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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017
Coal-export terminal backer sues over permit denial
County
Superior
Court
alleges the denial was based
on “biased and prejudiced
decision-making.”
The company also appealed
the decision to a state shoreline
hearings board.
Millennium, owned by
Utah-based
Lighthouse
Resources, has sought to build
a facility along the Columbia
River to handle up to 44 mil-
lion tons of coal a year.
Trains would carry the coal
from Montana, Wyoming and
other states, which would be
loaded onto ships headed to
Asia. It would be one of the
largest in North America.
“Today’s fi lings demon-
strate Ecology invented special
rules in a unique and unprece-
Project in
Longview
By PHUONG LE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — A company
proposing to build a terminal
in Washington state to export
U.S. coal to Asia sued the state
Tuesday, arguing regulators
unfairly denied the project a
key permit.
Millennium Bulk Ter-
minals-Longview’s lawsuit
claims the state Department of
Ecology violated federal and
state laws when it denied the
project a water quality certifi -
cation last month.
The lawsuit fi led in Cowlitz
dented process in the evalua-
tion of Millennium’s project,”
company CEO and president
Bill Chapman told reporters in
a call Tuesday.
Company
offi cials
described a protracted per-
mitting process that has been
unprecedented in scope. The
company said it has invested
about $15 million in the per-
mitting process.
Ecology rejected a water
quality permit last month, say-
ing the proposed facility in
Longview would have caused
“signifi cant and unavoidable
harm” to the environment. The
department cited effects to air
quality, vehicle and vessel traf-
fi c, noise pollution and tribal
resources, among others. The
permit is one of 23 the project
needs.
In denying the permit,
Ecology director Maia Bellon
said in a statement that “there
are simply too many unavoid-
able and negative environmen-
tal effects for the project to
move forward.”
Ecology spokesman Dave
Bennett said in a statement
Tuesday that the agency stands
by its decision to deny the per-
mit and is prepared to defend it.
“The permit application
and other documents did not
provide reasonable assurance
that the project would meet
state water quality standards,”
he said.
Environmentalists, tribes
and others have opposed
Activists block loggers from
Eugene-area timber sale
Associated Press
McKENZIE BRIDGE —
Environmental activists are
blocking loggers from access-
ing a timber sale in the Willa-
mette National Forest.
The
Register-Guard
reported that protesters from
the Eugene-based Cascadia
Forest Defenders blocked the
road Tuesday with a car, a
pickup truck and a refrigerator.
They have also rigged
up a platform 80 feet above
ground.
The group wants to keep
loggers out of the Goose Proj-
ect timber sale near the unin-
corporated community of
McKenzie Bridge.
The 2,400-acre sale has
been debated for more than
fi ve years and activists have
THURSDAY
Patricia (Patty) Louise Hullender
Seaside
Nov. 29, 1921 — Oct. 21, 2017
staged sit-ins in the forest
before.
The U.S. Forest Service
says the logging will increase
the health and diversity of
the forest while providing
jobs and lumber for a local
sawmill.
Activists believe the log-
ging will create pollution
in watersheds and lead to
erosion.
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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Plenty of sunshine
eral Clean Water Act allows the
state to deny water quality cer-
tifi cation only on water qual-
ity grounds. Instead, she said
Ecology used other alleged
impacts to transportation.
Gaines said a thorough
state and local environmental
review found that the project’s
discharges to Washington’s
waters wouldn’t adversely
affect water quality, aquatic
life or other designated uses
and that any effects could be
fully offset.
Another state agency earlier
this year also denied the proj-
ect an aquatic lands sublease.
Millennium has appealed that
decision and a Cowlitz County
judge is scheduled to hear
arguments Friday.
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FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
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the project — which could
increase U.S. exports of coal
by 40 percent — because of
concerns about global warm-
ing, coal dust pollution and
potential damage to fi sheries
on the river.
Businesses, some labor
groups and other support-
ers say the project would cre-
ate jobs, add tax revenue and
boost the local economy. The
governor of Wyoming, the
nation’s leading coal-produc-
ing state, previously traveled
to the Pacifi c Northwest to
pitch the importance of coal
exports to the governors of
Washington and Oregon.
Kristin Gaines, the compa-
ny’s vice president of environ-
mental planning, said the fed-
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Patricia (Patty) Louise Hullender, known by a viewing and visitation at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
many as Pat, and affectionately known to fam- Oct. 28, 2017 at t he Church of Jesus Christ of
ily as G ramma, was born in Seattle, Washing- Latter-day Saints located at 1403 S. Wahanna
ton, on Nov. 29, 1921 to Carl and Marie Lind- in Seaside. The service is scheduled to begin at
11 a.m. followed by committal and
strom. Pat was 87 when she departed
interment at Evergreen Cemetery in
her earthly home, bound for her eter-
Seaside.
nal home in h eaven, on Oct. 21, 2017
The family has requested that,
surrounded by loved ones.
in lieu of fl owers, to please make
Pat was preceded in death by her
memorial contributions in Pat’s name
loving husband of 57 years, Larry
to the Clatsop County Animal Shel-
Hullender, infant daughter Marlis
ter, 1315 SE 19th St., Warrenton, OR
Marie, and two grandchildren.
