulted by horrible TOXIC odors.

Contact Information for the Above:

250 Madison Street, Suite 2
Port Townsend WA 98368
Phone: 360-379-5047
Fax: 360-385-4290

http://www.cityofpt.us/contactlist.htm

Complain to Ian Jablonski, City of Port Townsend water quality manager , ya know the guy that said to the PT leader that YOU should conserve water. Even though the mill uses 14 MILLION gallons a day. http://www.ptleader.com/news/drought-city-raises-lords-lake-a-second-time-this-year/article_e908d478-19f7-11e5-80cb-13bf9568a566.html

More City of Port Townsend Contact Information

City Council  Main:  

Position #1 Michelle Sandoval     msandoval@cityofpt.us

Position #2 Catharine Robinson     crobinson@cityofpt.us

Position #3 Deborah Stinson     dstinson@cityofpt.us

Position #4 Robert Gray     rgray@cityofpt.us

Position #5 Pamela Adams     padams@cityofpt.us

Position #6 - Mayor David King     dking@cityofpt.us

Position #7 - Deputy Mayor Kris Nelson     knelson@cityofpt.us


The City of Port Townsend can enact LAWS to protect your water, air and soil. Example Below
There Could be a Port Townsend Environmental Bill of Rights Like this City
http://smdp.com/city-council-passes-environmental-bill-of-rights/119705


The Mill and Washington Department of Ecology Refuses to Protect Port Townsend. So complain directly to the City and the County and Get the Mill Out of Our County, or at the least REALLY actually use new technology to clean the air. They are blatantly poisoning and harassing you, with NO transparency and NO accountability.

Complain to Jefferson County Commissioners. 

P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend,
WA 98368
jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us

Phone: 360.385.9100

Link for More Contact Information
http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commissioners/

Sue the County and the Mill, and the DOE for violations of the Clean Air Act and more cause of actions.  Stand up for your Rights. It takes us all to STAND up United.

Complain to the Department of Ecology at 

Stephanie Ogle at stog461@ecy.wa.gov

Sue the Port Townsend Paper Mill like the story below
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/06/30/glatfelter-faces-million-lawsuit/29514095/

You can File an attorney general complaint and a Department of Justice Complaint. You don't have to have an attorney to file complaints nor to SUE all of the above. You have RIGHTS. No more settling for hey that's the Smell of MONEY.

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is NO Longer 

a Good Fit for the People of Port Townsend, PERIOD.

Also Check Out

Port Townsend Paper Mill Blog by Reverend Crystal Cox

http://porttownsendpaper.blogspot.com/

Port Townsend Paper Mill Facebook Page by Reverend Crystal Cox

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-Townsend-Paper-Mill-NOT-a-Fit-for-Port-Townsend/245153762294452?fref=ts

If you wish to email me, you can email ReverendCrystalCox@Gmail.com. Please note I may publish your email at my discretion and will most likely post all hate, simply for transparency.

YOU have a Constitutional Right to Clean Air. Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend have an Obligation and Duty to Protect Your RIGHTS to Breath Clean AIR.

Shut Down the Port Townsend Paper Mill. Fight Back. You have a Right to have CLEAN AIR. You have PROPERTY Rights, Rights to not be Harassed, and you have rights under the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights to BREATH Clean Air.

Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend have a responsibility to stand up to corporations such as the Port Townsend Paper Mill that are violating your rights.

However, You have to stand up to Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend and to DEMAND that your legal rights are enforced.

Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend must MAKE the Washington Department of Ecology Do their JOB.

STOP Complaining to your Attacker that they are Harming YOU. Complain to Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend. They can and SHOULD enact local laws to PROTECT YOU.

It is not enough to simply report to the Department of Ecology. Stephanie OGLE and the DOE protect the mill. It is FUTILE to report directly to the assailant's, the Port Townsend Paper Mill, and ask them to stop attacking you.

It is the Job of Law Enforcement, State Agencies, and here mostly the job  of Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend to PROTECT your RIGHTS.

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is NO Longer 

a Good Fit for the People of Port Townsend, PERIOD.

Jefferson County Public Health of Port Townsend Washington is NOT protecting the Public Health nor the Civil and Human Rights of Jefferson County.

Jefferson County Public Health, Washington State Health Board, and the Port Townsend Police Department seem to have seriously failed the public in NOT disclosing the location or potential toxic hazards and health risks of Port Townsend, Jefferson County Meth Homes that they have been clearly aware of, to potential renters or occupants of a home.

