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NORTH COAST THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 3A Union Paci¿ c plans to hike Bakken oil shipments through Gorge By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Press CAPITAL THE SALEM — Union Pacif- ic Railroad plans to increase shipments of oil from North Dakota’s Bakken formation through the Columbia River Gorge, according to the Ore- gon Department of Transpor- tation. The notice, which ODOT Rail and Public Transit Divi- sion Administrator Hal Gard said the state received on Thursday, means the railway could increase shipments through the Gorge by as much as 3 million gallons or more per month. Gard told the Oregon Transportation Commis- sion during a brie¿ ng ses- sion Thursday that the state BUREAU had just received notice that morning that Union Paci¿ c planned to haul up to three train loads of Bakken oil per month through the corridor. Under a 2014 order by the U.S. Department of Trans- portation, railways must no- tify state emergency of¿ cials of estimated weekly Bakken oil-by-rail shipments that are 1 million gallons or larger, the equivalent of approximately 35 tank cars. Railways only ¿ le the reports when the vol- ume increases or decreases 25 percent from the previous report. Some thought shipments slackened An Oregon Department of Transportation spokeswoman said earlier this year conven- tion wisdom was that oil-by- rail shipments through Oregon slackened this year, although Burlington Northern Santa )e Railway and Union Paci¿ c trains carried 24,199 carloads of crude oil, natural gas and natural gasoline on Oregon rail lines in 2014. That was a 340 percent increase from 5,491 carloads in 2012, ac- cording to data from ODOT. John Johnson, manager of the transportation agency’s Rail Safety Section, wrote in an email that Union Paci¿ c’s actual weekly estimate ¿ led this week was that between zero and one oil-by-rail shipments of at least 1 million gallons will pass through the Columbia River Gorge. The state Fire Marshal’s Of¿ ce posts the federal notices on its website, but had not post- ed the latest Union Paci¿ c no- tice by Friday afternoon. Gard said during the Oregon Transportation Commission meeting that the increase in Union Paci¿ c oil-by-rail ship- ments will provide an opportu- nity to put into practice the new rules the state adopted over the summer. For example, the state now requires railways to ¿ le quarterly reports on hazardous materials shipments and imme- diately notify ¿ rst responders about “incidents involving haz- ardous materials,” according to ODOT. The state also hired more rail inspectors earlier this year in response to concerns about the oil shipments. ‘Strict safety practices’ Francisco Castillo, a spokes- man for Union Paci¿ c’s western region, said the railway will move up to three “unit trains,” or single commodity trains, of Bakken oil through Oregon, Washington state and Idaho starting as early as this week. Castillo said crude oil account- ed for approximately 1 percent of Union Paci¿ c’s freight car loads in 2014, and roughly 2 percent of the company’s freight shipments through Oregon were oil. Castillo said he could not provide any information on the destination of the Bakken oil shipments or the reason for the increase. “We just transport the com- modity at the request of the cus- tomer,” Castillo said. Castillo said the railway follows “strict safety practices” and “regardless of what we’re hauling, safety is our highest concern.” The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Me- dia Group and Pamplin Media Group. Local woman wins OSU adds distilled spirits teacher, researcher Nurse of the Year By ERIC MORTENSON Capital Press The Daily Astorian Laura Brown from Co- lumbia Memorial Hospi- tal was named the 2015 Nurse of the Year in Wom- en’s Health for Oregon and s outhwest Washington by the March of Dimes during an award ceremony Friday in Portland. Brown is a labor and de- livery nurse and lactation consultant with the hospi- tal’s Family Birthing Center. She was one of 15 Nurse of the Year ¿ nalists employed by the hospital. “We are truly blessed to have a nurse of Laura’s cal- iber among our CMH fam- ily,” said Trece Gurrad, the hospital’s vice president of patient care services. Brown, who joined the hospital in 2006 to establish an inpatient lactation pro- gram, has been