97146 .
Pat is survived by one daughter,
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Cre-
Carol Hullender of Seaside, Oregon ;
matory in Astoria/Seaside is in charge
two sons, Steve Hullender of Seaside,
Oregon, and Phil and Lauri Hullen- Patricia Louise of the arrangements. Online memo-
Hullender
rial tribute & guestbook are at www.
der of Gearhart, Oregon ; eight grand-
hughes-ransom.com and www.face-
children and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are scheduled to begin with book.com/hughesransommortuary/
Gerald (Jerry) Franklin Hopp
ALMANAC
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ASTORIA
40/65
Astoria through Tuesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 71°/45°
Normal high/low ........................... 59°/43°
Record high ............................ 75° in 1941
Record low ............................. 32° in 1954
Tillamook
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Salem
46/70
Newport
46/63
Sunset tonight ........................... 6:12 p.m.
Sunrise Thursday ........................ 7:48 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today .......................... 1:07 p.m. 50/66
Moonset today ......................... 10:29 p.m.
Oct 27
Last
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New
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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
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golf course until d ementia made it impossible
for him to play.
He is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years,
Nancy Hopp of Seaside, four children and nine
grandchildren.
His fi nal resting place will be in Oregon City
near his parents.
There will be a friends and family gathering
at a later date.
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Tonight's Sky: Fomalhaut, the brightest star of
Piscis Austrinus, the southern fi sh, stands low in the
southeast.
High
6.6 ft.
7.3 ft.
Gerald (Jerry) Franklin Hopp passed away
Oct. 17, 2017, in a m emory c are f acility in
Portland.
Jerry was born in Oregon City on Dec. 24,
1941. He was the third-generation owner of
Hopp’s Upholstery and Shoe Repair in Ore-
gon City, where he lived until his retirement.
He then moved with his wife, Nancy, to Seaside
and Gearhart where he was usually found on a
Roseburg
50/70
Brookings
54/74
Nov 18
John Day
46/63
Bend
43/61
Medford
44/76
UNDER THE SKY
Time
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5:41 p.m.
Prineville
42/64
Lebanon
47/69
Eugene
47/66
SUN AND MOON
Full
Pendleton
44/60
The Dalles
45/67
Portland
45/68
Precipitation
Tuesday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 8.82"
Normal month to date ....................... 4.16"
Year to date .................................... 62.03"
Normal year to date ........................ 44.40"
First
Portland
Dec. 24, 1941 — Oct. 17, 2017
REGIONAL WEATHER
DUII
• At 5:19 p.m. Sunday,
Pedro Hernandez, 28, of
Astoria was arrested by the
Warrenton Police Depart-
ment on the New Youngs
Bay Bridge and charged with
driving under the infl uence of
intoxicants. His blood alco-
hol content was 0.22 percent.
• At 10:20 p.m. Monday,
Jeffrey Teague, 39, of Asto-
ria, was arrested by the Clat-
sop County Sheriff’s Offi ce
on Marine Drive and Ham-
burg Avenue and charged
with DUII and reckless
driving.
• At 2:59 a.m. Tuesday,
Tammie Deanne Mayfi eld, 47,
of Warrenton, was arrested by
the Warrenton Police Depart-
ment on S. Main Avenue and
First Street and charged with
DUII and driving while sus-
pended. Her blood alcohol
content was 0.18 percent.
Crematory in Astoria/Seaside is
in charge of the arrangements.
McKNIGHT, Geneva Mae,
86, of Seaside, died in Forest
Grove. Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary & Crematory in Asto-
ria/Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements.
DEATHS
Oct. 23, 2017
TOWNLEY, Linda L., 70,
of Astoria, died in Astoria.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary &
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DRUMHELLER, John Thomas — Celebration of life at 11 a.m., North Coast Family Fellow-
ship, 2245 N. Wahanna Road in Seaside.
CORRECTION
Toxic mushroom — An Oct. 19 story in
Coast Weekend, “Close to Home: Stalking the
wild mushroom,” contained a fi le photo on page
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop County Housing
Authority Board, 5 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington Build-
ing, 857 Commercial St.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington Build-
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THURSDAY
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tion District Board, 9 a.m.,
Astoria Transit Center Con-
ference Room, 900 Marine
Drive.
Columbia River Estuary
Study Taskforce Council,
noon, 818 Commercial St.,
Suite 203, Astoria.
Clatsop County Recreation-
al Lands Planning and Advi-
sory Committee, 1 to 3 p.m.,
fourth floor, 800 Exchange St.
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