Friday, July 23, 2021
CapitalPress.com 5
Environmentalists plan to fi le
Washington state sets new rule
lawsuit over Idaho’s new wolf law for farm work in wildfi re smoke
By KEITH RIDLER
Associated Press
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
BOISE — Environmental groups have
notifi ed Idaho Gov. Brad Little and other
state offi cials of their intent to fi le a law-
suit over an expanded wolf-killing law they
believe will result in the illegal killing of
federally protected grizzly bear and lynx.
The Center for Biological Diversity,
Western Watersheds Project and others on
Monday gave a required 60-day notice of
their intent to sue if Idaho offi cials don’t
prohibit all hunting, trapping and snaring in
grizzly bear and lynx habitat.
For lynx, the conditions could cover most
of Idaho except for the southwestern por-
tion of the state. For grizzly bears, the areas
would include portions of northern, cen-
tral and eastern Idaho. Wolves are found in
roughly the northern two-thirds of the state.
In May, the Republican governor signed
into law a measure lawmakers said could
lead to killing 90% of the state’s 1,500
wolves through expanded trapping and hunt-
ing. It took eff ect July 1. Lawmakers who
sponsored the measure, backed by hunters
and the state’s ranching sector but heavily
criticized by environmental advocates, said
numerous times that the state is allowed to
cut the number of wolves down to 150 before
federal authorities would take over manage-
ment of the species. They said reducing the
wolf population would reduce attacks on
livestock and boost deer and elk herds.
“Lynx, grizzly bears, and gray wolves all
inhabit similar habitat types and geographic
ranges in Idaho, and wolf hunting and trap-
ping therefore frequently occur in areas in
which lynx and grizzlies are also present,”
the groups said in their letter. “Moreover,
because snare and other authorized means
of hunting and trapping are imprecise tools,
they pose a substantial risk to non-target spe-
cies, including lynx and grizzly bears.”
A primary change in the new law allows
the state to hire private contractors to kill
wolves and provides more money for state
Washington farmwork-
ers must be provided with
smoke-fi ltering
masks
when air quality reaches the
threshold that federal regu-
lators consider “unhealthy”
for the public, the state
Department of Labor and
Industries says.
The emergency rule
went into eff ect July 16,
though L&I investigators
won’t begin enforcing it
until July 23, department
spokeswoman Dina Lor-
raine said.
L&I pulled back from an
earlier proposal to enforce
a mask rule at an air-qual-
ity level the Environmental
Protection Agency consid-
ers acceptable, except for
people unusually sensitive
to smoke.
Instead, L&I adopted
the standard used by Cali-
fornia, the only other state
that regulates farmworkers
laboring in wildfi re smoke.
The department will revisit
the threshold as it writes a
rule for next wildfi re sea-
son, Lorraine said.
Gov. Jay Inslee ordered
L&I to write a rule last fall
as smoke clouded skies
and air quality deteriorated
from “unhealthy” to “very
unhealthy” to “hazardous”
on the EPA scale in places
across the state.
L&I has yet to pro-
pose a permanent rule. The
emergency rule will be in
place for the rest of the fi re
season.
The rule’s main pro-
visions kick in when the
federal air-quality index
reaches 151 for particu-
late matter, the equivalent
of 173 on a separate state
air-quality index.
At 151, the color-coded
EPA index turns red. Some
members of the public may
Alan Kanaga/Capital Press
offi cials to hire the contractors.
The law also expands the way wolves can
be hunted and killed.
The state Department of Fish and Game
reported in February that the wolf popula-
tion has held at about 1,500 the past two
years. The numbers were derived by using
remote cameras and other methods.
Idaho Cattle Association Executive Vice
President Cameron Mulrony told Capital
Press the new law provides needed addi-
tional tools to control wolves, and “will get
the ball rolling.”
The statute could be amended and admin-
istrative rules revised, both with legislative
approval, later if necessary, he said.
Cattle group: CAFO legislation misguided
LEGAL
PURSUANT TO
ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2012 TOYOTA RAV 4 LL
VIN = JTMBF4DV6CD043923
Amount due on lien $1435.00
Reputed owner(s)
DANIEL J HASS
LEGAL
PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder,
on 07/26/2021. The sale will be
held at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2015 HYUNDAI SONATA 4DR
VIN = KMHEC4A48FA133786
Amount due on lien $1735.00
Reputed owner(s)
WILLIAM A & KERA L O BOAZ
FIFTH THIRD BANK NATL ASSOC
LEGAL
PURSUANT TO
ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2005 CHALLENGER 34FT MH
VIN = 5B4MP67G043392393
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
ROBERT BALDWIN
WELLS FARGO BANK NA
LEGAL
PURSUANT TO
ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2012 V W GTI 4DR
VIN = WVWGD7AJ1CW236225
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
LUIS FERNANDO NIEVES GONZALES
MARION/POLK SCHOOLS C.U
LEGAL
PURSUANT TO
ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2013 TOYOTA RAV 4 UT
VIN = JTMBFREV8DD043693
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
ANGELIQUE J & WILLIAM D HOPSON
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE C.U
LEGAL
PURSUANT TO
ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2019 NISSAN SENTRA 4DR
VIN = 3N1AB7AP7KY284046
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
DANIEL HERNANDEZ ZAMORA
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA
Farms groups said L&I
was overstepping its juris-
diction by proposing a stan-
dard for working adults
based on public health
warnings for sensitive
groups.
Washington State Tree
Fruit Association President
Jon DeVaney said he was
pleased L&I followed Cali-
fornia’s rule. “It makes sense
to follow that standard,” he
said.
