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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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101 Legal Notices
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The City of Joseph hereby gives notice of a public hearing
to consider a request by Wilfred-Sandra Daggett Properties,
LLC to consider a Variance on Supplemental Provisions for
Pedestrian Circulation. The property is zoned R2 and is lo-
cated on Map 02S45E29 & 02S45E29BC Tax Lots 102,104,
& 106. The following specific criteria will be applied to this
application: Zoning Ordinance 2009-01 Article 3. Use Zones,
Article 4. Supplemental Provisions, Article 9 Administrative
Provisions, Article 10. Zoning and Site Development Review
Procedures, Appendix F, CHAPTER 5. GENERAL REGULA-
TIONS AND DESIGN STANDARDS, Section 5. The hearing
is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. in the Joseph Community Center
on Thursday, February 6, 2020.
Those with an interest in the application are invited to appear
at the hearing and place their testimony on record for council
deliberation. Written testimony will be taken up to the time
of the hearing. Comments and concerns will be heard at the
hearing. Written testimony may be submitted to the City Re-
corder, 201 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 15, Joseph, Oregon
97846 prior to 4:00 p.m. on the date of the hearing, or at the
hearing. Written or oral comments or concerns must address
how the applicant does or does not comply with the criteria or
standards on which the City Council must base its decision.
A copy of the staff report will be available for inspection at no
cost at least seven days prior to the hearing. A copy will be
provided upon request at reasonable cost. Failure of an issue
to be raised in a hearing, in person or by letter, or failure to
provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the deci-
sion maker an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes
appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on that is-
sue. If you have any questions about this application, please
contact the City Recorder at (541) 432-3832.
Belinda Buswell
City Recorder
Market Place does energy upgrades
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101 Legal Notices
101 Legal Notices
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Idaho Power Company
Project No. 1971-079
NOTICE OF OFFER OF SETTLEMENT
January 7, 2020
Take notice that the following offer of settlement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Offer of Settlement
b. Project No.: 1971-079
c. Date Filed: December 30, 2019
d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company
e. Name of Project: Hells Canyon Hydropower Project
f. Location: On the Snake River in Washington and Adams,
Counties, Idaho; and Wallowa and Baker Counties, Oregon.
The project occupies federal lands administered by the Forest
Service and the Bureau of Land Management (Payette and
Wallowa-Whitman National Forests and Hells Canyon Nation-
al Recreational Area).
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR § 385.602
h. Applicant Contact: Brett Dumas Director, Environmental
Affairs, Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, Idaho
83707
i. FERC Contact: Alan Mitchnick, (202) 502-6074, alan.
mitchnick@ferc.gov
j. Idaho Power Company filed an Offer of Settlement on be-
half of itself and signatories of a Stipulation and Implemen-
tation Agreement (SIA) between Idaho Power; the State of
Oregon, by and through the Office of the Governor, the Or-
egon Department of Environmental Quality, and Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife; and the State of Idaho, by and
through the Office of the Governor, the Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality, and the Idaho Department of Fish and
Game (Parties). The SIA, which became effective on April 22,
2019, resolves, among other disagreements among the Par-
ties, the disagreement between the States related to spring
Chinook salmon and summer steelhead fish passage and re-
introduction within the context of the Clean Water Act section
401 certifications.
Idaho Power, on behalf of the Parties to the SIA, requests that
the Commission issue a new license for the project that in-
corporates the proposed license articles set forth in Appendix
A of the Offer of Settlement Explanatory Statement, without
material modification. The conditions involve upstream adult
fish collection at Hells Canyon Dam; Pine Creek placement,
monitoring, and juvenile collection program; and mid-license
term fish placement evaluation report and recommendation.
k. A copy of the Offer of Settlement is available for review
on the Commission’s website at http://www.ferc.gov using the
“eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last
three digits, in the docket number field to access the docu-
ment. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
l. Deadline for filing comments: Comments on the Offer of
Settlement are due February 6, 2020. Reply comments are
due February 26, 2020.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please
file comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior regis-
tration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and
contact information at the end of your comments. For assis-
tance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnline-
Support@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page
of any filing should include docket number P-1971-079.
Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscrip-
tion.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, con-
tact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose
Secretary
Bill Bradshaw
Market Place Fresh Foods co-owner Marco Rennie, right, talks with his store assistant manager Kayla Thacker next to some of
the new, energy-effi cient refrigerators installed last year in the store.
