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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2017 College nears maritime excellence designation Legislation signed by Trump By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian The passage of the National Defense Authorization Act has brought Clatsop Commu- nity College’s maritime pro- gram one step closer to being named as a Maritime Center of Excellence. The bill included language from the Domestic Mari- time Centers of Excellence Act of 2017 co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore. It was signed Tuesday by President Donald Trump. “This is huge for us,” Bill Antilla, director of the pro- gram, said in a release. “There are a handful of colleges that could qualify for this and we are one of them. Next, we await how the U.S. Maritime Administration will imple- ment measures and criteria The Daily Astorian Clatsop Community College, named Oregon’s Maritime Training College in 2014, is near- ing a designation as a national Maritime Center of Excellence. The designation could help acquire new training vessels to augment the Forerunner. to determine which colleges qualify.” As federally-designated Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence, two-year col- leges will be able to obtain support from the federal gov- ernment to expand their capac- ity to train domestic maritime professionals. The designation could help the college obtain another training vessel to aug- ment the 47-year-old Forerun- ner, Antilla said. “Not only does this open doors for resources and direct funding, it recognizes the mar- itime industry as a valuable occupation,” added Antilla. “People don’t always recog- nize what a lucrative oppor- tunity the maritime industry can be. We need serious stu- dents in these programs to fill the demand of these good pay- ing jobs.” The federal legislation for maritime centers was origi- nally introduced last year, but the effort stretches back to 2004, Antilla said. In 2014, the state Legislature desig- nated Clatsop the state’s Mar- itime Training College. A law passed earlier this year by the Legislature pro- vided the college $8.1 mil- lion in lottery-backed bonds to help add a second story and new infrastructure to the main building at the Marine and Environmental Research and Training Station housing the maritime science program. The college has six years to come up with an equal local match and spend the bonds. President Christopher Breit- meyer said the college will likely look at a large capital campaign supported by large corporate donors and members of the maritime industry. By 2020, according to the Maritime Administra- tion, there will be a shortage of 70,000 licensed merchant mariners, a high-wage profes- sion. Another law passed this year called for the creation of a 17-member task force to study and describe the maritime sec- tor in Oregon and make rec- ommendations for the State Workforce Investment Board. “We are honored and greatly appreciative that Con- gress is recognizing com- munity colleges as train- ing sources for mariners and marine technology workers,” Breitmeyer said in the release. South Hemlock cannabis dispensary ‘dead’ Two shops are still in play for Cannon Beach By R.J. MARX The Daily Astorian R.J. Marx/The Daily Astorian Pamplin Media Group Protestors demonstrate outside of Bullseye Glass Co. in southeast Portland in 2016, calling for the Oregon Depart- ment of Environmental Quality to shut down the compa- ny’s operations during an air pollution investigation. Federal lawsuit claims Bullseye was scapegoat Company seeks $30 million By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau The owners of Bullseye Glass Co. have sued Gov. Kate Brown and state regulators for $30 million for unfairly target- ing the company for elevated levels of air toxins detected in 2015 near the company’s southeast Portland stained- glass factory. The 80-page civil rights complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court claims the governor and state regulators arbitrarily used Bullseye as a scapegoat for air pollution that came from multiple sources and for the state’s lax enforce- ment of air quality regulations. State regulators “used Bullseye as a scapegoat to conceal from the public (the Department of Environmen- tal Quality’s) failure to estab- lish any program to identify or control toxic waste emissions from small and medium-sized businesses,” the lawsuit says. The state’s actions dam- aged “the goodwill, good name and brand that Bulls- eye’s owners had spent a life- time building,” according to the filing. A spokesperson in Gov. Brown’s office was not imme- diately available Tuesday morning to respond to the alle- gations, but the governor typ- ically does not comment on pending litigation. The Portland Mercury reported in February 2016 that the U.S. Forest Service had found high concentrations of toxic metals in moss near Bullseye’s factory in October 2015. The federal agency had shared the results with the Department of Environmen- tal Quality, but the department did not notify Bullseye or the public. “When alerted to a possi- ble emissions problem for the first time in early February 2016, Bullseye acted quickly and conscientiously to address those concerns,” the lawsuit says. Bullseye was in full com- pliance with Department of Environmental Quality per- mits at the time that the agency brought enforcement action against the company, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit says the Department of Environmen- tal Quality misrepresented the results of air toxin tests, fur- ther tarnishing the company’s reputation. “No Oregon business has ever been treated the way Bullseye was treated in the actions described below,” the lawsuit says. CANNON BEACH — One of three cannabis dis- pensaries planned for Cannon Beach has dropped out. Daryl Bell, who had planed to open a marijuana shop at 3115 S. Hemlock St., decided recommenda- tions from the Design Review Board were too extensive to pursue. “The application for 3115 S. Hemlock was denied by the Design Review Board at their Oct. 19 meeting,” City Plans for a retail marijuana dispensary on South Hem- lock have been withdrawn. Planner Mark Barnes said Tuesday. “I’ve had no fur- ther communication with the applicant, so I assume the project is dead.” Nancy Benson, operations manager of PPC Holdings, confirmed Bell’s withdrawal. 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