Growers already were
preparing for wildfi re
smoke, but now have a new
set of regulations to learn,
DeVaney said. “Rolling
out rules when people are
at their busiest is a distrac-
tion,” he said.
United Farm Work-
ers organizer Elizabeth
Strater said L&I should
have stuck with the lower
threshold.
Farmwork-
ers inhale dust and chem-
icals, and smoke adds to
the occupational risks, she
said.
“These folks aren’t just
going to and from their
car,” Strater said. “I think
the jump to 151 is prob-
ably arbitrary. We know
there are risks at lower
levels than that.”
WORLDWIDE LEADER IN SPREADING TECHNOLOGY
Designed to meet the needs of any farming or industrial operation.
®
PS 200 Series ProSpread Rear-Discharge Spreaders
A SPREADER FOR EVERY OPERATION
Our innovative, high-quality spreaders provide superior performance with years of low-maintenance service.
S253258-1
S253260-1
S253255-1
S253257-1
S253259-1
ranchers. It would restore
mandatory country-of-or-
igin labeling requirements
for beef and pork and pro-
hibit USDA from labeling
foreign, imported meat as
“Product of USA.”
Strengthening the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act and
clarifying labeling are also
part of USDA’s eff orts, as
is expanding processing
capacity and opportunities
with a focus on small and
mid-sized packers.
NCBA has long been on
the forefront of issues such
as labeling, competitive and
transparent markets and a
more resilient supply chain,
Lane said.
“While it is positive to
see some of those key pro-
ducer concerns receiving
attention from two new
members of the Senate and
House Agriculture Commit-
tees, we’re also frustrated
to see them buried in such a
sprawling misguided pack-
age,” he said.
The
legislation
by
Booker and Khanna would
also hold corporate integra-
tors responsible for pollu-
tion and other harm caused
by CAFOs and provide a
voluntary buyout for farm-
ers who want to transition
out of operating a CAFO.
have ill eff ects, while sensi-
tive groups may have seri-
ous illnesses, according to
the EPA.
At that point, farmwork-
ers must move indoors or
away from the smoke, or
be given federally approved
N95 masks, according to
the rule.
For this wildfi re season,
KN95 masks are accept-
able. Wearing the employ-
er-provided mask is up to
the worker.
Employers must train
workers about the rule,
though that requirement
won’t be enforced until
Aug. 2 because training
materials must still be trans-
lated into Spanish, Lorraine
said.
L&I last month fl oated
triggering the mask rule
when the federal air-qual-
ity index reaches 69, or
101 on the state scale.
The rule would have been
roughly twice as strict as
California’s.
At 69, the air could be
hazardous for the young,
the elderly and people with
respiratory or other health
problems, but is acceptable
for most people, according
to the EPA.
S253254-1
Sen.
Cory
Booker,
D-N.J., reintroduced a bill
July 15 to clamp a morato-
rium on new and expanding
large confi ned animal feed-
ing operations and phase out
the largest CAFOs by 2040.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Ca-
lif., introduced a companion
bill in the House.
The action would per-
tain to beef and dairy cattle,
swine, poultry and horses.
The lawmakers said the
legislation would “create a
level playing fi eld for inde-
pendent family farmers and
transform the broken system
built by multinational meat-
packing companies.
“Large
multinational
meatpackers, because of
their buying power and
size, are putting our food
system at risk and harm-
ing everyone along the sup-
ply chain,” Booker said in a
press release.
Booker also called for
an immediate transition
to a more sustainable and
humane system.
“An important fi rst step
is ending our reliance on
huge factory farms and
investing in a system that
focuses on resilient and
regenerative production,”
he said.
National
Cattlemen’s
Beef Association called the
legislation misguided and
in stark contrast to USDA’s
plan to accomplish fair,
transparent and competitive
markets laid out last week
by Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack.
USDA’s path off ers prac-
tical, long-term progress for
cattle producers, said Ethan
Lane, NCBA vice president
of government aff airs.
In contrast, the leg-
islation introduced by
Booker and Khanna “is
the kind of broad, jumbled
mess you get when you’re
more focused on Twit-
ter and talking points than
the sound legislating rural
Americans need,” he said.
He pointed out that 95%
of cattle raised in the U.S.
visit a feedyard, and feeding
operations are not antitheti-
cal to small, family-owned
farms and ranches.
“They’re part and parcel
of the same symbiotic sup-
ply chain that produces the
most nutritious, sustainable
beef in the world,” he said.
The legislation would
also strengthen the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act to
protect family farmers and
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
Capital Press File
A farmworker wears a bandana as protection against
wildfi re smoke in a Washington orchard. The state De-
partment of Labor and Industries set an emergency
rule July 16 for working in smoke.
1200 Series EasySpread
Rear-Discharge Spreaders
®
California
2000 Series ProPush
Rear-Discharge Spreaders
®
®
Oregon
Papé Machinery
Fall River Mills
Fortuna
Papé Machinery
Cornelius, Madras,
Merrill, Tangent
Boyd’s Implement
Tillamook
®
PXL 100 Series ProSpread
SL 100 Series ProTwin Slinger KuhnNorthAmerica.com
Rear-Discharge Spreaders
Side-Discharge Spreaders
®
Washington
Farmer’s Equipment
Burlington
Lynden
Papé Machinery
Chehalis, Lynden,
Mount Vernon,
Quincy, Sumner,
Yakima
Central Machinery Sales
Pasco
Sunnyside
Visit your local KUHN livestock dealer today!
INVEST IN QUALITY
®
www.kuhn.com
S228116-1