Jefferson County Public Health is said to be one of the LEAST proactive local County Health Boards in the entire nation. Enough is Enough. The laws, ethics, standards, accountability and transparency NEED to Change.

The Port Townsend Police Department FUMBLED a HazMat Investigation.

Port Townsend CPS FAILED to report a Toxic home they knew existed. This endangered future tenants and now is harming children who live in the home.

The Washington State Health Board has FAILED the Public.

This is the story of one Port Townsend tenant that rented a Port Townsend home that was a Meth Lab. This was NOT disclosed to him though the Port Townsend Police and the Port Townsend CPS knew the home was a Meth Lab, as did the landlord Bent Meyer, a Washington Pastor and Counselor ( Bent Meyer, MA, LMHC ) and his son in law Steve Heemstra, I believe a local Pastor of Calvary Hill in Port Townsend.

Bent Meyers, Joanne Meyers, Steve Heemstra may face criminal charges as they will soon be named in a criminal complaint for their actions and lack of actions in public and child endangerment. Also accessory to a crime charges may be made against Jefferson County Public Health, Jill Buhler, John Austin, Phil Johnson, Veronica Shaw, Jared Keefer and Dr. Tom Locke.

Port Townsend Police Department has FAILED at not investigating this issue nor calling for a HazMat Investigation. Sergeant Ed Green now Chief of Police of Oak Harbor violated the civil and human rights of Port Townsend Citizens in this case.

I allege that all named above and more are personally and professionally LEGALLY liable to the current and former tenants of this home and with every other home in Jefferson County Washington facing this same Toxic Home and Public Health Emergency Issue.

Many Washington Counties have Meth Labs that were in homes. The Police know where they are, they should NOT be rented without FULL disclosure and notification of RISK, if not a FULL Clean Up of the home and property.

This is a MAJOR Civil and Human Rights Issue 

and a Public Health Emergency in my opinion.

Below is the Story of Barry Ellis of Port Townsend Washington regarding his renting a home in Port Townsend, Jefferson County Washington that local officials and the landlord KNEW had been a Meth Lab, a Toxic Home and a clear and blatant Public Health Risk.

A Best Environmental Lab Test On Home

(you can CLEARLY see the Port Townsend Police had this in Evidence)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiX1piazZIWXN4bmc/view?usp=sharing

Barry Ellis Complaint to theJefferson County Public Health regarding Meth Lab he unknowingly rented as a Residential Home in Port Townsend, Jefferson County Washington.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiSVZfRnR2Q1NYUHM/view



                         Port Townsend Police Report

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiblR2cHVpY09LdzQ/view

Port Townsend Police Report Summary

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiREJxRFd0OU1zYXc/edit

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiT1lONGQwbGZmakU/view

Washington State Board of Health Briefing

From: Keith Grellner, SBOH Environmental Health Committee Chair

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05a.pdf

Complainant Materials

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf

RCW 70.05.120 Violations — Remedies — Penalties

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05b.pdf

Links Below for More Information on this Port Townsend Meth Lab 
rented out knowingly to unsuspecting tenants who got very sick. 

This is a major problem in Jefferson County and 
the Tenants are NOT protected,
 even children. Enough is Enough. 

http://www.ethicscomplaint.com/2014/12/jill-buhler-john-austin-phil-johnson-of.html

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf

http://sboh.wa.gov/OurMeetings/Materials/2014/Aug13Olympia

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf

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AMCOL Investor Relations, AMCOL International Corporation; Port Townsend City Council, Deb Stinson Port Townsend Paper Mill SEEMS to have had a Massive Chemical Spill and are Covering it UP.

Deborah Stinson Port Townsend City Council SURE does Love the Port Townsend Paper Mill. Why does Deborah Stinson turn a BLIND eye to pollution in the air and water of Port Townsend Washington, and NOW seems to be covering up a MAJOR Chemical Spill at the Port Townsend Paper Mill that is reported to have caused skin burns and other major health issues, yet Deborah Stinson is downplaying it, in order to protect the Port Townsend Paper Mill. Why?

Is Deborah Stinson being PAID Off by the Port Townsend Paper Mill?

Why in the world is Deborah Stinson covering up this ISSUE?

