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WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE RISK Drug overdose kills more than twovery day in our Youth Suicide Prevention Program www.YSPP.org state. The 911 GOOD SAMARITAN lput into place in ll June 2010 to help reduce deaths due to L.,.y overdose. SOME WARNING SIGNS OF SUIDICDE RISK: • A previous suicide attempt Under this new law,if you think someone is overdosing and • Current talk of suicide or making a plan 111 you seek medical help for the victim,neither of you will be • A strong wish to die or a preoccupation with death charged with possessing or using drugs. DON'T ASSUME • Hinting at not being around in the future or saying goodbye THEY WILL BE OK AND DON'T TRY TO HANDLE IT YOUR- • Giving away prized possessions "? t I SELF.CALLING 911 CAN SAVE A LIFE! • Signs of serious depression such as moodiness,hopeless For more information www.StopOverdose.org or social withdrawal • Increased alcohol and/or other drug use WATCH OUT FOR OVERDOSE RISK: • Mixing alcohol and drugs,including prescription drugs WHAT TO DO IF WORRIED ABOUT SUICIDE RISK: • Using heroin,methadone or other tranquilizing drugs, • Show you care.Do not judge.Just Listen. especially after detoxing or a break from injecting. • Ask directly"Are you thinking of suicide?" • Ifthe canswer isyes,astay pwith the uuntilyou connect them with a responsible adult. Do not try to Don't wait—GET HELP handle it yourself•get help! Help Card SIGNS OF OVERDOSE MAY INCLUDE: • Never keep talk of suicide a secret even if asked to. You can help the most by connecting the person to a • Extreme confusion skilled professional:ssional:"Let's talk to someone who can help. • Can't wake up • Deep snoring or gurgling breaths Let's call the crisis line now." ... • Very shallow breathing or none at all • Crisis Line 385-0321,or the National Suicide Prevention • Abdominal pain;nausea;vomiting;diarrhea Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK(8255).Call 911 for emergencies. • Skin,fingertips or lips turning blue • Skin feels either cool and sweaty or hot and dry THE RECOVERY 9'° For additional copies contact WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE OVERDOSES: POSITION MT*.. Jefferson County Public Health • CALL 911—Don't wait to call. 360.385.9400 • Stay with them until help arrives. • Put them in the recovery position if breathing. , i j \ • Give rescue breaths if not breathing and CPR if no pulse. Revised November 2012 24 HOUR CRISIS LINE 385.0321 CALL 911 FOR EMERGENCIES Page 2 of 2 Rodgers and Langston also discussed how amending the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)Act to cover behavioral health providers would improve the ability of county behavioral health and substance use treatment providers to coordinate care for their clients. The HITECH Act, enacted in 2009 as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(ARRA), gives incentive payments • to health care providers to implement electronic health records (EHRs), in order to improve care coordination among providers and thereby improve quality and drive down costs due to unnecessary tests and treatments. Unfortunately, Rodgers and Langston said, behavioral health providers were not included in the law which means that medical care providers will not be able to share their patients' records with their mental health providers with the same efficiency. "County behavioral health providers play a crucial role in the public health system and that excluding them from the HITECH Act incentives undermines the goal of greater integration of behavioral health into the health care system," Langston said. "As this discussion moves forward, NACo will continue to be engaged in the dialogue and offer ideas to build a more integrated public health and mental health systems, a smarter justice and corrections system and safer more resilient families and communities." Across the country, counties own and operate 750 behavioral health authorities and 2,920 jails with more than 13 million admissions and releases each year. "As this discussion moves forward, and with Congress expected to debate many of the president's legislative recommendations over the next year, NACo will continue to be engaged in the dialogue and offer ideas to build more integrated and efficient public health, criminal justice,juvenile justice and mental health systems," Rodgers said. 444 The National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county • governments in the United States. Founded in 1935, NACo provides essential services to the nation's 3,068 counties. NACo advances issues with a unified voice before the federal government, improves the public's understanding of county government, assists counties in finding and sharing innovative solutions through education and research, and provides value-added services to save counties and taxpayers money. For more information about NACo, visit www.naco.org. Click here to unsubscribe 25 Massachusetts Avenue,NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20001 411 http://www.magnetmail.net/actions/email_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=202900065&message_i... 1/17/201 3 .. Page 1 of 2 S National Association of Counties A ‘ r 0 .........„......„....... The Voice of America's Counties NEWS RELEASE FOR RELEASE: January 16, 2013 MEDIA CONTACT: Jim Phillips 202-942-4220 NACo Offers The White House and Congress Recommendations to Curb Violence WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Association of Counties (NACo) First Vice President Linda Langston joined President Obama during the Jan. 16 White House unveiling of comprehensive proposals to reduce violence in American communities. As part of his package of legislative proposals and 23 executive actions, the president included a . recommendation from NACo and the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD) calling for full parity and integration of behavioral health and medical care. During the nationally televised event, the president announced that the administration will expedite defining essential health benefit categories, including mental health and substance abuse services that existing and new health plans must offer as required under the Affordable Care Act. NACo supports that effort, as well as his intention to make clear to state health officials that expanded Medicaid coverage plans must comply with mental health parity requirements. NACo has long supported these and other steps that Congress and the administration should take to help prevent future violence in communities. Those steps, including enhancements to behavioral health services, youth development, inmate reentry and the criminal justice system, were all shared last week with Vice President Joe Biden who led a fast-track high-profile review of comprehensive proposals to curb violence in communities in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. Representing NACo during the Jan. 9 conference call with Vice President Biden were President Chris Rodgers, commissioner, Douglas County, and Langston. Rodgers and Langston said county governments play a critical role in behavioral health,juvenile justice and the criminal justice system. During the call with the vice president, they detailed several ways the current systems and processes can be improved, and offered specific executive and legislative actions that can be taken to avert future violence in communities. One of the key actions outlined by President Rodgers would be to harmonize federal regulations.so that eligible individuals who are in custody, but not yet convicted, can maintain federal health insurance coverage and benefits. 0 "Disjointed federal and state policies that cut off benefits for some who enter county jails can cause dangerous gaps in coverage—particularly prescription drug coverage and behavioral health and substance use treatment —for those who need it," Rodgers said. "These short-sighted regulations make encounters with the justice system far more likely to send troubled individuals through the revolving door of the system, rather than a gateway to recovery and health." http://www.magnetmail.net/actionsfemail_web_version.cfm?recipient_id=202900065&message_i... 1/1 7/20 1 3 Page locking devices. Also, routine education and counseling by physicians and national networks for education and prevention helped significantly reduce childhood poisoning deaths; similar efforts could help curb gun-related deaths. Public health efforts to reduce motor vehicle deaths also offer ideas that could help prevent gun violence. Strategies included systematic safety standards for the driver(like driver education and licensing and drunk-driving legislation) and the vehicle (like safety glass and air bags). Similarly, strategies to reduce gun violence might include things like mandatory gun safety classes, penalties for violators of gun safety laws, reduced magazine clip sizes, and restrictions on rapid-fire firearms. "Changing social norms is a fundamental public health strategy," said Hemenway. "For common products like cigarettes, cars, and guns, many individuals, groups, and institutions need to become involved. As 'friends don't let friends drive drunk,' similarly friends should help ensure that a friend going through a psychological crisis doesn't have ready access to a firearm until the crisis is over." "Safety standards for gun ownership still represent one key facet of a comprehensive approach,just as automobiles and medications are widely used but subject to sensible safety policies,"the authors conclude. "A coordinated. multi- dimensional public health strategy, informed by other public health successes, will reduce the risk of future tragedies like the Newtown shooting and the broader scourge of gun violence." Share this story on Facebook, Twitter, and Google: earrt6ViR17`JiTweet Other social bookmarking and sharing tools: Share on redditShare on stumbleuponShare on pinterest shareShare on bkoagerShare on digi4Share on farkShare on linkedinShare on myspaceShare on newsy inel 21 Story Source: The above story is reprinted from materials provided by Harvard School of Public Health, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information,please contact the source cited above. Journal Reference: 1. Mozaffarian D, Hemenway D, Ludwig DS. Curbing Gun Violence: Lessons From Public Health Successes. JAMA., 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.38 Need to cite this story in your essay, paper, or report? Use one of the following formats: APA MLA • Harvard School of Public Health (2013,January 7). Comprehensive public health approach urged to curb gun violence in U.S..ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 14, 2013, from http://www.sciencedaily.com http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130107130928.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm... 1/1 4/701 3 „ rage i Web address: Ank aihttp://-wvvw.scienceclaily.com/releases/2013/01/ led tv/- t 130107130928.htm? utrn source=feedburner&utm medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed% Your source for the latest research news 3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29 Comprehensive Public Health Approach Urged to Curb Gun Violence in U.S. Jan. 7,2013 — In the wake of the horrific school shootings in Newtown, Conn. in December,three Harvard experts say the best way to curb gun violence in the U.S. is to take a broad public health approach, drawing on proven, evidence-based strategies that have successfully reduced other public health threats like smoking, car crashes, and accidental poisonings. The authors make the case for a comprehensive public health approach to gun violence in a viewpoint article published online Jan. 7,2013 in the Journal of the American Medical Association(JAMA). For instance, in much the same way that media, celebrities, peers,teachers, and physicians worked together in the latter decades of the 20th century to "de-glorify” cigarettes --previously seen as symbols of power, modernity, and sexuality --an analogous campaign "could justifiably equate gun violence with weakness, irrationality, and cowardice" and reduce its glorification in movies,television, and video games,the authors write. Policy debates and discussions have largely focused on issues relating to gun ownership, such as banning assault eapons, instituting waiting periods for purchases, and requiring universal background checks. However, gun Solence is a public health problem arising from additional sociocultural, educational, behavioral, and product safety issues that transcend gun ownership alone, say the authors. "Gun violence is a public health crisis, and addressing this will require a comprehensive, multi-dimensional public health strategy," said lead author Dariush Mozaffarian, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). "Our past successes in reducing other harmful behaviors and accidents provide a set of evidence-based tools to address the many underlying root causes of gun violence." Mozaffarian is a preventive cardiologist with expertise in lifestyle and behaviors. His co-authors include David Hemenway, professor of health policy at HSPH and an economist with expertise in gun violence; and David Ludwig, director of the New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center at Boston Children's Hospital and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. "Gun violence prevention has become highly politicized in the U.S.," said Ludwig, a pediatrician with expertise in child health promotion. "For this reason,we drew from past public health successes to craft an objective plan that could be considered for immediate action." With more than 30,000 Americans killed by guns each year-- 85 deaths per day -- setting limits and regulations on gun ownership is just one aspect to be considered in curbing the violence,the authors say. They offer more than a dozen recommendations, based on successful strategies used in other public health crises. For example,they suggest a new, substantial national tax on all firearms and ammunition,to more accurately reflect the true societal costs of gun ownership and to provide a stable revenue source to target gun violence prevention. Such a tax would function like the tobacco tax, which provides crucial funding for smoking prevention efforts. Other "off-the-shelf' approaches to preventing gun violence can be borrowed from efforts used in the 1970s to prevent accidental poisonings, the authors say. In the case of potentially harmful drugs, child safety packaging was introduced. In the case of guns, a similar strategy would be the manufacture of"smart guns" with security codes or http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130107130928.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm... 1/14/7013 • 1/9/2013 4:00:00 PM,Port Townsend Leader Japanese dock 'treated' in Olympic National Park ock washed ashore within Jefferson County The threat of invasive species aboard a 65-foot dock that washed ashore in a remote section of coast in the Olympic National Park in Jefferson County has been addressed as of Jan. 4, according to the Washington Department of Ecology website. The dock, which is suspected to have been set adrift by the March 2011 Japanese tsunami, was located by helicopter Dec. 18, 2012 and first reached by a small ground crew representing federal and state agencies on Dec. 21. Initial lab results identified 30-50 plant and animal species on the dock that are not found in the United States but are native to Japan. On Jan. 4, a six-member team of Olympic National Park and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff attached a new NOAA tracking buoy to the dock and finished removing invasive species from it. The buoy transmits its location twice daily via satellite. The team removed 18 plastic bumpers, weighing an estimated 100-150 pounds each, from the dock and scraped more than 400 pounds of encrusted organic material from the structure. Team members also washed the bumpers and the entire outer dock structure with a diluted bleach solution to further decontaminate it. This method, approved by the National Park Service and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, is considered environmentally safe. The organic marine material was placed in an upland area outside the surf zone and the cleaned bumpers were safely secured in a hold inside the dock. Preliminary test results on specimens taken from the dock showed no radioactive contamination from Fukushima. Additional testing is under way, but experts at the state Department of Health say it is unlikely that radioactive contamination will be detected. The government of Japan did not have enough information to provide positive identification of the dock based on the photos that were submitted for verification purposes. State and federal responders sent additional photos on Dec. 28. With the invasive species threat addressed, responders are now turning their attention toward removing the dock from the Olympic National Park. The section of the park between Goodman Creek and Jefferson Cove, including where the dock washed ashore, remains closed to all public entry. i It was spotted by fishing crews Dec. 14 off the coast and was located on the beach 15 miles southwest of Forks on Dec. 18 by a Coast Guard helicopter crew. Since the dock washed ashore, waves have pushed it some 50 to 100 yards from its original spot just north of the Hoh • River, Tweit said, and shifted it so it was parallel with the shoreline. The repositioning helped crews reach sections of the dock previously submerged, Tweit said. In initial samples, 30 non-native species were found. None was of the five potentially ecologically damaging species found on a dock section that washed up in Oregon earlier in 2012. The 66-foot-long Oregon dock was cut up and hauled away after volunteers scraped off 2 tons of seaweed and creatures clinging to it and ran blowtorches over the surface to sterilize it. On Friday, the state Department of Ecology said between 30 and 50 species of marine plants and animals not found in the United States but native to Japan had attached themselves to the dock on the Washington coast. Crews have not had the chance to identify any of the individual species found on the dock, Tweit said Friday, adding that this detective work will continue in the coming weeks. Crews were able to identify marine invertebrates—animals without a backbone—such as mussels and barnacles, Tweit said, but have not found any large marine crustaceans, such as crabs, or larger vertebrates, such as fish. Ecology also announced Friday that the team was able to attach a new satellite tracking buoy to the dock after the batteries on the first one wore out. The consensus at a Wednesday meeting of agencies dealing with the dock was that the state needs to take care of any invasive species first, then the National Park Service should work out funding for removing the dock from the • beach, said Virginia Painter of the state Parks Department. As agency staff advance work on the dock, Tweit said, state and federal officials plan to glean as much information from the newly beached Washington dock as they can to prepare themselves for yet-to-come additional debris potentially connected with the Japanese tsunami. "We're assuming we'll have more [beached debris], probably not at this scale, that will need decontamination from an invasive-species perspective," Tweit said. "These are all learning experiences for us." For more updates on the beached dock removal efforts, visit Ecology's Web page dedicated to the project at http://tinyurl.com/ForksDock. Anyone sighting other significant debris that may be from the tsunami is asked to report it to DisasterDebrisCa�noaa.gov. There are two government websites with information on tsunami debris: www.marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris and http://marinedebris.wa.gay. Reporter Jeremy Schwartz can be reached at 360-452-2345,ext. 5074, or at jschwartz(a�peninsuladailynews.com. • • Beached dock believed from Japanese tsunami cleared of marine life, left in place By Jeremy Schwartz, Peninsula Daily News,January 6€h,2013 • '• t x � - '.'may a , rr LAPUSH —Staff members from state and federal agencies have finished removing more than 400 pounds of non- native plant and animal life found clinging to a 64-foot dock that washed up on a remote Olympic National Park beach, the state Department of Ecology said. Experts are now analyzing marine life samples taken from the structure, believed to be from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, to determine what specific species made their home there, said Bill Tweit, invasive-species specialist and special assistant to the director of the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, on Friday. A team of six researchers and invasive-species experts from the park, the Washington Sea Grant Program and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife hiked on more than 3 miles of old logging roads and maneuvered down a steep Sbluff Thursday and Friday to get to the dock between LaPush and the Hoh River. The workers cleared