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Vol. CXXIII, No. 73
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Port of Tacoma awarded $600K EPA clean-air grant Posted online Mon., April 14 Photo Courtesy Tacoma Rail Port of Tacoma officials announced Monday the organization has been awarded a $600,000 grant to improve air quality on Tacoma's tide flats. The grant is administered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) program, which aims to reduce carbon emissions by retrofitting, replacing, or repowering diesel engines. In total, $4.2 million in grants were awarded to six ports in Washington, California, Maryland, and Virginia. The Port of Tacoma will use its grant to partner with Tacoma Rail to repower or replace a locomotive with a cleaner engine and idle-reduction technology to reduce emissions by more than 50 per cent. Similarly, the Port of Seattle was awarded a $1.2 million grant to provide incentives to replace 40 older heavy-duty drayage trucks with trucks powered by 2010 or newer certified engines. The project will supplement the Port of Seattle's existing truck replacement program. "Ports are the main gateway for U.S. trade and are critical to our country's economic growth, yet the communities surrounding ports face serious environmental challenges," said U.S. Environmental Protec-
RSVP today for RevitalizeWA historic preservation conference Posted online Mon., April 14 Image Courtesy Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Registration is open for RevitalizeWA, an annual conference organized by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, the Washington Main Street Program, and the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation that provides resources, workshops, and information for individuals and organizations interested in revitalizing historic communities in Washington State. This year's three-day conference will include a range of seminar and workshop topics, such as creating dynamic walking tours, accessing historic newspapers online, activating historic al-
leys and main streets, and identifying economic development tools for historic downtowns. The event's keynote speaker is author, photographer, and attorney Charles R. Wolfe, whose interests include the use of sustainable development techniques and innovative land use regulatory tools on behalf of both the private and public sectors. The event will be held on Tues., May 6 through Thurs., May 8, at the Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel in Wenatchee, Wash. Event sponsors include Swenson Say Faget, Western Waterproofing Company, SHKS Architects, Bassetti Architects, RAFN Company, and Site Story. More information is available online at preservewa.org.
tion Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy. "Today, we demonstrate that, through collaboration and innova-
tion, we can achieve the goals of economic growth and environmental stewardship."
Tacoma Power: Cowlitz River fisheries public meeting April 24
Posted online Mon., April 14 Tacoma Power will host a public meeting next week to share information about its fisheries and hatcheries programs for the Cowlitz River. Attendees will learn about planned activities for implementing the Cowlitz River Fisheries
& Hatchery Management Plan, as well as the plan’s annual review, hatchery fish production for the river, and salmon and steelhead populations in the river. More than 60 people attended a similar meeting last month and asked questions that will be answered during the meeting
next week. The meeting will be held on Thurs., April 24, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., at Centralia College’s Science Center in Washington Hall (Room 121), located at 701 W. Walnut St. More information is available by e-mailing cowlitz@ci.tacoma.wa.us