It is reported that several large trucks left the Port Townsend Paper Mill and took discovery road, then went to 4 corners, to Chimacum, Washington then down center road to avoid the main roadways with hazardous waste.

It seems that the Port Townsend Leader is AGAIN lying, avoiding, or covering for the Port Townsend Paper Mill as they pollute the air, pollute the water, create MASSIVE toxic sludge and move it to other towns, farms, playgrounds and more. The Port Townsend Leader mis-states FACTS over and over, ignores tips, will not print FACTS and is constantly protecting, or I say aiding and abetting the Port Townsend Mill to VIOLATE air and water quality LAWS and endanger the residents of Port Townsend Washington.

What kind of Financial Kickback is the PT Leader, the Port Townsend City Council and Deborah Stinson
getting for enabling the Port Townsend Paper Mill to ENDANGER the residents of Jefferson County, Port Townsend Washington?

Got a TIP on the Recent Chemical Spill at the Port Townsend Paper Mill?

eMail your Tip to SavvyBroker@Yahoo.com 
or leave a message at
406-570-1489

AMCOL Investor Relations, AMCOL International Corporation, makes the BIG Money from spewing TOXINS into the water and air of Port Townsend Washington, and sure seems to me to be ABOVE the LAW.

"Port Townsend Paper Corp., owned by Port Townsend Holdings, is operated by GoldenTree Asset Management, a New York-based equity investment company."
http://www.papermillwatch.com/2013/05/amcol-investor-relations-amcol.html

Washington Environmental Law - Dale Stahl and the Port Townsend Paper Mill Are NOT above the Law. Amcol International Corp. ACO is NOT above the Law.
http://www.papermillwatch.com/search?q=amcol

Got a Tip on connections with Amcol and the Port Townsend City Council Members? Or the Washington DOE? eMail me at SavvyBroker@Yahoo.com

Port Townsend Paper Corporation Maintenance Dredging Sediment Report Prepared by Parametrix Bremerton Washington.

Port Townsend Paper Corporation Maintenance Dredging Sediment Report Prepared by Parametrix Bremerton Washington

"Port Townsend Paper Corporation created an Odor Survey Team during the summer of 1993. The purpose of the team was to determine the mill emission sources causing odors offensive to community residents."

"
Local newspapers published information on the
project and a hot line was set up to take odor reports and complaints.

The team met with the callers to fill out an informational survey and ask them to take an odor sample test.

Five emission odors captured in Tedlar bags were compared to the perceived odors
experienced by the caller.

The compiled information will allow the mill to concentrate future efforts on the emission sources that have the greatest impact in the community.


Port Townsend Paper Corporation is a kraft mill and like other kraft mills is characterized
by malodorous organic sulfide gases. Over the years, numerous complaints have been
directed toward the mill concerning the mill odor.

In 1992 the Washington Department of Ecology held a series of public meetings and concluded that most townspeople are concerned with the odors caused by local pulp and paper mills. It was evident that few people knew what was causing the aroma or its impact on the community.

A survey team was organized to:

1. Identify odors
2. Identify odor sources
3. Register complaints and concerns
The identified odor sources could then be examined more closely and possible remedies
could be determined.

The P.T.P.C. project was modeled after the ITT Rayonier P.A. survey concluded in 1992.
Emission Sources Eight major odor emission sources were found. These odors were observed and investigated by the Odor Survey Team It was found that four of the eight odors were similar to each other so all four were grouped into one category.

This distinct odor was synonymous with the M&D digester. The M&D digester Esco valve vents are the largest and most pungent of the four sources with similar odors.

The remaining four distinct mill odor sources are: the power boiler, the recovery furnace,
the lime kiln, and the aeration stabilization basin (ASB). The emission sources from
which samples were taken for the survey are described in the following paragraphs.
M&D Digester.

The M&D digester is a continuous digester used to produce pulp. The digester is
operated under pressure while a rotating Esco valve is used to feed the sawdust into the
digester. As the valve rotates, some vapors from inside the digester are forced out
through the valve and escape to the atmosphere.

Included in this odor category is the brown stock washer vent, smelt dissolving tank vent
and the digester fill vent. Each of these sources smell similar to a very dilute sample
from the M&D digester vents.


Power Boiler

The power boiler uses hog fuel (bark and wood scraps not used in the pulping process) as
its primary fuel source to produce heat and steam for the mill. It also bums oil and
primary treatment sludge as supplementary fuel.