the dock of non-native animal life, most of which was found on 150-pound rubber bumpers that ringed the top portion of the dock, Tweit said. Crew members removed the bumpers and stored them for the time being in plastic bags inside the hollow spaces of the dock itself, which Tweit was confident would kill any organism left alive after the bumpers were unbolted from the dock. "I was just relieved that everyone [got back] safe and sound and that yesterday was as successful as it was," Tweit said Friday. "They really decreased the risk [of contamination], and they really got a lot [of organisms] off." Crews also took special care to recover or destroy any remains of the removed organisms so as to minimize native animals' exposure to the non-native species. "We're always keenly aware of where things go when we scrape off something," Tweit said. Ecology said teams also used a diluted bleach solution to wash the entire dock, a method approved as environmentally safe by the National Park Service and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary. State and federal officials say the dock is a remnant of the estimated 5 million tons of debris swept into the ocean by a tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, though confirmation has not been received from the Japanese government. • • The only flood that could have occurred of that magnitude, at the elevation of Tamanowas Rock, would have been a tsunami. IPhe geological record shows the most recent one occurred about 3,000 years ago. Over time, the loss of native spiritual practices nearly eliminated the rich, indigenous ceremonial history from institutional memory, and Tamanowas Rock has become a recreational site enjoyed by hikers, equestrians and rock climbers, Gaten said. Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345,ext.5070,or at arwyn.ricee.peninsuladailynews.com. S • development and inappropriate uses with respect to a cultural and religious Indian site," according to the tribe's official announcement of the purchase. The rock was known by Salish people as a place of power and spiritual bonding, Gaten said. • Tamanowas, in the Klallam language, means"spirit power." "Tamanowas Rock is one of those rare sacred sites that can be traced back to ancient times," said Liz Mueller, Jamestown S'Klallam tribal council vice chairwoman and member of the tribe's culture committee. "Tribes as far north as the Lummi Nation would travel down for the sacred ceremonies," she said. In 1976, Tamanowas Rock, also known as Chimacum Rock, was listed in the Washington Heritage Register (www.dahp.wa.gov/washington-heritage-register)—as having significant archeological interest, and efforts are being made to get the site listed in the National Register of Historic Places, said Betty Oppenheimer, spokeswoman for the tribe. Until 2008, the rock was owned by George Heidgerkin, a developer who purchased the property in 1993 with plans for as many as 46 homes on the land surrounding the rock. It was purchased from Heidgerkin by Washington State Parks in 2008, transferred to the Jefferson Land Trust, then purchased by the tribe in December. The land trust and the tribe will manage the property together, and the land trust will keep a conservation easement on the property, said Caroline Robertson, outreach director for the Jefferson Land Trust. The rock has been used as a recreation site for decades, and the tribe had concerns about hikers who left litter, • vandalism and other damage to the sacred site, Gaten said. There has been a lack of respect shown to the site and the surrounding property, he said. Climbers who frequent the rock have argued that they protect it—and Gaten agreed that their argument is true to some degree. However, the rock itself—a 43 million-year-old volcanic rock formation—is not the type that holds up well to the chipping that is caused by rock-climbing equipment, Gaten said. Gaten said parts of the rock where climbers make their ascent are flaking and chipping away. A new management plan has been developed that will allow continued but controlled public access, he said. Tribal plans include the addition of information kiosks to teach visitors of the history of the site; its cultural, religious and historic importance; and how to show respect to the land and the rock itself—including no rock climbing. Geologists believe Tamanowas Rock—an immense monolith with caves, crevices and cliffs— is a rare example of "slab window volcanism," an unusual process that occurs when a sea floor spreading ridge enters a subduction zone, with mixed characteristics of adakite lava and volcanic breccia. Tribal oral histories regarding Tamanowas Rock include tales of it being used as an outlook for hunting mastodons, when the area around the rock was a savannah, approximately 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. • One story that has survived is of Tamanowas Rock being used by people from a local village as an anchoring point when a flood occurred. JamestownPeninsula S'KlallamDaily tribNews,e buys sa 6, cred2013 site of Tamanowas Rock By Arwyn Rice, January ID ,. t ,,°le � ti.- . tsa'm _ z'' 4a a." °• 4a ,dam. . rg AY. r. v ,mow ±� s z ' T v � ' ti 1 . 3 : ` .. � V '- t Vit; r r. � ria ' *, ...,„„421.,414„„. , a W 3 s ", , `&' '"7" '#ask ;,c i ' ,, •�s�+`g$?"�P IN 4.. ..,,,,,...„ s ��� { Y e'.. N i1, ,�.x 4 rq i -,,,,:i€ F ,4. Tamanowas Rock stands 150 feet from the ground east of Anderson Lake in Chimacum. CHIMACUM —After decades of work to preserve Tamanowas Rock, the ancient tribal site is now legally in the hands of the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe, which plans to make one major change in management: There will be no rock climbing. Period. "It is like allowing people to climb the Sistine Chapel," Leo Gaten, governmental policy liaison for the tribe, said. Tamanowas Rock, shaped like a pointed egg, stands more than 150 feet from the valley floor to the east of Anderson Lake State Park. On Dec. 21, the 62 acres around Tamanowas Rock, including the rock itself, were purchased by the tribe for$600,000, the tribe announced. The purchase has been added to an adjacent 22-acre property that has been owned by the tribe since the 1990s. The combined properties, known as the Tamanowas Rock Sanctuary, "will be protected in perpetuity from megawatts in a $71 million project that's slated for completion this year. It also has been opposed by environmental groups who say that the facilities will increase pollution, especially of ultrafine particles that can lodge in the lungs. • To see the county health department's final report on the Port Townsend Paper mill landfill permit, visit http://tinyurl.com/bfb77vf. Jefferson County Reporter Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or at charlie.bermanti peninsuladailynews.com. Corporation pays fine OLYMPIA—Port Townsend Paper Corp. has paid a$4,000 fine issued last fall by the state Department of Ecology, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Linda Kent said she did not know if a$1,000 fine levied at the same time against a fishing boat owner in Neah Bay had been paid. Ecology announced in November that it had issued the penalties during the third quarter of 2012. Port Townsend Paper was fined $4,000 for violating an air operating permit for recovery furnace particulate levels March 26 and for violating smoke density limits from the package boiler March 12 and 14, Ecology said. Fishing boat spill Edith Johnston was fined$1,500 for a spill after the fishing boat Karanna went aground at Chibandehl Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Neah Bay on May 9. The vessel broke up in rough water,spilling fewer than 50 gallons of diesel fuel and one 5-gallon bucket of lube oil, Ecology said. Ecology sets fines based on reporting from agencies. "We strive to be in compliance with all of our emissions limits at all times and historically have a very good track record of compliance,"wrote Kevin Scott, the Port Townsend mill's environmental officer, in an email. "In cases like this, where we have an upset that causes a violation,we immediately make corrections to the system or equipment and report the upsets to the Department of Ecology, as required in our permits," Scott said, adding that over the past five years,the firm had cut instances of upset conditions by half and had improved each year. Only recipients of fines Port Townsend Paper and the fishing boat were the only recipients of fines that Ecology listed on the North Olympic Peninsula for the third quarter. Ecology issued a total statewide of$491,628 in penalties of$1,000 or more in the third quarter,from July through September. The agency issues individual news releases for penalties of$10,000 or greater. It announces smaller penalties each quarter. Payments do not benefit Ecology but are deposited in special accounts for environmental restoration and enhancement, research and development, permitting and regulatory programs, and education. For more information,visit http://tinyurl.com/bkbzdqx. Peninsula Daily News • Jefferson County issues formal denial of Port Townsend Paper permit By Charlie Bermant,Peninsula Daily News,January 3rd,2013 40ORT TOWNSEND— Port Townsend Paper Corp. no longer qualifies for an inert-waste permit for the landfill at its ort Townsend plant, according to final findings issued by the Jefferson County Public Health Department, and the company plans to appeal the decision. "The waste stream generated by the pulp and paper mill . . . is capable of producing leachate or emissions that have the potential to negatively impact soil, groundwater, surface water or air quality and thus the PTPC waste stream cannot satisfy the criteria for inert waste," concluded the report. Posted on website The report, signed by Jared Keefer, environmental health and water quality director for the department, and posted on the Health Department's website Monday, was dated Dec. 28. The final findings underlined earlier county rulings, and Port Townsend Paper officials repeated their intention to appeal it to the state Pollution Controls Hearing Board. "We believe we have a very strong case," said Port Townsend Paper President Roger Loney in an email. "We will continue to pursue a resolution of this issue with the involvement of state and county officials as we seek to operate our facility in an environmentally responsible and economically sound manner," he wrote. The Dec. 28 formal denial of the permit starts the 30-day clock of the appeal process to the Pollutions Control Hearing Board. Loney said the denial was not surprising, since it is largely a restatement of the department's Oct. 17 decision. Inert-waste permit Wort Townsend Paper—the county's largest private employer, with nearly 300 workers— requested in September an extension of its inert-waste permit, which had been in effect since 1989. The county health department said Oct. 17 that the company should be required to attain a more stringent limited-use permit. The mill appealed the decision Oct. 22, triggering a Nov. 27 hearing to review the decision. Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Jefferson and Clallam counties, issued a denial of the appeal Dec. 3. At the hearing, mill officials presented testimony that the regulations and processes have not changed, so the permit should be renewed. The county argued that the mill's pH output and the presence of lime grit in that output exceed the accepted designation of inert. In his denial, Locke expressed concerns about the changing nature of waste generated by the mill during operation of an expanded biomass cogeneration plant. The $55 million, 24-megawatt biomass cogeneration expansion originally was expected to be put into operation this April, but work on the facility has been delayed until 2014 or 2015, the company said after a Dec. 10 state Court of Appeals ruling that sends a suit filed by five environmental groups to the state Supreme Court. Suit filed The suit—filed by PT Airwatchers, No Biomass Burn, the Olympic Environmental Council, the Olympic Forest Coalition and the World Temperate Rainforest Network—urges the requirement of an environmental impact statement prior to construction of the expanded facility that burns wood waste to create electricity. Nippon Paper Industries USA Co. in Port Angeles also is expanding its biomass cogeneration facility to generate 20 Paper Mill is fined for air quality The Port Townsend The mill was the only Paper Corp. has been one to be fined in Jef- fined $4,000 for violating ferson County in the third an air operating permit for quarter. its recovery furnace par- The mill also was fined ticulate levels on March 26, $7,000 in March of this year 2012,according to the state for violations that occurred Department of Ecology. in November 2011, accord- Violations of the air ing to the DOE. In that operating permit limits violation,the mill exceeded are reported in monthly its air operating permit for reports submitted by Port sulfur emissions on Nov. 9 Townsend Paper Corp. and Nov.23 of 2011. The mill also violated In the most recent vio- its smoke density limits lation, the mill exceeded from the package boiler on its air operating permit by March 12 and 14,the DOE about 20 percent,according said in a press release Nov. to the DOE. 27. '' The limit of grains per Throughout the state, dry standard cubic foot is the DOE issued $491,628 0.05 gr/dscf, and particles in penalties for the third were measured at 0.06 gr/ quarter of 2012. dscf. The mill's opacity limit is 15 percent for a six-minute average, DOE spokeswom- an Linda Kent explained. "If it is 15 percent opaque, then 85 percent of light can get through and 15 percent is blocked. The stack is monitored on a con- tinuous'basis."During any six-minute period. if the average is more than 15 percent then there is a vio- lation,"she explained. • /2//,3 especially important for people 65 and older or who are vulnerable because of medical conditions. An average of two children and 25 adults die of the flu each year in the state. • The worst flu season recently was 2009-2010 when five children and 95 adults died in Washington, health department spokeswoman Julie Graham told the Associated Press. Flu is common, but the only confirmed cases that doctors are required to report are deaths. And those don't include flu-related deaths. The flu often makes a person susceptible to another illness, such as pneumonia, which is listed as the cause of death, Graham said. "Any death from a preventable illness is upsetting, and it's especially heartbreaking when a child dies," state Secretary of Health Mary Selecky said in a prepared statement. "These deaths are a somber reminder that flu is serious and makes thousands sick in our state each year," she said. "With flu season picking up, it's important to remember that we can protect ourselves and our loved ones with a flu shot." Reporter Rob 011ikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen@peninsuladailynews.corn. • Feeling a bit achy? Flu season officially arrives on Peninsula By Rob 011ikainen,Peninsula Daily News, December 30,2012 •PORT ANGELES—Flu season has arrived on the North Olympic Peninsula. Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, declared the official start of flu season Friday. The declaration means that health care workers at Olympic Medical Center, Jefferson Healthcare and Forks Community hospitals must get a flu shot or wear a mask when working around patients. OMC's vaccination rate was 93.8 percent as of Dec. 5, hospital officials said. Three people, including a child, died of the flu earlier this month in the Seattle area, the state Department of Health said Thursday. There had been no reported deaths or flu-related hospitalizations in Clallam or Jefferson counties as of Friday. "We're definitely seeing [flu activity] picking up," Locke said. "Every week it's more widespread than the week before." He added: "The level is still not at a full outbreak mode." Locke declared the beginning of the flu season after consulting with his counterpart in Kitsap County, Dr. Scott Lindquist, on Thursday night. "We made the determination that it is circulating in the community," Locke said. Based on the trends, Locke predicted that the peak of the flu season will occur in one to two weeks as people • return to work and school from holiday vacations. Health officials are urging the public to get vaccinated —flu shots are available at most area pharmacies—and to follow simple preventative steps such as cover your cough, wash your hands, use hand sanitizer and stay home from work or school when you're sick. "It' still not too late to get a flu shot, although it typically takes 10 to 14 days to take full effect," Locke said. Flu activity has accelerated across the state, particularly in Western Washington, the health department said. A Pierce County boy, who was younger than 12, died of flu complications earlier this month. Two older adults in King County—a man in his 80s and a woman in her 70s—died within the past two weeks, the department said. The health department monitors the flu through cooperating labs that share samples to identify what kind of flu is circulating and anything unusual. Health officials are on the lookout for the H1 N1 Swine Flu that caused a pandemic in Washington in 2009 and the H3N2 flu that killed an estimated one million worldwide as the Hong Kong pandemic of 1968. Locke said the latter strain appears to be the most prevalent this year. "That tends to make people more ill, and, tragically, has a higher childhood mortality," he said. "Based on the early evidence, that's the one that may predominate this year." IIThe good news is this year's flu vaccine covers all flu strains and is in good supply. The health department has urged everyone from 6-months-old on up to have an annual flu shot. The shots are That tracking beacon has not shown any movement since it was placed, Altose said. Although officials still aren't officially declaring the flotsam as tsunami debris, Japanese writing was located in one • of the dock's holds, and photos of the dock have been sent to the Japanese consulate in Seattle for identification. The beach, which is between LaPush and Hoh River, requires about a 5-mile hike from the nearest road on primitive trails that cross unbridged waterways, is also at the bottom of a steep bluff. Park trails between Goodman Creek and Jefferson Cove, a stretch of coastline with 200-foot high bluffs where the dock is beached, are now closed to public hiking. On the Oregon debris, a plaque identified that dock as one of four fish-loading docks owned by Aomori prefecture that were ripped away from the port of Misawa by the 2011 tsunami. Another of the four docks was located in 2011 on an island south of Misawa. Before the dock on the Oregon coast was sterilized and destroyed, volunteers found four species native to Japan —a seaweed, a sea star, a mussel and a shore crab—that are known as invasive species elsewhere, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Officials there do not yet know if any of the species has taken hold on Oregon beaches. The Japanese government estimated that the March 11, 2011, tsunami swept about 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific. Most of that sank immediately, while 1.5 million tons were dispersed across the North Pacific. Anyone sighting other significant debris that may be from the tsunami is asked to report it to DisasterDebrisCa�noaa.dov. . There are two government websites with information on tsunami debris— http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris and http://marinedebris.wa.gov. Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice(a�peninsuladailynews.com. • Dock be lieveeninsula Daily News, Dd from tsunami shows no invasive marine species By Arwyn Rice, Pecember 28th, 2012 • . +. ,,act- ' it w f ., pe u.a , 7 �` tea.. f- .ay q '.;,.. ..;„..2 t-lw:- e' 1 '`4,'::' y '4;;''''''''"C-.:' ,. a s. S a +es. Yx,, —Si 4 E "" �pee � a �i 4,'-, ;� ats-,;-,,,--„',D,- ,""'��+- 'pro —-i p" , 'Y Washington State Fish and Wildlife A researcher checks the large dock that washed up near LaPush. LAPUSH —Scientists say they have found no biological invaders on samples of 30 species of marine life taken from a dock that washed up on a remote beach south of LaPush. The 64 foot concrete and steel dock, which is believed to be debris from the March 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, was spotted by fishing crews Dec. 14 off the coast of Washington state and located Dec. 18 by a Coast Guard helicopter crew on an Olympic National Park beach about 15 miles southwest of Forks. • A temporary command post set up in Forks was closed last weekend and will remain shut down for the time being, said Larry Altose, spokesman for the Washington State Marine Debris Task Force. Researchers at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., as well as from the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History were analyzing samples that were taken last Friday to determine the presence of any invasive marine species. The state Department of Health is testing samples for possible radioactivity, Altose said. There has been some concern about radioactive debris because of the meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which released radioactive water in the weeks following the tsunami. "We expect radioactivity to be low, like other debris that has been tested," he said. A statement issued Thursday afternoon by the state Marine Debris Task Force said the dock has no identfying plaques or other evidence like a plaque found on a dock that washed ashore in Oregon earlier this year. As a result, officials are not officially confirming the dock south of LaPush as a remnant from the Japanese quake and tsunami. An eight-person team from the park, state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon State University hiked to the beach last Friday, inspected the dock and took live samples of marine species for laboratory analysis. • The also attached a tracking beacon to the dock in case it is pulled back to sea by high tides. Y • _ • IHI!:i! !1iI HflI : G > y' .. 