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Appeal Tribune Wednesday, December 13, 2017 3B Salem locals can weigh in on clean air rules TRACY LOEW SALEM STATESMAN JOURNAL USA TODAY NETWORK The public can weigh in on proposed state rules meant to protect neighborhoods from industrial air pol- lution. Gov. Kate Brown launched the initiative, called Cleaner Air Oregon, in response to public outcry about unchecked cadmium pollution from two glass factories in Southeast Portland. The proposed rules regulate pollution from a public health standpoint. They would require the state Depart- ment of Environmental Quality to consider the cumula- tive impacts of emissions from multiple sources. Facilities would be required to report use of 600 chemicals, including heavy metals, and calculate po- tential risks for people living, working and going to school nearby. Companies would have to reduce pollution levels when health risks exceed targets. More time would be given to companies that can demonstrate financial hardship. Only 80 facilities with the highest health risks would be affected during the first five years. The facilities Dairy Continued from Page 2B thews said. In January 2016 the agency ordered the dairy to submit a new plan for managing its waste, but the dairy never did, according to ODA records. In February 2017, ODA cited the dairy for apply- ing manure to a field with standing water after an inspector who happened to be driving past noticed the violation. On March 9, ODA re- ceived an anonymous complaint alleging the dairy was pumping ma- nure onto its field at dusk during a rainstorm, anoth- er violation. John Volbeda told the inspector he was pumping his manure stor- age lagoon onto the field so it would not overflow. On March 15, an ODA inspector found the la- goon overflowing and waste being pumped onto a grassy area where it flowed directly into Spring Valley Creek. Sam- ples from the flow showed E. coli levels hundreds of times higher than state water quality standards allow. ODA officials told Vol- beda to stop the discharge immediately. Subsequent inspec- tions on March 16, 17, 20 and 21 found the lagoon still running over and ma- nure flowing into the creek. Samples continued to show E. coli levels in ex- cess of state standards in areas off the field and near the creek. Volbeda was told to haul the ma- nure offsite. But further inspec- tions on March 23, 24 and 27 found the lagoons were still too full. On March 29, the Ore- gon Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit al- leging the dairy violated state water pollution laws and the terms of its per- mit. The judgment in the case, issued last month, effectively shut down the dairy. ODA’s Matthews said it’s the first time in his 15 years with the depart- ment that an Oregon dairy has had its permit re- voked. A new operator buys the property John Volbeda dis- solved Volbeda Dairy, his 45-year old company, in September. The $95,480 civil penal- ty, levied against John Volbeda and his defunct company, will be reduced to $47,740 if Volbeda makes minimum monthly payments of $1,990, Mat- thews said. Turley Farms, operat- ed by Brian and Breanna Turley of Dayton, is in the process of buying the property housing the dairy and Willamette Val- ley Cheese. The deal is ex- pected to close in January, Breanna Turley said. Turley Farms has applied to operate a new dairy on the property. It requested to have 1,600 animals, up from 1,210 al- lowed under Volbeda’s permit. Turley Farms has nev- er operated a dairy, Mat- thews said. It owns a num- ber of farms throughout the Willamette Valley and operates a trucking com- pany specializing in trans- porting farm commodi- Bullseye Glass is suspected of releasing toxins in Portland. ASSOCIATED PRESS have not yet been identified. Written comments on the initiative will be accepted through 4 p.m. Dec. 22. To comment, visit www.ore- gon.gov/deq/Regulations/rulemaking/Pages/ccleane- rair2017.aspx. ties and waste. The company plans to truck much of the dairy waste to other farm fields. The milk will be sold to Darigold, Breanna Turley said. The company also will dispose of the creamery waste – about 9,900 gal- lons of wastewater and 1,200 gallons of whey each week – for Willamette Val- ley Cheese, which Rod Volbeda will continue op- erating. ODA is accepting pub- lic comments on the pro- posal through Dec. 8. There are no state or federal regulations pro- hibiting cheesemakers from making false claims about the source of their milk or from using the term “farmstead,” Katie Bray, executive director of the Oregon Cheese Guild, said. But the American Cheese Society, of which Willamette Valley Cheese is a member, allows the name only for cheese made with milk from the farmer’s own herd, on the farm where the animals are raised. Those rules would be especially important for contest entries, Rebecca Orozco, the society’s com- munications director, said. Willamette Valley Cheese last won an Amer- ican Cheese Society award for farmstead cheese in 2015. In an interview Tues- day, Darren Volbeda said that cheese entered into contests is aged for at least two years. "The ones in the compe- tition were old enough to be farmstead," he said. The Oregon Cheese Guild’s Bray said she un- Public Notice The Willamette Valley Cheese tasting room was at one point a popular tourist destination where guests could try the dairy’s award-winning cheeses. MOLLY J. SMITH / STATESMAN JOURNAL derstands why Volbeda had not updated his web site, labels or marketing materials. Cheesemakers buy la- bels by the thousands, to get a good deal, she said. “I would imagine if the labels still say that, he’d be using up the old ones,” she said. “They make beautiful, delicious cheeses. And they’re good people. I know Rod would like to be farmstead again.” The Guild’s website also called Willamette Valley Cheese "farm- stead" and described Vol- beda's "feed-to-cheese" philosophy. Bray said she hadn’t updated the site for more than two years and changed the listing after the Statesman Journal questioned it Dec. 1. Tami Kerr, executive director of the Oregon Dairy Farmers Associa- tion, said she couldn’t comment specifically on the Volbedas’ violations. But she said heavy rains last winter made manure management dif- ficult for dairies across " "- # #& && '#,& /#+& "- #! JOBS.STATESMANJOURNAL.COM Western Oregon. “As an industry, we have very high standards and our producers take that responsibility very seriously,” Kerr said. “Ev- ery dairy farmer in Ore- gon understands what our regulations are. That’s a part of doing business.” tloew@statesmanjour- nal.com, 503-399-6779 or follow at Twitter.com/Tra- cy_Loew Notice of Self Storage Sale Please take notice Ab- solute Storage LLC – Salem located at 2605 Hawthorne Ave. NE, Salem, OR 97301 in- tends to hold an auc- tion of the goods stored in the following units in default for non- payment of rent. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.bid13.com on 12/21/2017 at 12:00PM. Unless stated other- wise the description of the contents are house- hold goods and furnish- ings. Frederic J. Herburger #301; Bren- da Perez-Gonzalez #332; Beatrice S. Savedra #533; Jerry Darwin Cromwell Jr. #635. All property is being stored at the above self-storage fa- cility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and con- ditions apply. See manager for details. 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