The combustion products from the firing chamber are directed through a wet scrubber to
remove the particulate and ash from the air. The extremely hot air passing through this
wet scrubber produces a large visible steam plume coming from the stack.

Recovery Furnace

95% of the pulping chemicals used to make kraft paper are recyc1ed within the recovery
furnace. Most of the sulfur containing compounds which enter the furnace are fully
oxidized and recovered for reuse in the process.

A trace of S02 is produced by this combustion process but the concentration of 10 to 50 ppm is well below the limit of 200 ppm set by the Washington Department of Ecology.

The new electrostatic precipitator, completed in May, 1993, charges and removes fine particulate matter from the recovery furnace emissions at over 98% efficiency. Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) gases exiting the furnace are generally below 10 ppm

Lime Kiln

The lime kiln serves two functions for the mill. Its main purpose is to convert calcium
carbonate precipitate (obtained from the white liquor c1arifier) into calcium oxide using
high temperatures (2200° to 2400°F).

The calcium oxide is then used to produce white liquor. The lime kiln also serves as an incinerator for odor gases that the mill collects from other processes. Odor gas compounds are broken down and oxidized to form compounds that can be scrubbed form the exhaust using a Venturi scrubber system.

Aeration Stabilization Basin (ASB)

The ASB is a series of treatment channels that clean the water used in the pulp and paper
making process. This secondary or biological treatment is nothing more than a
duplication of nature's own purification process, except that it is carried out under
contained and controlled conditions at accelerated rates.

Under aerobic conditions, micro-organisms (mostly bacteria and fungi) consume oxygen to convert wastes into the ultimate end products of carbon dioxide and water.

The anaerobic bacteria take over and continue biological action producing methane and hydrogen sulfide.

Pulp and paper mill wastes are essentially non-toxic following this biological treatment.

There are two components for the peculiar ASB odor. For one, sulfur gases produced
from biological action is highly noticeable in low concentrations. Secondly, foul vapors
condensed in the mill get dissolved in the mill effluent. This condensate is transported to
the ASB where the mechanical aeration devices free the dissolved odor gases into the
atmosphere."

Source
"Port Townsend Paper Corporation Odor Survey Report
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/155832734/Port-Townsend-Paper-Corporation-Odor-Survey-Report

Is this Report Accurate?

Was this Report Truly Impartial?

Port Townsend Washington can and SHOULD pass an environmental bill of rights. Port Townsend Washington Environmental Bill of Rights ~ the TIME has Come. Time for the RESIDENTS of Port Townsend to STEP up and MAKE Law that STANDS up for their Rights to Clean Air and Clean Water per the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act.

Port Townsend Washington Residents have a RIGHT to Clean Air, Water and Soil and to act responsible on what is leaving the County, such as TOXIC SLUDGE.

TIME for a PORT TOWNSEND BILL OF RIGHTS

"corporations and their leadership do not have special privileges 

or powers under the law that supersede the community’s rights."

Santa Monica City Council passes environmental bill of rights.

"CITY HALL — The City Council approved a unique law this week that enshrined the rights of the environment and residents’ rights to clean air and water.

The ordinance, known as the Sustainability Bill of Rights, asserts that corporations and their leadership do not have special privileges or powers under the law that supersede the community’s rights.
It also requires that the Office of Sustainability and the Environment prepare a report every two years documenting progress on the Sustainable City Plan, an effort begun in the mid-1990s to create benchmarks and goals to make Santa Monica more environmentally friendly, and that City Hall hold a public hearing.

Finally, and perhaps most controversially, some believe that the law gives residents the ability to sue a polluter themselves when one of those rights are violated, without waiting for City Hall or other agencies to get the ball rolling.

The ordinance was, in Councilmember Kevin McKeown’s words, a fundamental power shift away from business interests and toward the community that has not yet happened in the environmental movement.
“Unrestrained capitalism has extracted the good out of our environment in many, many cases. Here, for the first time, we as a city are taking a stand and saying we’re not going to let that happen anymore,” McKeown said.

The Sustainability Bill of Rights emerged from the Task Force on the Environment — consisting of a group of residents — after the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, which further cemented the rights of corporations as individuals in American law. The court’s decision opened the doors to unlimited campaign spending on behalf of companies.