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Anyone sighting other significant debris that may be from the tsunami is asked to report it to DisasterDebris@noaa.gov. UPDATE 5 p.m. Dec. 21 The U.S. Coast Guard mounted a series of flights to locate a large dock that was spotted adrift in the ocean on Dec. 14 by fishermen aboard the fishing vessel Lady Nancy. A helicopter crew located the dock on Dec. 18. It had washed ashore in a rugged and remote section of coast in the Olympic National Park/ Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary shoreline between La Push and the mouth of the Hoh River. A caption attached to a Coast Guard video of the dock, available at tinyurl.com/cg3cdlm, pinpoints the dock's location as of 2 p.m. Dec. 18 in Jefferson County at about 2.9 miles north of the Hoh River entrance, on a beach just east of Alexander Island. The National Park Service has closed the wilderness beach between Hoh Head and Toleak Point, according to a Dec. 18 press release from Barbara Maynes, spokesperson for Olympic National Park. It has not been confirmed whether the dock is a piece of debris from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan. • On Thursday, Dec. 20, a ground crew representing federal, state and tribal agencies set out to reach the dock, which must be accessed by foot via primitive trails across rough terrain, according to a news release on the Olympic National Park website. Safety of the ground crew is a priority, as stream crossings are high and the coast has been pounded by high winds, storm surge and extreme high tides. Upon reaching the dock, the first priority is to evaluate it for any potential invasive aquatic species that may have "hitchhiked"while the structure was drifting in the ocean, according to the news release on the park website. They also plan to collect evidence to determine the dock's origins and begin developing a removal plan. Of concern is the safety of people encountering a large, heavy floating object in the ocean surf. Marine debris is an ongoing problem with everyday impacts, and natural disasters can worsen the problem. Anyone sighting other significant debris is asked to report it to DisasterDebris@noaa.gov. As of Dec. 13, NOAA has received about 1,432 official debris reports, of which 17 have been confirmed as definite tsunami debris. For more information, visit marinedebris.wa.gov. • 12/19/2012 4:14:00 PM,Port Townsend Leader UPDATE: Team inspects dock washed ashore on Olympic •National Park beach UPDATE 6 PM Dec. 23 After being turned back by dangerous conditions the day before, a team led by National Park x Service staff, including the Washington ,. Department of Fish and Wildlife and Oregon , State University, on Friday, Dec. 21 safely reached and inspected a dock suspected to bei set adrift by the March 2011 Japanese tsunami. ' _� � - According to a Washington state Department of Ecology press release, the team was able to inspect five surfaces of the dock and took live tI samples of potentially invasive species for laboratory analysis. The team noted extensive damage to the dock, An extensive helicopter search by the U.S.Coast Guard paid off Tuesday, Dec. 18 when a crew located a large ocean-drifting dock washed ashore likely due in part to the rough weather and in an extremely rugged and remote section of coast in the Olympic National Park between La Push and the mo continued battering of the dock on rocks on the uth of the Hoh River. beach. They also looked for— but did not find — Submitted photo an identifying plaque like the one found on the Misawa dock that washed ashore on Agate Beach. However, the team located some Japanese writing in one of the holds, and photos are being shared with Wthe Japanese consulate to officially confirm this dock as tsunami debris, according to a press release. A tracking beacon is now attached to the dock to track its position. Photos taken Dec. 21 are to be used to help develop a plan to remove the dock from the beach. No timeframe has been set for removal, however. Crews also took samples to test for any radioactivity, which is considered highly unlikely by state Department of Health experts. The expedition is the only time this month crews will be physically able to inspect the dock until early January 2013 due to tides and daylight access. The Incident Command Post will resume operations when tides allow safe access to the dock. "This week-long operation has only been possible through the great cooperation and support of many organizations," said Terry Egan of the Washington Emergency Management Division. "We have a deep appreciation for the initial response by the U.S. Coast Guard and the daily work by state natural resource agencies and federal partners to track down and inspect this dock." Photos from the inspection are being posted to http:/Iwww.flickr.com/photoslecologywa/sets/72157630409598334/. The samples taken are being evaluated to identify any invasive species by scientists from Williams College and from the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary regulations prohibit disturbing wildlife by flying below 2,000 feet within one nautical mile of the coast or offshore islands. This includes the area where the dock has washed ashore. Pending further information about the risks associated with the dock, the section of the park between Goodman Creek and Jefferson Cove is closed to all public entry. • Board of aCealth 0 I Business & InformationaCltems .agenda Item #117., 2 • .Tefferson County Public 3fealth aCeCp Card January 17, 2013 • Board of Health 0 C Business & Informational Items .agenda Item # XV., 3 � gO6acco Cessation Spending, Part z: 'Washington State Spending January 17, 2013 r _. .., .., -- ,- ' . 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At the same time, the tobacco industry continues to spend overwhelming amounts to market their products, despite the limited restrictions on its marketing activities contained in the November 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)with the states. From 1998 to 2008, the major tobacco companies have increased their spending to promote their deadly products by 52 percent. As a result,the states are being massively outspent, with state tobacco prevention efforts amounting to only a small fraction of tobacco industry marketing. In North Carolina, for example, the tobacco industry spends $396 to promote its deadly products for every single dollar the state spends to prevent and reduce tobacco use and its harms. To look at it another way, North Carolina's tobacco prevention spending amounts to just four percent of the tobacco industry's marketing expenditures in the state. Nationwide, the tobacco industry is outspending tobacco prevention funding in the states by 23 to 1.1 FY2012 2008 Percentage of Annual Total Tobacco Tobacco Company Ratio of Tobacco Smoking Tobacco Company Marketing that State Company Marketing Caused Health Prevention Marketing Spends on Tobacco to State Tobacco State Costs in State Spending _ in State Prevention Prevention Spending Total $96.7 bill. $456.7 $10.5 bill.- 4.4% 23 to 1 Alabama $1.49 bill. _ NA _ $214.1 _ NA NA • Alaska $169 - $10.8 - $19.0 57.0% 1.8 to 1 Arizona $1.3 bill. $18.0 $119.3 15.1% 6.6 to 1 Arkansas $812 $7.4 $129.5 5.8% 17.4 to 1 California $9.14 bill. $70.0 $656.3 - 10.7% 9.4 to 1 Colorado $1.31 bill. __ $139.6 4.6% 21.6 to 1 Connecticut $1.63 bill. _ $0.0 _ $98.4 0.0% NA Delaware $284 _ $9.0 $68.4 13.2% 7.6 to 1 DC $243 $0.0 _ $13.5 . 0.0% NA Florida $6.32 bill. $62.3 $734.2 8.5% 11.8 to 1 Georgia $2.25 bill. _ $2.0 _ $348.7 0.6% 174.4 to 1 Hawaii $336 _ $10.7 $33.5 _ 31.9% 3.1 to 1 Idaho $319 _ $880,000 _ $49.7 1.8% 56.5 to 1 Illinois $4.10 bill. _ $9.5 $365.3 _ 2.6% 38.5 to 1 Indiana $2.08 bill. _ $10.1 $307.5 _ 3.3% 30.6 to 1 Iowa $1.01 bill. $3.3 $102.0 3.2% 31.3 to 1 Kansas $927 $1.0 _ $85.0 1.2% 85.0 to 1 Kentucky $1.50 bill. _ $2.2 $356.8 0.6% 159.0 to 1 Louisiana $1.47 bill. _ $8.4 $223.7 _ 3.8% 26.5 to 1 Maine $602 $9.4 $43.1 21.7% 4.6 to 1 Maryland $1.96 bill. _ $4.3 _ $144.1 _ 3.0% 33.4 to 1 Massachusetts $3.54 bill. _ $4.2 $164.8 _ 2.5% 39.7 to 1 Michigan $3.40 bill. $1.8 _ $313.0 0.6% 171.0 to 1 'These ratios are based on state and federal tobacco prevention expenditures in FY2012 versus tobacco industry marketing expenditures in 2008(the most recent year for which data is available). ill1400 I Street NW • Suite 1200 • Washington, DC 20005 Phone (202)296-5469 • Fax(202)296-5427 - www.tobaccofreekids.org xiv t State Spending vs. Tobacco Company Marketing FY2012 2008 Percentage of • Annual Total Tobacco Tobacco Company Ratio of Tobacco Smoking Tobacco Company Marketing that State Company Marketing Caused Health Prevention Marketing Spends on Tobacco to State Tobacco State Costs in State Spending in State Prevention Prevention Spending Minnesota $2.06 bill. _ $19.5 _ $157.0 12.4% 8.1 to 1 Mississippi $719 $9.9 $161.9 _ 6.1% 16.4 to 1 Missouri $2.13 bill. $60,000 $349.0 0.0% 5,816 to 1 Montana $277 $4.7 $29.8 _ 15.8% 6.3 to 1 Nebraska $537 _ $2.4 $66.5 3.6% 28.1 to 1 Nevada $565 $0.0 $94.1 0.0% NA New Hampshire $564 $0.0 $88.5 0.0% NA New Jersey $3.17 bill. $1.2 $176.1 0.7% 142.1 to 1 New Mexico $461 $5.9 $39.7 _ 14.9% 6.7 to 1 New York $8.17 bill. _ $41.4 $360.3 11.5% 8.7 to 1 North Carolina $2.46 bill. $17.3 $396.0 _ 4.4% 22.9 to 1 North Dakota $247 $8.1 $28.0 _ 28.9% 3.5 to 1 Ohio $4.37 bill. $0.0 $440.1 0.0% NA Oklahoma $1.16 bill. $21.2 $186.0 _ 11.4% 8.8 to 1 Oregon $1.11 bill. $8.3 $112.0 _ 7.4% 13.5 to 1 Pennsylvania $5.19 bill. $13.9 $452.8 _ 3.1% 32.5 to 1 Rhode Island $506 _ $372,665 _ $27.3 _ 1.4% 73.3 to 1 South Carolina $1.09 bill. $5.0 $232.9 2.1% 46.6 to 1 South Dakota $274 $4.0 $23.4 17.1% 5.9 to 1 Tennessee $2.16 bill. $200,000 $253.7 0.1% 1,268 to 1 Texas $5.83 bill. $5.5 $622.4 _ 0.9% 114.2 to 1 Utah $345 $7.2 $49.1 14.6% 6.8 to 1 Vermont $233 $3.3 $19.0 _ 17.4% 5.7 to 1 • Virginia $2.08 bill. $8.4 $336.4 2.5% 40.2 to 1 Washington $1.95 bill. _ $750,000 _ $122.5 0.6% 163.3 to 1 West Virginia $690 $5.7 $121.2 _ 4.7% 21.5 to 1 Wisconsin $2.02 bill. $5.3 $223.0 _ 2.4% 42.0 to 1 Wyoming $136 $5.4 $24.5 22.0% 4.5 to 1 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids,November 18,2011/Meg Riordan More information on tobacco company marketing is available at http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/facts issues/fact sheets/toll/tobacco kids/marketing/. More state information relating to tobacco use is available at http:l/www.tobaccofreekids.orq/facts issues/key issues!. Sources: CDC, State Highlights 2006, [and underlying CDC data and estimates]. See, also, CDC, "Annual Smoking- Attributable Mortality,Years of Potential Life Lost, and Economic Costs--United States 2000-2004,"MMWR 57(45), November 14, 2008. U.S. General Accounting Office(GAO),"CDC's April 2002 Report on Smoking: Estimates of Selected Health Consequences of Cigarette Smoking Were Reasonable,"letter to U.S. Rep. Richard Burr, July 16, 2003, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03942r.pdf. Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids,et al.,A Decade of Broken Promises: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement Thirteen Years Later,2011, http://www.tobaccofreekids.orq/reports/settlements/. CDC,Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control, October 2007. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco control_programs/stateandcommunity/best practices/index.htm U.S. Federal Trade Commission(FTC), Cigarette Report for 2007 and 2008,2011, http://www.ftc.qov/os/2011/07/110729cigarettereport.pdf. See also, FTC, Smokeless Tobacco Report for 2007 and 2008,2011, http://www.ftc.gov/os/2011/07/110729smokelesstobaccoreport.pdf. Data for top 5 manufacturers only. • State total is a prorated estimate based on cigarette pack sales in the state. xv Washington • FY2012 FY2011 State Ranking 42 21 STATE SPENDING ON TOBACCO PREVENTION $750,000 $13.4 million % of CDC Recommended Spending ($67.3 million) 1.1% 19.8% Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 700 - (CDC) recommends that Washington $620 ❑Total State Tobacco Revenue spend $67.3 million a year to have an 600 - (Settlement plus Tax) effective, comprehensive tobaccoEl CDC Recommended Spending prevention program. Washington 500 - p g currently allocates $750,000 a year for u) tobacco prevention and cessation. 0 400 - ■FY2012 Spending on State Tobacco This is 1.1% of the CDC's = Prevention Programs recommendation and ranks 300 - VPWashington 42nd among the states in the funding of tobacco prevention 200 programs. Washington's spending on tobacco prevention amounts to 0.1% of the estimated $620 million in 100 $67.3 tobacco-generated revenue the state $0.8 collects each year from settlement 0 r r.4`- '% payments and tobacco taxes. Recent Developments: Historically, Washington funded tobacco prevention largely through the Tobacco Prevention and Control Account, which included a portion of the revenue raised by a 2001 voter-approved 60- cent per pack cigarette tax increase. The ballot initiative dedicated the new revenue to the state's Basic Health Plan, to tobacco prevention and cessation, and other existing programs that were already funded with tobacco tax revenue. The initiative required the state to spend at least $26.24 million a year on tobacco prevention and cessation beginning July 1, 2002. In the 2009 legislative session, the Washington State Legislature changed this law and diverted tobacco tax money to the general fund. After June 30, 2011, the Tobacco Prevention and Control Account had no remaining funds to sustain the program. In FY2012, the state's tobacco prevention program was essentially eliminated as the state will spend only $750,000 on tobacco prevention efforts. These funds will be spent on compliance checks and retailer education. Also in FY2012, the state will spend about $1.9 million to cover tobacco cessation quitline treatment for Medicaid enrollees. As a result of the dramatic funding cut, Washington will no longer fund anti-tobacco media campaigns or local tobacco prevention and cessation programs in schools or through local governments or community . organizations. 95 • Board of.7 fealtfi Netiv Business .Agenda Item # T., 1 • EnviroStars Awards .January 17, 2013 • 1 �4g07�-.Cp JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH 615 Sheridan Street • Port Townsend •Washington • 98368 100 1110 www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org ENVIROSTARS January 10, 2013 Jefferson County Board of Health PO Box 1220 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Dear Board of Health Members: Attached for your signature are EnviroStars awards for Day Boat Works (278 10th Street Port Townsend, WA; Rain Shadow Woodworks (130 Seton Road), and Washington State Ferry—Port Townsend Terminal. These businesses are leaders in sustainable environmental business practices in Jefferson County. 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Deficit Reduction Negotiations May Cut Public Health Funding 2. FY2013 Funding End Game and Looking Ahead to FY2014 3. Health Reform Implementation Marches On 4. Opposition to the ACA Continues 5. New Leadership in Congress Includes an Increased Role for Women 6. EPA Under Scrutiny 7. Farm Bill Reauthorization 8. Moving Forward for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21)Transportation Law Implementation 9. Still Waiting on Food Safety Modernization Act Regulations 10. Federal Programs Continue to Face Reauthorizing Challenges Questions? Suggestions? In 2013, the White House and Congress will continue to affect the future of public health and local health • departments. Read on to learn what's likely to be discussed, debated, and voted on in the coming year. NACCHO's Agenda for Federal Legislation and Policy guides NACCHO's advocacy work. To become involved in NACCHO's activities as the"voice of local health departments,”sign up for the Congressional Action Network. The 113th Congress was seated this week, with 79 new Members in the House of Representatives and 12 new Senators. NACCHO developed a list of the newly-elected Members of the 113th Congress and contact information can be found at NACCHO's Legislative Action Center. NACCHO members should take the lead and educate new Members of Congress in their jurisdictions about what local health departments do to keep people healthy and safe. Fact sheets and information to share with policymakers are available on NACCHO's website. 1. Deficit Reduction Negotiations May Cut Public Health Funding In early 2013, deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling will dominate the overall discussion in Washington. Partisan disagreements over these issues make progress in other areas very difficult. On January 2, President Obama signed the"American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 8) to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff."The law delays the $1.176 trillion sequester (across the board cuts to federal spending passed in the Budget Control Act of 2011) until March 1 and revises discretionary spending caps in FY2013 and FY2014. Non-defense discretionary programs, including those for public health and local health departments, are vulnerable. Hard decisions about how and where to cut spending remain to be worked out. The Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) will continue to be in jeopardy because it is a source of funding for other priorities and because many Republicans would like to repeal it. The PPHF was already reduced last year to pay for an adjustment to Medicare physician reimbursement. We may see another decrease to the PPHF as • deficit reduction moves forward. However, support for the PPHF in the Senate makes it unlikely that it will be repealed. 2. FY201.3 Funding End Game and Looking Ahead to FY2014 1 https://www.magnetmail.net/Actions/email web version.cfm?publish=newsletter&user id... 1/10/2013 ragezot� Congress has yet to complete its work on funding the current fiscal year that started on October 1, 2012. A six-month continuing resolution at FY2012 levels put the federal government on autopilot until March 27. If a deal to replace the sequester permanently includes additional cuts to discretionary spending, there could be momentum in Congress to replace the continuing resolution with 12 detailed appropriations bills. In FY2013, due to the fiscal cliff deal, the discretionary spending cap for non-security programs is $3 billion higher than the continuing resolution. In FY2014, which starts on October 1, the non-defense discretionary cap is $4 billion lower than the Budget Control Act of 2011. More details will be forthcoming about how the revised caps will affect individual agencies and programs. NACCHO has learned that House and Senate appropriations staff have already informally negotiated allocations for the PPHF for FY2013. If a FY2013 Labor-Health and Human Services (HHS)-Education appropriations bill is not passed, and there is a year-long continuing resolution for FY2013, the Administration would be free to act on allocating the PPHF, and would likely consider the recommended allocations from Congress. However, some speculate that the new Congress will package the 12 appropriations bills together into an omnibus spending bill before the deadline of March 27. This omnibus bill may or may not include the PPHF allocation. 3. Health Reform Implementation Marches On A list of Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions to be implemented in 2013 is available here. Two noteworthy provisions include: • Effective January 1, state Medicaid programs can receive a 1 percentage point increase in federal matching payments for services rated A or B by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force without requiring enrollees to share any of the costs. • Effective January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014, under Medicaid states are required to pay primary care physicians no less than 100 percent of Medicare payment rates in 2013 and 2014 for primary care services. The increase above current payment levels is fully funded by the federal government. A Q&A on the provision is available here. The state-based, partnership, and federally-facilitated health insurance exchanges will continue, with • enrollment in insurance plans open starting on October 1. States continue to determine whether to participate in the Medicaid expansion. As of December 21, 2012, 12 states reported they will not expand their Medicaid program; 14 states and the District of Columbia will expand, and 24 states remain undecided or undeclared. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) notified states in December 2012 that they will not receive full federal funding for a partial expansion. After a long delay, this year the White House is expected to release final regulations governing the ACA requirement for chain restaurants to provide nutrition information on menus. NACCHO commented on the proposed regulations in 2012. 4, Opposition to the ACA Continues Opponents of the ACA will continue to look for ways to hinder its implementation. Repealing the 2010 law has dominated the House agenda for nearly three years. Opposition will continue to include fights over funding, hearings, requests for information from administration officials, and targeted legislation to repeal specific provisions. The annual appropriations process, particularly the Labor-HHS-Education bill, will continue to be hampered over funding for ACA implementation. Lawsuits challenging aspects of the law will also continue to move through the courts. • 5. New Leadership in Congress Includes an Increased Role for Women Several new leaders in the 113th Congress will have influence over public health issues. The increased Democratic majority in the Senate means that Democrats will have more seats on committees. New leaders in the House and Senate are listed below. . House Rep.Jack Kingston Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman (R-GA) fRep.John Carter Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman (R-TX) — l httvs://www.magnetmail.net/Actions/email web version.cfm?publish=newsletter&user id... 1/10/2013 rage oz a Rep. Robert Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration Aderholt(R-AL) IlAppropriations Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Steve King (R- Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition Chairman IA) • 1(R-PA) Shuster Transportation &Infrastructure Committee Chairman IRep. Nita Lowey (D-1 Ranking NY) Appropriations Committee Member Senate ISen. Barbara Mikulski (D Appropriations Committee Chairman MD) ISen. Richard Shelby (R- Appropriations Committee Ranking AL) Member ISen. Patty Murray (D-WA)I Budget Committee Chairman Ranking Sen. David Vitter(R-LA) Environment and Public Works Committee Member Sen. Lamar Alexander(R- Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Ranking TN) Committee Member Sen. Thad Cochran (R- Agriculture Committee Ranking MS) I Member The 113th Congress will include 78 female members of the House of Representatives (18 percent), and 20 female members of the Senate (20 percent). Most of these women are Democrats. In the House, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) was elected chair of the Republican Conference, following her tenure as vice-chair during the 112th Congress. The position of vice-chair will be held by Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS). Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will serve as secretary of the Conference. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was reelected as Democratic Leader. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) was elected as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Karen Bass (D-CA) were elected to serve as second vice-chair and whip, respectively. • Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) was elected second vice-chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, while incoming freshman Rep.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) will serve as whip during the 113th Congress. In the Senate, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) was reelected to the position of Democratic Conference secretary. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) will remain vice-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee and also chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee. 1 6. EPA Under Scrutiny In December, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced that she will step down. Her replacement has not yet been identified. During the Obama Administration's first term, Congress challenged the authority of the EPA to regulate air pollution and other environmental hazards. Numerous Members of Congress in both the Senate and the House of Representatives introduced legislation to block or delay the agency from reducing climate change emissions under the Clean Air Act. Some Members of Congress tried to attach bills attacking the EPA to legislation that must pass, such as federal spending and budget bills. House Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Edward Whitfield (R-KY) launched informal hearings last year to evaluate successes and shortcomings of the Clean Air Act from the perspectives of stakeholders. Any effort to amend the air pollution law to prohibit the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change would originate with that subcommittee. NACCHO works with a coalition led by the American Lung Association to combat efforts to weaken the Clean Air Act or limit the authority of the EPA to regulate air quality. . Farm Bill Reauthorization The deal to avert the fiscal cliff included a partial extension of the Farm Bill which expired at the end of September 2012.The extension includes a full nine-month extension of$5 billion in direct payments to certain commodity farmers, a provision that the Senate and the House Agriculture Committee had moved httns://www.magnetmail.net/Actions/email web version.cfm?publish=newsletter&user id... 1/10/2013 rage 4oiJ No to eliminate with bipartisan support over the summer. l it The extension does not cover all programs, and cuts by one-third the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed), a federal/state partnership that supports nutrition education for people eligible for food stamps. Through SNAP-Ed, states receive grants to encourage SNAP recipients to eat more fruits and vegetables and to get more exercise. The $110 million cut to SNAP-Ed reportedly paid for 0 a program that protects dairy farmers from price fluctuations, thus avoiding sharp increases in the price of milk. Earlier versions of the Farm Bill never included or considered cuts to SNAP-Ed, and this last minute cut was never approved by the Agriculture Committees. 8. Moving Forward for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Transportation Law Implementation Funding surface transportation programs at over $105 billion for fiscal years FY2013 and 2014, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) is the first long-term highway authorization enacted since 2005. States will have discretion to move funding for Transportation Alternatives (TA) to highway projects, and advocates for active living are gearing up at the state level to discourage states from moving these funds. Local governments in a metropolitan area with over 200,000 people would be able to apply directly to the Metropolitan Planning Organization for TA funding. Dedicated funding for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) has been discontinued, although SRTS can receive TA money. However, SRTS now requires a 20% match of local funds. NACCHO coalition partner Transportation for America has produced a handbook Making the Most of MAP-21. MAP-21 reauthorizes transportation programs through September 2014, so in 2013 NACCHO will continue building momentum for active living and public transportation projects to be included in the next reauthorization bill. 9. Still Waiting on Food Safety Modernization Act Regulations i President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law on Jan. 4, 2011. Two years later, however, the White House's Office of Management and Budget has yet to release the final rules for food safety. Advocates have gone to court to force the Administration to move forward. 1 Besides the regulatory hold-ups last year at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), food safety suffered III from a diminished capacity at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency discontinued the Microbiological Data Program, ending about 80 percent of the public pathogen testing in the U.S., and the cutback on on-site evaluations of foreign meat inspection programs. In 2012, the FDA provided nearly $4 million in funding for eligible local health departments to advance efforts for a nationally integrated food safety system and advance implementation of FSMA. In addition, NACCHO received funding from the FDA to strengthen and promote the role of local health departments in retail food safety regulation. NACCHO continues to advocate for funding to support local efforts to prevent and respond to outbreaks of foodborne illness in 2013. NACCHO continues to co-chair the Council to Improve Foodborne Illness Response (CIFOR) with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the FDA. NACCHO is also represented on the CDC's Food Safety Modernization Act Working Group of the Board of Scientific Counselors. 10. Federal Programs Continue to Face Reauthorizing Challenges In 2013, NACCHO will continue working to ensure that Congress reauthorizes several programs that are • important to local health departments. Due to the partisan environment in Congress, it has been challenging to get reauthorization bills passed, regardless of whether the bills are controversial or not. i The Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA), which authorizes the public health emergency preparedness program, expired on September 30, 2011. Funding for the program continues without an authorization. Last year, the public health and emergency preparedness communities worked hard to get PAHPA reauthorization past the finish line, but in the final days of the 112th Congress, other issues took • precedence. The House passed a modified reauthorization bill on December 19 but the Senate failed to act. Therefore, the House and Senate will need to take up the legislation again this year. The Ryan White CARE Act is up for reauthorization in 2013, and discussions have begun in the public health and AIDS communities about what the legislation should contain. In the post-ACA world, the debate httns://www.magnetmail.net/Actions/email_web version.cfm?publish=newsletter&user id... 1/10/2013 r Page 5 of 5 is about how to modify safety net programs to accommodate access to health insurance provided by the ACA. • Questions? Suggestions? NACCHO will continue to provide updates through our weekly e-newsletter, News from Washington. 