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Oly Moley! Those Girls Can Skate!
PHOTO COURTESY OF JULES DOYLE
In roller derby, skaters’ opinions are more eclectic than if you were to
feed all the United Nations delegates, Country Fair regulars and Florida’s
citizenry a pile of acid and ask them to describe heaven. But, in my travels
within the sisterhood, I’ve found that all have heard of the Oly Rollers, and
they all know this team from Olympia, Wash., could destroy them.
Consequently, Oly, currently ranked #1 in the world, has a hard time
finding opponents. Enter our Western Region #11-ranked Emerald City
Skatesaphrenics. Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds, the
Skatesaphrenics agreed to face an opponent sporting three women who
will skate for Team USA in this year’s roller derby World Cup.
Believe it or not, the Skatesaphrenics pulled off a victory — a moral
victory — during the Aug. 27 bout. They lost 268-30, but they were able to
achieve small goals. Oly and Team USA blocker Sassy remarked on the
Skatesaphrenics’ ability to maintain their composure under pressure. Other
skaters on the businesslike Oly team expressed jealousy of the
Skatesaphrenics’ ability to have fun.
The Skatesaphrenics’ top blocker for the game was Ophelia Melons, who
literally hit the Oly skaters so hard her numbers rubbed off on them. Bullet
Brains led the Skatesaphrenics with 16 points. Hard Times topped all Oly
scorers with 77.— James Warmels
Emerald City’s Bullet Brains chases after
Oly Rollers, Atomatrix, a former world champ speed skater
Eugene Sunday Streets is a
free community event opening
the streets for people to walk,
bike, roll, and dance along a
three mile route, connecting
Eugene’s Downtown and
Whiteaker neighborhoods, and
features two activity centers at
Campbell Community Center and
Washington Jefferson Park.
LEARN MORE:
www.eugenesundaystreets.org
VOLUNTEER:
sundaystreets@ci.eugene.or.us
SENECA SEEKS
AIR PERMIT
Seneca Sustainable Energy, the Eugene
biomass cogeneration plant under fire
from social justice and environmental
advocates for air pollution and logging
issues, has filed for another air contaminant
discharge permit with the Lane Regional
Air Protection Agency. The new permit
claims the biomass facility and the sawmill
are a single source of hazardous air
pollutants, while another permit with
LRAPA for criteria pollutants has the
biomass plant and the sawmill as separate
facilities.
According to an LRAPA review report,
the reason for the new permit is that the
agency issued a notice of noncompliance
to Seneca Sawmill in April 2011 for
failing to submit a timely renewal
application for its permit that expired Jan.
25. That notice of noncompliance was one
of four noncompliance notices the facility
has received. In addition to renewing its
permit, Seneca is also applying to add a
new dry kiln.
In the LRAPA staff report, the agency
says that the biomass plant and the sawmill
are a single source for hazardous air
pollutants under Title III of the Clean Air
Act because the facilities are “contiguous”
and “under common ownership or control”
and “are therefore are a single source
under the definition of ‘stationary source’
in LRAPA’s Title 12.”
However, when it comes to criteria
pollutants such as particulate matter, the
sawmill and the biomass plant are permitted
as two separate facilities because they do
not share the same two-digit standard
industrial classifications (SIC) codes.
The question arises of whether Seneca
could be the subject of a citizen lawsuit
under the Clean Air Act. Some have
speculated that under the act the biomass
incinerator is in fact a support facility for
the mill, and the combined facilities emit
enough particulate matter to trigger a new
source review under the Clean Air Act.
If the facilities were considered the same
stationary source for particulate matter, it
which would put them over the 15 ton
increase that would trigger a new source
review and significantly stricter standards.
Merlyn Hough of LRAPA says, “The
different titles of the federal 1990 Clean Air
Act (and subsequent case law and guidance)
consider adjacent contiguous sources a
single source for purposes of regulating
hazardous air pollutants even if they are
required to be separate sources for purposes
of regulating criteria air pollutants.”
He says, “The SIC classification is one
of multiple tests for determining if the
facilities are two sources for criteria
pollutant regulation purposes.”
Hough adds that for permitting purposes,
the application of the series of tests
(including SICs) resulted in a determination
that two permits were appropriate.
According to information Oregon Toxics
Alliance, which has fought the biomass
plant, gleaned from the permits, the plant
will release 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide,
185.61 tons of nitrogen oxides, 200.89 tons
of carbon monoxide, 1.7 tons of
formaldehyde and more than 13 tons each
of PM 10 and PM 2.5 (particulate matter)
over the course of a year. Seneca is just
outside Eugene’s city limits and is not
subject to the Eugene Toxics Right-to-
Know ordinance.
There will be a public hearing on the
Seneca permit 5:30 pm Thursday, Sept. 15
at the LRAPA Meeting Room. All written
comments must be received by 5 pm on
September 16 by email to Colleen Wagstaff
at: colleen@lrapa.org or by letter to
LRAPA, 1010 Main Street, Springfield,
Oregon 97477. For more info go to http://
wkly.ws/13s — Camilla Mortensen
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON JEFFERSON PARK: UO PEDAL POWERED STAGE
12:00-1:00 Kingdom County
1:30-2:30
Dream Dusters Experience
3:00-4:00
Conjugal Visitors
1:00-1:30
Alseny Yansane’s Won Tan Nara Drum
2:30-3:00
& Dance Ensemble featuring Ibrahim Sylla
1:40-2:10
African Dance Class
3:00-4:00
Susan B. Stack of Fusion Movement Beginning Hoop Class
12:00-3:00 Bike Safety Rodeo
3:00-3:30
Family Ride
3:00-4:00
Bicycle Drag Races
12:00-4:00 Slacklining brought to you by REI
Sunday September 18 |12:00-4:00 p.m.
CAMPBELL COMMUNITY CENTER: MAIN STAGE
12:00-2:00 Riffle
2:00-3:00
Line Dancing with a DJ
3:00-4:00
DJ Shawn
1:00-2:00
Guided History Walk of east Skinner Butte w/ Tyler Burgess
1:00-2:00
Free Strong Bones Strong Body! Exercise Class
2:00-3:00
Free Yoga
3:00-4:00
Free Tai Chi
12:00-4:00 Adaptive Recreation Bike Fleet demos – prearranged
rentals can pick up their bikes from the Adaptive
staff at Campbell. Call 541-682-5311 to arrange a rental.
Eugene Sunday Streets is brought to you by:
SKINNER BUTTE PARK: LAMB COTTAGE
1:00-2:00
Arthritis Fitness class by City of Eugene Aquatics
12:00-4:00 Games & activities for kids, minute to win it
UO OUTDOOR
PROGRAM
trips events gear
8 SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
EUGENE WEEKLY
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