The law was also a reaction to the spread of fracking, a process of extracting fossil fuels from the ground that many environmentalists say is extremely damaging to the environment, poisoning groundwater and even causing earthquakes.

The City Council approved a resolution in January 2012 backing the concept of the Sustainability Bill of Rights, but the resolution had no teeth. Those in support of the law passed Tuesday feel the City Council’s vote changed that.

“The fact that it establishes individual environmental rights is very important,” said Mark Gold, former president of nonprofit Heal the Bay and associate director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.

Gold has spent much of his career fighting to save the environment from the negative impacts of human habitation on the Santa Monica Bay and other water ecosystems.

His primary tool was the Clean Water Act, a 1972 federal law that regulates quality standards for surface water, but the law lost effectiveness and involved arcane measurements that were difficult for members of the public to understand.

This ordinance finds strength in its return to basic environmental roots, Gold said.

Supporters of the Sustainability Bill of Rights believe that the law gives them the ability to sue polluters in court if City Hall does not do so. That could include what some call  Santa Monica’s “groundwater wars,” with over a decade spent in court to get companies to clean up dangerous chemicals that had leached into the groundwater through buried gasoline storage tanks.

“That legal standing did not exist before,” said Cris Gutierrez, a member of the Task Force on the Environment.

It was carefully-crafted to prevent abuse, and cannot be used to protect every street tree or stop every development in the city, Gold said.

“The ability of an individual to sue the city because they don’t like a development approval, that’s not in there,” Gold said.

Whether residents will be able to file any kind of lawsuit may be up to the courts to decide.

Jeff Caufield, an environmental attorney with the Los Angeles firm Caufield & James, thought there might be some conflict if a resident filed a private suit or acted as “a private attorney general.”

“It will likely need to be litigated and a decision made by a court on this particular ordinance and language,” Caufield said.

In the meantime, Gold hopes that the ordinance will keep the environment front and center for policy makers, and be a model for other cities who want to take a stand on the environment.

“There is a precedent-setting nature to this that the city is very aware of,” Gold said."

Source of Posthttp://smdp.com/city-council-passes-environmental-bill-of-rights/119705

This is amazing, a HUGE precedence. Communities EVERYWHERE should take this example and stand up for your RIGHT to Clean Air, Clean Water, and Clean Soil.

Investigative Blogger Crystal Cox says that Santa Monica Council Member "Kevin McKeown" is a modern day superhero, and the residents of Santa Monica that stood up for the rights of the environment and residents’ rights to clean air and water are HEROS every one of them.

Time to say NO to Corporate Greed and Yes to Clean Air, Organic Soil, Clean Water, and the RIGHT to breath clean air, drink clean water.

More Resource links to this story

http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2013/03/santa-monica-sustainability-bill-of-rights-law-passed-2464076.html

Port Townsend Washington Environmental Bill of Rights 

~ the TIME has Come.

More information Regarding the Port Townsend Paper Mill

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All written and Posted, alledged upon the knowledge and belief of Crystal Cox.

Does the Port Townsend Paper Mill produce ACID Rain? Is this allowed by LAW, being so close the Olympic Peninsula Rainforest, the only protected temperate rain forests in the Northern Hemisphere, the Hoh Rain Forest?

""Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)

Properties
Causes respiratory illnesses and lung disease and is a significant component of smog.

Sources
A component of NOX (a smog-forming chemical). Results from burning fuels in utilities, industrial boilers, automobiles, and trucks.

Effects
Major pollutant that causes smog, acid rain, and contributes to PM2.5. Can harm humans and vegetation when concentrations are sufficiently high. May cause lung damage and illnesses of breathing passages and lungs.

Description

Nitrogen oxides (NOX) are a blend of multiple air pollutants that result from various combustion processes. The "x"; in NOX stands for one or more oxygen atoms connected to the nitrogen atom. NOXtypically occurs as nitrogen oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), which are very commonly emitted in our everyday lives.

Sources include power plants, gasoline and diesel engines (cars, trucks, generators, lawnmowers and yard equipment, snowmobiles, power boats, etc), home furnaces (gas, oil, and wood), industrial processes, explosives, and fertilizers. NOX contributes to several air pollution problems.

One component of NOX that is considered a direct health risk is NO2, which is the actual NOX related pollutant with an assigned National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). It can cause respiratory illness and lung damage. High levels can cause edema, and prolonged high exposure can produce fatal lung damage.

