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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017 Oil terminal: Ferry: ‘It’s not a cheap operation’ Would have a daily output of 360,000 barrels Continued from Page 1A that if the Astoria Ferry can- not meet the financial ask and recruit board members with maritime expertise to move the Tourist No. 2 toward certifica- tion by then, the nonprofit will dissolve and leave the vessel to owner Christian Lint. Continued from Page 1A After working with city staff, they submitted a res- olution to the council that reflected their concerns in general and the concerns they believed were especially unique to Astoria’s position at the mouth of the river. “It is very important for the mouth to have a voice,” said Dan Serres, conserva- tion director for Columbia Riverkeeper. The terminal would have a daily output of 360,000 barrels of crude oil, which would be carried by five mile-and-a-half long trains and then put on tankers to cross the Columbia River Bar. Though the City Council as a whole shared the group’s concern for the safety of the estuary, Jones, a retired Sec- tor Columbia River Com- mander for the U.S. Coast Guard, said in July that he needed to look at safety standards, studies and envi- ronmental impact state- ments before he could sign a resolution. After conducting research and looking into a derailment that occurred last summer in Mosier that released 42,000 gallons of oil into the envi- ronment, Jones was ready to make his decision. He was against the termi- nal project. There were still too many safety concerns on the rail side of things and no guaran- tee that state and federal rec- ommendations to increase rail safety would be fol- lowed, or implemented in a timely manner, he said. “I think they ought to work those kinks out some- where other than these sen- sitive environmental areas,” he said. But he wanted to make sure the resolution the City Council adopted was well- rounded and reflected the council’s views. He submit- ted his own rewrite of the environmental groups’ reso- lution for the other council- ors to consider. There was nothing wrong with the res- olution from Columbia Riv- erkeeper and the activist groups, he said later, but it reflected a one-sided view of the issue. “I think the benefits of the terminal project to Asto- ria definitely don’t out- weigh the risks,” City Coun- cilor Zetty Nemlowill said. She added that, given Jones’ expertise and the time he put into researching the matter, “I’m glad that you came to the conclusion that you came to because if you didn’t I wouldn’t know quite what to do tonight.” The entire City Coun- cil was in favor of adopting Jones’ version of the resolu- tion, with one change. In his version, he removed a para- graph stating Astoria’s soli- darity with the cities of Port- land, Spokane, Vancouver and Seattle and the Columbia River treaty tribes in oppos- ing the project. People who testified Monday night urged the council to put that word- ing back in. Mayor Arline LaMear agreed and the para- graph was added back into the resolution. At Councilor Cindy Price’s urging, the coun- cil also agreed to submit its resolution to Washington’s Energy Facility Site Evalu- ation Council, which is still accepting testimony on the project. The site evaluation council is expected to make its final recommendation to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee this year. Accomplishments Lint and co-Capt. Jim Pea- cock brought the Tourist No. 2 on a white-knuckle cruise to Astoria from Bremerton, Washington, after the non- profit placed a $15,000 deposit to buy the vessel on contract. “It was a pretty horrendous passage,” board member Dul- cye Taylor said, adding it took a week to get from Bremer- ton to Cape Flattery amid high winds and rough seas. After reaching the ocean, she said, it took only 20 hours to reach the Columbia River Bar. The Tourist No. 2 pulled up a year and one week ago to a crowd waiting at the 17th Street Dock. During last year’s Astoria Regatta, the ferry hosted several hundred visitors. Since the Regatta, the Tour- ist No. 2 has been moored at North Tongue Point, and Asto- ria Ferry has experienced a sobering look into the chal- lenges of making the vessel an operating ferry again. The nonprofit has gathered around $70,000 in donations and paid nearly $40,000 toward the pur- chase of the vessel. Challenges Organizers learned that Lint’s insurer for the ves- sel wasn’t going to renew the policy. “Most underwrit- ers wouldn’t agree to indem- nify a (93)-year-old, 100-foot all-wood structure operated by a nonprofit group with no history of maintaining such a vessel,” a report from Astoria Ferry to donors said. Knowing the vessel could not be acquired without insur- ance, the nonprofit in Decem- ber halted all fundraising and all but the most essential main- tenance. In April, the group acquired a port-risk insurance policy, which covers vessels laid up long-term in mainte- Photos by Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian The interior of the Tourist No. 2 has several decks with ample room for entertaining tourists. Coast Guard inspection, she said, Astoria Ferry has esti- mated between $400,000 and $500,000. Once the Tourist No. 2 is in operation, providing pub- lic excursions and hosting events, Price and Taylor said it will cost around $450,000 to $500,000 annually to oper- ate, including the captain and crew. But they said the non- profit believes the vessel can cover its own operating costs. “It’s not a cheap operation, but it can make its own money, but only if it’s running,” Price said. New blood Astoria Ferry Group Co-President and Treasurer Cindy Price takes a look around the engine room of the Tourist No. 2. Price and others with the group are trying to restore the vessel as a tourist attraction. nance but not public access. Although the hull of the Tourist No. 2 has proven watertight, Price said the ves- sel has experienced water damage from above, leaving a musty interior and a mystery of where rain is intruding. Astoria Ferry hoped to use local shipwright talent and space at North Tongue Point for the vessel’s under- water repairs. The nonprofit looked into whether a cra- dle used by local shipwrights could be retrofitted to pull the 96-gross-ton vessel up on one of North Tongue Point’s sea- plane ramps. The idea proved unworkable and left the non- profit with around $10,000 in outstanding naval architectural bills. Getting to inspection Price said the $100,000 would provide a cushion to help cover monthly expenses and some repairs, while repaying the debt and mak- ing arrangements for haul- out, somewhere upriver. But to fully repair and restore the Tourist No. 2 before U.S. Taylor, a local business owner and president of the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association, said Astoria Ferry members have remained upbeat throughout the challenges, but that interest started to wane in the spring. Four of the group’s original eight board members stepped down, albeit staying on in advisory roles. Taylor said the group, which includes historic pres- ervationist Lucien Swerdloff and Astoria Yacht Club Com- modore Bruce Faling, is look- ing for three or four new board members, preferably with some expertise and interest in old boats. “A retired Coastie would be great,” she said. Toxin: Oregon has yet to open for a single razor clam dig this season Continued from Page 1A going to keep watching,” said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager with the Washing- ton Department of Fish and Wildlife. “We’ll just continue to look at it and hope for the best,” he added. Unsafe levels of domoic acid in razor clams shut down digs in both states this season. Oregon, in fact, has yet to open for a single dig, and Washing- ton only opened sporadically. The naturally-occurring marine toxin has become a familiar dilemma in recent years, plaguing both recre- ational razor clam digs and commercial Dungeness crab- bing efforts. And there are other con- cerns. While Ayres and state biologists are seeing an explo- sion of young razor clams far- ther north now, Long Beach’s populations are unusually low. “We’re not seeing a lot of juvenile razor clams that should be there at Long Beach,” Ayres said. When that THE DAILY ASTORIAN T UESDAY E VENING A (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 area opened briefly this spring, the state allowed a higher than normal per-person take of the clams, reasoning that it was the first chance people had had all year to dig for clams. Even then, diggers only harvested a fraction of what the state allowed overall, and, in gen- eral, harvest does not appear to drastically impact razor clam populations, Ayres said. “It’s a big puzzle,” he said. He has several theories, but razor clam populations can fluctuate from season to season. Oregon is in the middle of its stock assessment, and it isn’t known yet what fishery mangers here will find. At low tide on a beach near Fort Ste- vens State Park’s South Jetty in late July, clams were every- where, revealing their pres- ence by a variety of “shows” referred to as dimples, dough- nuts and keyholes — small indents and holes in the wet sand. Though dangerous to humans and marine mammals, domoic acid doesn’t appear to affect razor clams, said Mitch Vance, a shellfish proj- ect leader based out of New- port with the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife. Other factors like food avail- ability, how densely packed clams are in an area and how many young clams are pro- duced each year are much more important factors. “All these things come into play when you’re looking at a single population in a single area,” Vance said. LISTINGS A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach Tests at the end of July revealed domoic acid levels in Oregon clams were below the allowed threshold of 20 parts per million. A second rounds of tests is due by the end of the week. If that round comes back clean as well there could be a few central coast open- ings for diggers, Vince said. Clatsop County’s beaches, tra- ditionally the most productive beaches for razor clams, would remain closed, as they always are from July 15 to September 30, to protect juvenile clams. Evening listings TUESDAY A UGUST 8 PM 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Jeopardy! 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