LANE COUNTY AREA
SPRAY SCHEDULE
NEWS
B Y R YA N M O L O N E Y
‘All of these hardworking
people are in danger when
this product runs through
their livelihood and it can
wipe them out in a matter
of seconds.’
Oregon Department of Transportation
is spraying roadsides. Call 503-986-
3010 to talk with a vegetation
management coordinator or call 1-888-
996-8080 for recent herbicide
application information. Hwys. I-5, 36,
99, 105 and 126 were recently sprayed.
New Growth LLC, 541-973-1951,
plans to hire JR Helicopters, 509-452-
3300, to aerially spray clopyralid,
imazapyr, glyphosate, sulfometuron
methyl,
metsulfuron
methyl,
aminopyralid, W. E. B. Oil, Hi-Light, MSO
Concentrate, Super Spread MSO and/or
Grounded on 182.5 acres east of
Siltcoos Lake and near West Fork Indian
Creek. See ODF notification 2016-781-
08533, call Jim Hall at 541-997-8713
with questions.
— J I M N E U , 350 E U G E N E VO L U N T E E R
WORKERS CLEAN UP
AFTER THE MOSIER OIL
TRAIN DERAILMENT
PREVENTING
OIL TRAIN
DISASTERS
Giustina Land & Timber Co., 541-345-
2301, plans to hire Northwest
Reforestation Services LLC, 541-554-
0489, to backpack spray imazapyr,
glyphosate and/or Forest Crop Oil on
17.9 acres at the end of La Lone Road
south of Marcola. See ODF notification
2016-771-08832, call Brian Dally at
541-726-3588 with questions.
PHOTO: MICHAEL O’LEARY
Weyerhaeuser Company, 541-744-
4600, plans to ground spray 581.3
acres in 10 areas west of Lorane and
southeast of Lorane with aminopyralid,
metsulfuron methyl, 2,4-D, atrazine,
clopyralid, glyphosate, hexazinone,
imazapyr, metsulfuron methyl,
sulfometuron methyl, triclopyr,
Crosshair, Foam Buster, Insist 90,
Liberate, MSO Concentrate and/or No
Foam to prepare the sites for replanting.
See ODF notification 2016-781-08626,
call Brian Peterson or Dan Menk at 541-
935-2283 with questions.
month after the oil train fire in Mosier along the Columbia
River, activist groups such as 350 Eugene are upset with
the government’s lack of progress and accountability for
oil train accidents.
In 2008, Congress passed the Rail Safety Improve-
ment Act, which called for stricter railroad safety regulations to
be implemented by the end of 2015. The new regulations have not
been met and the deadline has been extended to 2018.
On June 3, 16 oil tanker cars derailed near the small Oregon
town of Mosier, and four of them caught fire. Mosier School and
between 60 and 70 homes were evacuated. The Federal Department
of Transportation (DOT) did not investigate the accident because
there were no casualties.
“They left it up to the Federal Railroad Administration,” 350
Eugene volunteer Jim Neu says, “which is like putting the fox in
charge of the hen house.”
Earlier this month on the third anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic
oil train explosion that killed 47 people, 350 Eugene hosted a vigil
and procession through downtown Eugene as a part of the “Stop
Oil Trains Week of Action.”
Oil trains pass through Eugene at least once a week, according
A
Weyerhaeuser Company, 744-4600,
plans to aerial/backpack spray 105.2
acres on Hawley Butte near Row River
Rd with aminopyralid, metsulfuron
methyl, clopyralid, glyphosate,
imazapyr, metsulfuron methyl,
sulfometuron methyl, triclopyr and/or
MSO Concentrate. See ODF notification
2016-771-08813, call Tim Meehan at
541-726-3588 with questions.
Eugene St.
to 350 Eugene. The DOT sets a half-mile evacuation radius for train
derailments and a 1-mile blast radius for oil train fires. The Univer-
sity of Oregon, Sacred Heart Medical Center and other businesses,
schools and residents are within the potential blast radius. There are
284 Oregon schools and a total of over 100,000 students in blast
zones, according to a report from advocacy group Stand.
“All of these hardworking people are in danger when this prod-
uct runs through their livelihood, and it can wipe them out in a mat-
ter of seconds,” Neu tells EW.
On July 14, members of Oregon’s congressional delegation, in-
cluding representatives Peter DeFazio, Greg Walden and Earl Blu-
menauer, introduced the Community Protection and Preparedness
Act, which would increase inspections, phase out older and more
dangerous railcars and protect communities.
Also last week, Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden
introduced legislation that would force the National Transportation
Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate every major train derailment
and reduce the amount of volatile gases in the transported crude oil.
“The communities along these train routes shouldn’t be on the
hook for clean up or damages after an accident and spill occurs,”
Congressman Peter DeFazio said in a statement.
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