NOX is a primary component to ozone (or smog) formation. Ozone forms when NOX and certain volatile organic compounds chemically react in the presence of strong sunlight (ultraviolet wavelengths). An oxygen atom is moved from NO2 to oxygen in the air, creating ozone (O3) – another criteria pollutant. Reducing emissions of NOXis critical to reducing ozone.

NOX is also a major contributor to acid rain (or acid deposition). After NOX is released by a source, it travels and chemically reacts in the atmosphere, eventually becoming ammonium nitrate or nitric acid.

Ammonium nitrate is a small particle (PM2.5, which is considered to be another criteria pollutant with its own NAAQS), and it also is a visibility-impairing pollutant.

Nitric acid is removed from the air through precipitation (rain, snow, etc.), settling of particles, and by condensation from the air onto surfaces, similar to the formation of dew.

Acid deposition damages our forests, lakes, and wetlands by robbing them of necessary nutrients and lowering the pH levels, often to levels below what native species can tolerate.

The end result of this process is not a void of wildlife, but rather a shifting of species, where a more tolerant species simply populates an area where native species once were dominant. Nitric acid accounts for about one-third of the acidity in precipitation in New Hampshire.

Another effect of NOX is the nitrification of lakes, ponds, estuaries, and other wetlands. Nitrogen acts as a fertilizer for plants, and when it is added to water, algae and other aquatic plants may multiply excessively, displacing other inhabitants of the wetland.

While NOX emission controls have been added to power plants and automobiles (catalytic converters), growth in energy demand and the amount of vehicle-miles-traveled have offset some of the benefits of the control measures. In New Hampshire, measuredNO2 levels have remained relatively stable over the last 20 years, and have shown a slight overall decline. New Hampshire is in attainment of the NO2 NAAQS on a state-wide basis."

Source of Above
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/air/do/asab/apoc/criteria_pollutants.htm


Does the Port Townsend Paper Mill produce ACID Rain? Is this allowed by LAW, being so close the Olympic Peninsula Rainforest,  the only protected temperate rain forests in the Northern Hemisphere, the Hoh Rain Forest.

Would the Jefferson County Health authorities, the Department of Ecology, the Forest Service, the EPA, and other governing bodies have you believe that Port Townsend Washington spewing a 1000 lbs of ammonia in the air a day, is not creating acid rain that affects the plants, animal, soil, farms, organic classification and the delicate balance of the  Hoh Rain Forest?

Really? How can that be True.

I say its politics, lies, cover ups and Greed, but hey that's just my Opinion. Formed because I can READ. Sure seems like those government agencies know what is going on here. I mean come on the quilcene river is the responsiblity of the Olympic National Forest right? How can it be allowed to be filled with toxins and put into the bay, is the Olympic National Forest authorities not obligated to monitor this? If NOT then WHY ?

Does the Laws of the United States Apply to Port Townsend Paper, Port Townsend Holdings Co., Inc., to Amcol International? Are they even in violation of ANY laws?

“Unrestrained capitalism has extracted the good out of our environment in many, many cases. Here, for the first time, we as a city are taking a stand and saying we’re not going to let that happen anymore,”

Coming Soon, this Blog will Explore Amcol International, Port Townsend Paper Mill and any violations of the following laws, codes, and constitutional amendments.

No One is above the Law, not ANY EPA worker, Mill Owner, CEO, Commissioner, Health Inspector, Environmental director or authority, NO One. 

You do not need to have an attorney to file criminal or civil complaints.

Coming Soon, Upon Knowledge and Belief of Investigative Blogger Crystal Cox, how the Port Townsend Mill is violating this laws, of course, IF THEY ARE. We shall soon find out.

Duty of Care; Breach of Duty


Negligence Tort, Professional Negligence


Civil Rights Violation


Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Quilcene River, Port Townsend Bay)
http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/FWATRPO.HTML


Clean Water Act
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/cwa.cfm?program_id=45


Clean Air Act
http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/


Bill of RIghts
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/billofrights


Environmental Quality Act


the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)


the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)


the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966)


Marine Life and Habitat Laws



Washington State Constitution
http://www.leg.wa.gov/LAWSANDAGENCYRULES/Pages/constitution.aspx


THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/


U.S. Code
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text

Could Jefferson County Washington Vote in their own Environmental Bill of Rights and DEMAND that, by LAW, they have a right to clean air and clean water?

