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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.
In Design Review Board
hearings earlier this year,
Bell had requested approval
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for major modification to an
existing commercial build-
ing for the purpose of open-
ing a high-end retail cannabis
dispensary.
In August, Bell provided
plans for exterior building
and landscaping upgrades,
but the board asked for a
more detailed plan for the
property, owned by Limnes
Investments LLC.
Bell was granted a contin-
uance and asked to return in
October with revised plans.
When he failed to appear or
submit revisions, his applica-
tion was rejected.
Bell owns and operates
dispensaries in Lincoln, Coos
and Tillamook counties.
In 2016, he attempted to
open a retail marijuana shop in
a condominium complex near
Pier 39 in Astoria. The store
did not open, however, after the
Astoria City Council decided
the Planning Commission had
not properly considered the
residential nature of the site.
Two separate applications
for retail cannabis dispen-
saries remain active in Can-
non Beach, Oregrown at 215
South Hemlock and Five Zero
Trees at 140 S. Hemlock.
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