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Brinnon boat owner is fined
Lending nature a helping hand
Penalty follows sinking of vessel BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Aaron Brooks, center, supervises a Washington Conservation Corps crew during the construction of a stone diversion dam and a deepened channel on the Dungeness River near the Woodcock Road bridge.
Crews work to aid salmon in Dungeness River With record-low flows, project aims to enable journey BY ARWYN RICE AND LEAH LEACH PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
SEQUIM — An industrious crew of 18 young adults worked last week to raise water levels in areas of the Dunge-
ness River, building stone diversion dams and clearing channels to allow salmon to reach their spawning grounds.
State grant An emergency state grant paid for equipment and crews to ease upriver travel for the salmon, including two crews from the Washington Conservation Corps. The water in the Dungeness River is at a record low just as masses of pink salmon and chinook are expected to enter the river.
The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe and state Fish and Wildlife are working to create channels of deeper water to allow the fish passage. The state Department of Ecology provided a $74,430 grant to the Jamestown S’Klallam for the work, the state announced Monday. “It’s pretty exciting news. We will be able to purchase some equipment to do this work on the river,” said Scott Chitwood, natural resources director for the tribe. TURN
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BRINNON — The state Department of Ecology has fined the owner of Avalon, a 1929 wooden purse seiner, $16,244 after it sank and spilled diesel near Brinnon on Sept. 14. The owner, Randall Schleich, 56, of Brinnon, said he plans to partially contest the ruling, although he said he doesn’t have the resources to hire legal counsel and accepts responsibility for the spill. “I am going to contest it because I can’t afford to pay it,” he said. “They can get a judgment against me, take all my property and force me into foreclosure, but I’d like them to give me the opportunity to pay this off.” Schleich said that if he can use his remaining resources to acquire a new boat, he could generate enough money to make regular payments.
Penalty, cleanup costs The fine includes a $5,000 penalty and $11,244 to cover spill cleanup costs. Ecology’s penalty can be appealed within 30 days to the Pollution Control Hearings Board. In addition, the state Department of Natural Resources is seeking $123,446 from Schleich for recovery of costs to raise the vessel, tow it to Port Townsend and have it dismantled. TURN
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Quilcene water facility study needs sponsor Funds available if agency appears BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
QUILCENE — Money allocated to fund a feasibility study to build a community wastewater treatment facility in Quilcene can be released as soon as a government sponsor steps forward, the Jefferson County administrator said. Jefferson County commissioners authorized $100,000 for the project from the county’s Public Infrastructure Fund in March 2012. Since then, the money has remained in the county coffers awaiting a formal request from an authorized government agency to
commission the study, according to county Administrator Philip Morley. None of the three public agencies identified by Morley as qualified is now willing to sponsor the study. The Port of Port Townsend, which sponsored the initial request, cannot manage the study because it does not directly benefit port property, port Director Larry Crockett said. The Jefferson County Public Utility District is a qualified agency, but administering a grant as a pass-through is not part of its
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charter, according to PUD Manager Jim Parker. “They can petition us to come in and build a sewer, and we will do it for them as long as there’s local support,” Parker said. “We don’t administer grants. It’s not our job.” As for the county, Morley said: “I’m not saying that we won’t do this. I’m not sure that the county is the most appropriate agency.” The matter came to the forefront last week when Quilcene resident Linda Herzog approached Port of Port Townsend commissioners with a request to contact the county for CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS the status of the funds and ask why Linda Herzog, left, addresses the Port of Port Townsend they have not been released.
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