Learn your RIGHTS, and MAKE those you VOTED into Office, OBEY the Law. If they do not, file Criminal or Civil charges against them. YOU HAVE THIS RIGHT.


This Town Did,

"The measure would amend the township's home rule charter to state that residents have rights to clean air and water, self-government and a sustainable energy future. "

Source
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/legal/small-town-in-centre-county-to-vote-on-local-environmental-bill-of-rights-660647/#ixzz2SWKEWaQE


Port Townsend Washington, Jefferson County Washington can vote in a local law, rule, charter  that states that Port Townsend Washington residents have a legal right to clean air and water.

So why not DO IT?

Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race ~ Port Townsend Washington

The GREAT Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race


"What in the World Happened?

-by Steven Emery

Take a generous portion of adventure, mix in some garage engineering and creative artistic license, then stir vigorously amongst enthusiastic fans, and you have a recipe for the most kaptivating form of racing: Kinetic Sculpture Racing. Fascinating to watch, Kinetic Sculptures are functional works of engineering art. Their designs can vary from simple one-person contraptions, to high tech, multi-pilot marvels with lengths of over seventy-five feet! After the creators of these kineticly inspired dream machines spend weeks, days, and months designing and building their sculptures, they face the challenge of completing a race course consisting of many terrain types. These types of terrain can be as easy as a paved road, or as messy as a sticky quagmire of mud. Sometimes the terrain becomes as dangerous as a choppy bay or a swift flowing river."

Source and lot's more about the Washington Port Townsend Kinetic Sculpture Race

Port Townsend Washington ~ Port Townsend

the Beautiful Clouds of Port Townsend Washington on a beautiful sunny day.

Crystal L. Cox ~ Port Townsend Internet Marketing

Port Townsend Washington - Port Townsend Real Estate

Port Townsend Restaurant ~ Nifty Fiftys Soda Fountain

Port Townsend Washington - Port Townsend Real Estate

Applewood Ranch Wreaths

ApplewoodRanchWreaths.com

Applewood Ranch Wreaths

"Welcome to Applewood Ranch Wreaths

Applewood Ranch is family owned and located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, in the heart of the Pacific Northwest, nestled in a lush farming valley at the foothills of the Olympic Mountains.

Our hand-made wreaths are lovingly crafted at our ranch from only fresh-cut aromatic Noble and Douglas Fir. They are shipped fresh so you can enjoy a touch of the Pacific Northwest wilderness during your holidays."

Applewood Ranch Wreaths

"Roman's Wreaths is part of our son's contribution to our family-run business. We believe in enhancing his education with the hands-on experience he can get while helping to manage the details of customer service, orders, and manufacturing. He will get 10% for his education fund, plus he will make a little pocket money for himself for each wreath we sell."

Applewood Ranch Wreaths

"Welcome to Applewood Ranch! We are a family owned business, located in the heart of the Pacific Northwest at the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. Our unique Christmas Wreaths are made with care and pride, out of the rich, fragrant fresh Noble Fir, Cedar, Holly and Juniper that can only be found here, in the Pacific Northwest. The wreaths are made to order so they are absolutely fresh when you get them, allowing them to last as long as possible. We are absolutely flexible with mailing as gifts, and making your wreath perfect for your holidays. The holidays are just around the corner, don't let yourself get behind, order one or more of our beautiful wreaths today."

Applewood Ranch Wreaths


More Information and How to Order Applewood Ranch Wreaths

Got to 
ApplewoodRanchWreaths.com

Jefferson County Courts: The Case of Travis Moegling and digging deep into the TRUTH about the Port Townsend Police and Who they Discriminate against Who They Beat.

Did the attack on Travis Moegling have anything to do with a Real Estate Vendetta or City Officials?  Was there anything to do with "Planning", Commissioners or those who wanted to discredit Travis Moegling?

"UPDATE: Travis Moegling who was arrested, tased and repeatedly punched by Port Townsend Police in June because he didn't have ID as a passenger in a car and who broke no laws had all the "Charges" dismissed by the Court this week as it was determined to be an unlawful seizure and unconstitutional arrest.

The Prosecutors office has indicated they will be appealing the Court decision to a higher Court. After speaking to an attorney in Seattle who handles appeals in Washington Supreme Court regularly and many cases that come out of Jefferson County Courts, he stated that this Prosecutor's office appeals more cases than any other jurisdiction in the State of Washington!