By Bill Bradshaw
Joseph grocery reaps
rewards of work
By Bill Bradshaw
Wallowa County Chieftain
JOSEPH – It’s been a fi xture in
Joseph for more than 20 years, but the
Market Place Fresh Foods never stops
evolving. In fact, over the past couple
of years, the owners have done consid-
erable energy upgrades, said co-owner
Marco Rennie.
In June 2018, Rennie and co-owner
Dave Yount – who lives in Idaho –
had all-new, energy-effi cient light-
ing installed to replace the old fl uores-
cent fi xtures. Just last year, the owners
replaced aging, ineffi cient coolers and
refrigerator compressors with new
ones.
“Just given that our margins are
so thin, we need to save wherever we
can,” Rennie said.
It was Energy Trust of Oregon that
provided a fi nancial incentive to do
the projects. The “nonprofi t organi-
zation committed to delivering clean,
affordable energy to 1.6 million util-
ity customers,” according to the trust’s
website.
“It was a joy to work with Marco
and help get his store up to speed,”
said Brian Zoeller, an Energy Trust
spokesman.
Rennie said the trust assessed the
Market Place’s energy costs before
the renovation and calculated what
the store would save with the energy
upgrades. Rather than grants, the cash
incentives were offered in one rebate
for each project. The rebate for the
compressors was about $2,000 and
about $1,100 for the lighting.
Bill Bradshaw
Six refrigeration compressors were among the upgrades made last year at the
Market Place Fresh Foods in Joseph. Co-owner Marco Rennie got assistance making
the upgrades with rebates from Energy Trust of Oregon.
“What I’ve seen in both of those
upgrades is about an average of 20%
savings in energy costs,” he said.
Of course, that’s nothing to sneeze
at. He didn’t have fi gures available, but
it certainly makes a difference in the
bottom line.
“Most grocery stores are not set up
to be very energy effi cient,” he said.
It’s not like you can switch off a light
when you’re done using it like around
home. Store lights are on the entire time
it’s open so the new LED (light-emit-
ting diode) lights help a lot.
Also, old, open “air-screen cooler
cases” were replaced with cases that
have doors on them, keeping the cold
air in and thus are more energy effi cient.
Rennie’s maintenance man Charles
Vaughan said the coolers are kept at 38
degrees Fahrenheit.
The old refrigeration compressors on
the roof of the building were replaced
with six newer, more-effi cient ones.
Although Vaughan wasn’t involved
in the installation of them, he said he
has had to learn to maintain and repair
them, often a delicate job.
“You’ve got to be really careful how
you adjust them,” he said. “Maybe
1/16th of a turn will change every-
thing. I can turn this (cooler case) into
a freezer if I go too far.”
Rennie noted that while the light-
ing upgrade went smoothly, the more
recent refrigeration upgrades did not.
He’d hoped to begin the project in
February 2019, but planning and loan
approval got delayed and they didn’t
get started until June. The project
wasn’t completed until August, with
the store closed during the heart of the
tourist season.
Rennie, who has lived in Enterprise
about four years and owned the Market
Place about a year and a half – along
with another in La Grande – said he has
plans for the store’s future. He said he’s
hoping to add a section in the store.
“We want to offer the hot deli items
customers have been asking for,” he
said.
Skip Novakovich inducted as board member, Printing Industries of America
Skip
Novakovich
inducted as a Board Mem-
ber of Printing Industries of
America
Pittsburg, PA — Print-
ing Industries of America
(PIA) proudly announces
the election of its 2020 slate
of offi cers and Board of
Directors. Skip Novakov-
ich took the oath of offi ce
and was inducted as a new
Board member at the instal-
lation ceremony conducted
at the PIA Fall Administra-
tive meetings held in Hous-
ton, Texas
Established in 1887
Printing Industries of Amer-
ica (PIA) is the world’s larg-
est nonprofi t graphic arts
trade association, represent-
ing more than 6,500 mem-
ber companies and an indus-
try with more than $174.4
billion in revenue and 1 mil-
lion employees. PIA is ded-
icated to the advancement
of the graphic communica-
tions industry worldwide
by serving member compa-
nies through advocacy, edu-
cation, research, technical
information, and cost-saving
resource that enhance mem-
ber growth, effi ciency, and
profi tability.
Mark Hayward of Pacifi c
Printing Industries when
honoring Novakovich com-
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try at the age of seven when
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moved into the former com-
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the Tri-City Herald in Ken-
newick, Washington. This
facility had been closed since
1986 and contained only
very well-worn equipment.
The company name was
chosen from the military
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