instrumen- tal in expanding resources for breastfeeding women in Clatsop County. She has grown the program to in- clude two nurses with phone consultation coverage every day of the week and part- nerships with regional or- ganizations, including Bras- 2Moms and the Northwest Mother’s Milk Bank. Brown makes follow-up phone calls to check in with discharged families and Laura Brown helps them ¿ nd gently used nursing bras at the hospital’s Lactation Program of¿ ce through the Bras2Moms program. Lactating women can also donate breast milk to the Northwest Mother’s Milk Bank through the hos- pital. Brown was also awarded the International Lactation Consultant Association’s Care Award for lactation ser- vices and education in 2011 and 2013. The hospital’s other Nurse of the Year ¿ nalists were Ingrid Boettcher, Col- leen Fletcher, Kendra Gohl, Lisa Harris, Jenny Jacques, Amy Karsten, Shannon Lackey, Rose Larson, Mi- haela Lebo, Jamee Meier, Zachary Melton, Brooke Roberts, Sarah Salerno, and Becky White. Visit us online at www.DailyAstorian.com 3RD AN N U AL Music F est Fundraiser featuring the Knappa Marimba Band S ILEN T AU TIO N • R AFFLES & FR EE R EFR ES HM EN TS SATU RD AY , N O VE M BE R 21 • 5-7PM Sta r of the Sea • 1411 Gra nd Ave., Astoria Adm ission : 2 ca n s of food • N o credit ca rds S PO N S O RED BY CATHO LIC DAUGHTERS O F S T. M ARY Congratulations Aman d a on receiving your paramedic certification. We are proud of you! AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. CALL US TODAY AT 503-861-5554 IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 9-1-1 Am a n d a Fa rm er Pa ra m edic M ed ix Am bu la n ce NEWS TALK FOR THE COAST Providing live a nd loca l new s covera ge every da y Y ou could see it ton igh t, rea d a bout it tom orrow or h ea r it live N O W ! Paul Hughes jokes that he hasn’t caused an accident on the road yet. So far, so good, when you’re accustomed to driving on the left in Great Britain and have to adjust to American traffic patterns. When it comes to mak- ing whiskey, vodka and other distilled spirits, how- ever, Hughes will be happy to share his way of doing things. Hughes, a chemist who spent the past 10 years teaching at a university in Scotland, has been hired as a researcher and instructor at Oregon State University’s Fermentation Center. The program teaches students how to make wine, beer and cheese, and is branching out into the fast-growing dis- tilled spirits industry. According to OSU, dis- tilled spirits made in Oregon now account for $69 million in gross annual sales, near- ly 13 percent of the state’s liquor revenue. Oregon has close to 80 distilleries, up from 12 eight years ago, said Christie Scott, spokes- woman for the Oregon Li- quor Control Commission. Hughes said one of his priorities is to meet with distillers and establish good relations with the industry. Hughes also is setting up the first distilling course, which will be offered in Jan- uary. “There’s a lot of com- monality around the fer- menting techniques used in brewing, wine-making and distilled spirits production,” he said in an OSU news release. “But distilling re- quires additional steps. So there will be a need for ad- ditional courses about those techniques.” Hughes most recently taught and did research at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. At OSU, the fermentation sciences program is part of the Food Science and Tech- nology department. The state Legislature pro- vided money for the distilled spirits position on campus. Paul Hughes, a chemist from Scotland, will teach classes and conduct re- search on whiskey and oth- er distilled spirits at OSU’s fermentation center. Courtesy of Oregon State University W A NTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber N orth w es t H a rdw oods • Lon gview , W A Contact: Steve Axtell • 360-430-0885 or John Anderson • 360-269-2500 Getinspired. Meetingmedicalspecialists. Connectwithothers. AllataNovartisMSEducationLinkEvent. AHealthcareProfessionalistalking multiplesclerosis(MS)andtreatment. ______________________________________ November19,2015at6:30PM Speaker:KirenKresaͲReahl,MD BakedAlaska #112thStreet Astoria,OR97103 ______________________________________ Saveaseatforafriend.Accessibletofolksin wheelchairsorwhoneedassistance. Lightmealserved.Validatedparking. Spaceislimited. 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