This is a troubling fact and is very clear that our local judicial system wastes huge amounts of tax dollar funds on their vindictive witch hunts. Even more troubling is the conduct of Judge Landes, who appeared to assist the Prosecutor in finding any reason for an Appeal and did so from the Bench and who also told the police involved in this violent incident that even though they acted inappropriately and beyond policy they "did a good job" Our local Court System is BROKEN and the people of Port Townsend and Jefferson County deserve better! Let's not take our Eyes off the NEXT election and replace Tyranny with better civil servants who respect due process and rule of law!"

Posted on Port Townsend Brutality Facebook In Feb.
http://www.facebook.com/porttownsend.brutality?notif_t=friend_confirmed

Travis Moegling - Port Townsend Police Brutality

"This tasing incident has become a decimation of character. Whether the police were wrong or Travis was wrong is really for none of us to decide. What angers me the most is the character smearing that is going on. You cannot judge a man by one video and an article that was clearly written in favor of the police department. People should think before they speak such harsh words about a person and a ...situation they know very little about.

There is no law against going out for your 20 year reunion. The group was even responsible enough to have a designated drive. And you cannot judge a person by the way they respond to an attack while under the influence of alcohol and while being tased and beaten. Like Kim Meehan-Roulst said, you have that many volts running through you and see what comes out of your mouth…

If you read what the Leader and Peninsula Daily news are printing and you know Travis personally, I think you will agree that they are attacking this man’s character.

These are Travis's words regarding his recent tasing incident with the PT police department. “What's more disturbing to me is the character assassination going on. Stoked for those that are telling it straight! THANK YOU!!!!”

Here is what I know of Travis’s Character:

He has an awesome work ethic and a drive to excel. He has dreams and desires and he is willing to reach and stretch for them. He will not stand by while someone else is in need. He is kind-hearted, loving, brave and caring. He is extremely generous with his time and money. He is sure of himself and what he stands for. He is calm in spirit, content, happy, honest, patient and sensitive. He is trustworthy.

He stands firm on his beliefs and finds no shame in speaking about them. He unconditionally loves and encourages his children and gives them the support they need to excel. You may say this looks nothing like the man in the video or the man described in the papers. And that is my point!!!! His Character has been attacked and he has been made out to be a hardened criminal and trouble maker, which he is not.

If you know Travis Moegling, please post on one of the forums. Regardless of what you think of the tasing, give your testament as to his character. Travis needs some character witnesses on there and who better to give those than his friends and family that have known him for years.
Carissa Throop"

Source and More
http://www.facebook.com/porttownsend.brutality?notif_t=friend_confirmed

Walking Tour and Snow Pics

http://porttownsendmedia.com/onthebeat.php?categories=Walking%20Tour%20-%20Port%20Townsend

Travel to Port Townsend without a Car

http://www.ptguide.com/transportation-a-travel/general-info/from-seatac-without-car

Port Townsend News - Port Townsend Paper - PT AirWatchers -

"PORT TOWNSEND — Five environmental groups are proceeding with their appeal against Port Townsend Paper Corp.’s ongoing biomass project before the state Court of Appeals.

No Biomass Burn, the Olympic Environmental Council, the Olympic Forest Coalition, the World Temperate Rainforest Network and PT AirWatchers will file their first supporting brief by mid-July in an effort to get Port Townsend Paper to prepare an environmental impact statement on the project, Gretchen Brewer of PT AirWatchers said Tuesday.

The groups, which filed the notice of appeal May 9, are challenging an order entered April 11 by Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee that said further environmental review is unnecessary.

The $55 million project, expected to be completed next year, will expand the plant’s biomass facility to a 24-megawatt plant.

Brewer said in an earlier statement: “It is irresponsible to the community to allow the project to be built without a clear understanding of what it will do to our health, our forests, our roads, our waters.”

Brewer said the “ultra-fine” particulates that are produced by the burning of biomass — wood waste — for steam and electricity often lead to increased asthma, heart attacks and strokes.

“These are serious issues that need to be addressed,” she said.

Such particles are not specifically regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Chuck Madison, vice president of human resources for Port Townsend Paper, said Tuesday “there has been no recent progress” in the biomass project."

Source of Port Townsend News
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120613/news/306139993/biomass-appeal-proceeding-in-port-townsend