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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Thursday, May 14, 2015 Oregon Senate tries new strategy to tighten medical marijuana limits By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon ODZPDNHUVDUHWU\LQJDQHZ strategy to push through tighter limits on medical marijuana, after a joint House-Senate committee ZRUNLQJ RQ WKH LVVXH declared an impasse earlier WKLVZHHN Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, announced Wednesday the FUHDWLRQ RI D QHZ 6HQDWH FRPPLWWHH WR ZRUN RQ WKH issue. /DZPDNHUV ZDQW WR FXW off diversion of medical marijuana into the black market, and they spent WKH ODVW PRQWK ZRUNLQJ RQ legislation to track and regu- late production of medical cannabis. The House-Senate FRPPLWWHH LV WDVNHG ZLWK PDNLQJDQ\OHJLVODWLYH¿[HV necessary to prepare for the July 1 legalization of recreational pot for adults in Oregon under Measure ZKLFKYRWHUVDSSURYHGLQ November. +RZHYHU WKH MRLQW Pamplin Media Group Leaders in the Oregon Senate are trying a new strate- gy to push through tighter rules on medial marijuana. committee has not yet passed any bills and it dead- locked Monday night over a SURYLVLRQWRDOORZFLW\FRXQ- cils and county commissions to ban medical marijuana dispensaries and processors. House Democrats supported DQ DPHQGPHQW WKDW ZRXOG automatically refer any EDQ WR YRWHUV ZKLOH +RXVH Republicans and senators from both parties cast their votes for an amendment WKDW ZRXOG VHW RXW D FLWL]HQ initiative process for voters to challenge the bans. The opt-out provision is important to Republican ODZPDNHUV DQG OREE\LVWV for city and county govern- PHQWV 7ZHQW\VL[ FRXQWLHV and 142 cities in Oregon have adopted moratoriums on medical pot dispensaries, but those expired May 1 XQGHU WKH ODZ WKDW DXWKR- UL]HGGLVSHQVDULHV7KHQHZ Senate committee created Wednesday is comprised of Judge to consider proposals for Hanford’s future RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has agreed to consider all three proposals to modify a court-enforced cleanup agreement for +DQIRUG ZKLFK ZDV VLJQHG in 2010. The U.S. Department of Energy and the states of Oregon and Washington asked the federal court to intervene in the case in fall 2014, The Tri-City Herald reported. Judge Rosanna Malouf Peterson of Spokane said LQ DQ RUGHU ¿OHG 0RQGD\ WKDW DOO WKUHH SDUWLHV VKRZHG FRQGLWLRQV KDG VLJQL¿FDQWO\ FKDQJHG DQG WKDW ZDUUDQWV PRGL¿FDWLRQ RI WKH FRQVHQW decree. 6KHZLOOORRNDWWKHVSHFL¿F requests from each agency DQG OLNHO\ ZLOO VFKHGXOH DQ evidence hearing. 7KH FRQVHQW GHFUHH ZDV signed in 2010 to resolve a ODZVXLW EURXJKW E\ :DVK- ington state against the Energy Department over deadlines it looked like the GHSDUWPHQWZRXOGQRWEHDEOH to meet. WKH ¿YH VHQDWRUV IURP WKH House-Senate committee: Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Port- land, Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, Sen. Lee Beyer, '6SULQJ¿HOG 6HQ )OR\G Prozanski, D-Eugene and Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseberg. Burdick and Kruse already introduced a bill Monday that could soon be assigned to the committee. 6HQDWH %LOO LV HVVHQ- tially the same bill the joint committee crafted to regulate medical marijuana, but it contains the city and county opt-out proposal ZKLFK WKH VHQDWRUV DQG House Republicans support. So far, the Oregon House GRHVQRWSODQWRIRUPLWVRZQ VHSDUDWHFRPPLWWHHWRZRUN on medical pot regulations. Lindsey O’Brien, a spokes- ZRPDQ IRU +RXVH 6SHDNHU Tina Kotek, said she expects the House-Senate committee ZLOO VWLOO PHHW DV VFKHGXOHG on Monday evening to discuss other policy issues UHODWHG WR 2UHJRQ¶V QHZ recreational pot system. That is the same time the Senate committee might meet. Baker County inmate died when meth baggie burst in stomach )XWXUHRI*HRORJ\'HSWUHVWVRQ'$6UHYLHZ By STEVE FORRESTER Capital Bureau “We had DOGAMI staff upset and con- cerned, and some staff has resigned because they want more assurance of their paycheck.” SALEM — The future of the state Department of Geology and Mineral Indus- WULHV'2*$0,ZDLWVRQD UHYLHZ E\ WKH 'HSDUWPHQW of Administrative Services. The results of that investi- gation are expected Friday. ,QWKHZDNHRIWKHGHSDU- ture of Executive Director Vicki S. McConnell, suspi- FLRQV RI ¿VFDO PLVPDQDJH- ment arose. McConnell left for a position in Colorado as executive director of the Geological Society of America. “We kept having to cut staff,” said Larry Givens, chairman of DOGAMI’s governing board, of 0LOWRQ)UHHZDWHU ³:KHQ Vicki left, Acting Exec- utive Director Ian Madin GLVFRYHUHG VRPH LVVXHV ZH couldn’t overcome. I told — Larry Givens, chairman of DOGAMI’s governing board Givens ,DQ ZH QHHGHG D FRPSOHWH audit.” Allison Ryan, informa- tion specialist at DOGAMI, described the problem. “Operators of smaller mining sites provide cash bonds to ensure reclamation of land,” she said. “Those funds have all been held in the main pot for our Mineral Land Regulation & Reclamation program, instead of going into a separate pot. Steps are being taken to correct this as part RIWKH'$6UHYLHZWKDW¶VLQ progress.” A legislator close to the DOGAMI issue suggests that McConnell spent funds WKDWZHUHLQUHVHUYH²SDLG by minerals companies as a bond against performance on their permits. 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