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Pub Health Click Here to Unsubscribe 1100 17th Street, NW,2nd Floor,Washington, DC 20036 • • ►,++,, n�xnx,.x,,,,ao„Ptmail_net/Actions/email web version.cfin?publish=newsletter&user id... 1/10/2013 �� � " ' � AGENDA FOR CHANGE ACTION PLAN a . „ . ,_ 4� ` . i4tThe landscape for health is changing across the nation.Thanks to successes in %� t � ��� ::: public health, communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and influenza are no � longer the leading causes of death. People now become ill and die early from '' 4 4 x.17 preventable chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease that result from ' w `= : ,,a� , tobacco use, poor nutrition and lack of physical activity. Public health � � ;� ��.�n��$� �� �, g �� approaches will help solve this new challenge if we align our resources and ,`i`�� i, t,_: i competencies to match. -'''''''I'17r;:t4:::4'''b � is stfa, '� z Implementation of the Affordable Care Act brings new opportunities for „ expanding insurance coverage and access to care for some of our most , ` '' vulnerable populations. It provides states the ability to define essential health ,' � � "."',/t1.4)-'4''' :� �.} � benefits. Ultimately, it allows the health care system to reform its business practices while ensuring better collaboration with partners—as a means to ,,,,,-9,---1,- slowing the increase in health care costs, improving the experience of care s 1, y ?x - h and improving the health of populations. i x f k 6 �; ?,, ,, r ,t; We are also living in a time when resources are scarce and competitive. Public , ' health agencies have seen major cutbacks over the past several years, „:.',„,',,,,,,,,',,:cr. ; ?a compromising our ability to protect and improve the health of our communities. With the Agenda for Change,our state can be at the forefront of responding to this changing landscape by transforming our public health network through three approaches: Foundational public health services ensure every resident in Washington can access a foundational set of public health services supported by adequate and predictable funding, no matter where he or she lives. These foundational services are necessary but not sufficient. Just like the • foundations of buildings support the larger structure,the public health foundational programs support other standalone federal or fee supported Sprograms, like WIC, emergency preparedness and response,food safety inspections, and diabetes prevention. Strategically prioritize our work so the public health network is working together to confront emerging challenges.The Agenda for Change helps us focus on the most important elements of preventing communicable disease and other health threats,fostering healthy communities and environments, and partnering with the health care system. Transform business Processes. Reform how we do business.Take steps to ensure our workforce has the necessary skills and competencies to address new challenges, adopting the best of both private and public sector management into our operations, and developing along-term strategy for predictable and appropriate levels of financing. Commit to health equity and eliminating health disparities. All Washingtonians should have the opportunity to live long, healthy lives regardless of geography; education; income levet; race; ethnicity; sexual orientation; or physical, mental, or emotional abilities. Achieving health equity is a public health priority as local public health agencies, tribes, and the state work to identify health disparities and implement strategies to eliminate them. To view the Agenda for Change Action Plan,visit www.doh.wa.gov f Portals/ 1 Documents/1200/A4C-APsummary.pdf • John Wiesman, Co-Chair Gregg Grunenfelder, Co-Chair Agenda for Change Agenda for Change Workgroup Clark County Public Health Department of Health ACTIVITIES & SERVICES -°: INDICATORS STANDARDS ,.,:l 13_ A recent activities and services A recent survey assessing how Three Public Health Standards data are used revealed the °' local public health indicators �x Subgroups are working on the • data are used revealed the following: �- :� following: ' >' following: Half of the respondents _ 0 Limited Set of Public Health (17 local health agencies) -' Local health agencies have11 ' Standards have used the activities and used the indicators to share This subgroup is developing data with local boards of services data and shared it . . r 1 an initial draft of a limited with their local boards of . 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About one-third of the local Exemplary Practices Suggestions were made to health agencies use the local This subgroup is continuing provide additional tools to public health indicators as to align the 2010-2011 share information with their primary set of health exemplary practices with III interest groups,templates to indicators; the rest use the the PHAB version 1.0 University of Wisconsin standards. display data comparisons, sample stories using the County Health Rankings, To view the most current PHAB data, and more options for locally selected indicators Version 1.0 standards, visit data trends. and other indicator sets. www.phaboard.org/wp- To view the complete survey content/uploads/PHAB- To view the complete survey results,visit Standards-and-Measures- results,visit Version-1 O.pdf www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/D www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/D ocuments/1200/PHAS- ocuments/1200/PHI- To view the 2011 Public Health 2011 useSurvey.pdf 2012UseResults.pdf Exemplary Practices In addition to preparing for the Compendium, visit In addition to preparing for the www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/D 2012 inventory, in 2013 the 2013 update,the Public Health ocuments/1200/Phs- Public Health Activities and Indicators Workgroup will: EPcompendium.pdf Services Workgroup will: Look at what other national Discuss capturing the public indicator data are available health activities and services and how these can add provided by Washington's value to local public health 29 tribes indicators efforts Identify performance Boost up activities around measures for these activities communication and and services promotion of indicator use • To view the public health To view the local public activities and services database, indicator database,visit visit www.doh.wa.gov/Iphi https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/phi p/PHIP/ Board of 3CeaCth _Media Report January 17, 2013 410 Jefferson County Public Health December 2012/January 2013 NEWS ARTICLES 1. "'Toxic' open house," Peninsula Daily News, December 9th, 2012. 2. "Kilmer talks roads, sewers on North Olympic Peninsula," Peninsula Daily News, December 12th, 2012. 3. "Waste-free holiday open house Dec. 14-15 in downtown Port Townsend hosted by Jefferson County Public Health," Peninsula Daily News, December 13th, 2012. 4. "Flotsam seen from crab boat could be tsunami-driven dock," Peninsula Daily News, December 18th, 2012. 5. "UPDATE — Authorities find dock— possibly from Japanese tsunami —washed up on beach in Olympic National Park," Peninsula Daily News, December 19th, 2012. 6. "Newborn dies of whooping cough in King County; 51 reported cases on Peninsula this year," Peninsula Daily News, December 19th, 2012. 7. "Appeals, energy issues delay mill's $55 million cogen project, DOE approves 18-month extension," Port Townsend Leader, December 19th, 2012. 8. "Substance abuse work earns state honors," Port Townsend Leader, December 19th, 2012. 9. "Large dock washes ashore in remote Olympic National Park section between LaPush, Hoh River," Port Townsend Leader, December 19th, 2012. 10. "Tsunami debris fails to reach huge dock on coastal beach," Peninsula Daily News, • December 21st, 2012. 11. "Response team hikes to dock on remote beach," Peninsula Daily News, December 21st, 2012. 12. "Appeals delay Port Townsend biomass project," Peninsula Daily News, December 24th, 2012. 13. "UPDATE: Team inspects dock washed ashore on Olympic National Park beach," Port Townsend Leader, December 23rd, 2012. 14. "64 feet of flotsam — Invaders on tsunami dock?" Peninsula Daily News, December 23rd, 2012. 15. "Staying healthy, keeping resolutions in 2013," Port Townsend Leader, December 26th, 2012. 16. "Dock believed from tsunami shows no invasive marine species," Peninsula Daily News, December 28th, 2012. 17. "Feeling a bit achy? Flu season officially arrives on Peninsula," Peninsula Daily News, December 30th, 2012. 18. "Paper mill is fined for air quality," Port Townsend Leader, January 2nd, 2013. 19. "Jefferson County issues formal denial of Port Townsend Paper permit," Peninsula Daily News, January 3rd, 2013. 20. "Jamestown S'Klallam tribe buys sacred site of Tamanowas Rock," Peninsula Daily News, January 6th, 2013. 21. "Japanese dock `treated' in Olympic National Park," Port Townsend Leader, January 9tH 2013. S `Toxic' open house PORT TOWNSEND— • Community members can bring up to three toys and small household items,and Jefferson County Public Health staffers will screen them for lead at two Waste and Toxic-Free Holiday Open House events in December.., The events will be held at the Cotton Building,607 Water St.,from 4 p.m.to 8 p.m.Friday and from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.Saturday. Items will be screened using an X-ray fluorescence device. Examples of recycled and no-waste gift-wrap- ping,holiday decoration and tree ornaments pro- duced by the health depart- ment staff will be on dis- play. The public is invited to vote for their favorite item in several categories. Children and adults will be invited to create recy- cled wrapping paper using old newspaper and paper bags supplied by the health department. Information regarding lead exposure,Christmas tree disposal and using less during the holiday season will be available. For more information, phone Pinky Feria Mingo at pinky@co.jefferson.wa.us, visit www.jeffersoncounty publichealth.org or phone 360-379-4489. • S ,SDA/ is/9//a Kilmer talks roads,sewers on North Olympic Peninsula By Charlie Bermant , Peninsula Daily News, December 12th, 2012 0 - ., ;;,-''''--,:z-tp-iwitimr,....,--...,-„,„,,,, ,„,, - .. .1,'%:ia 5, will:' :,' „,. ..Aie;'*4 E k a De=rte € ,.-,*,,,,,.,,,, , at hitmer t;44,..„ .,....t, .......,„. �^ - ., r ::---,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-,,,,,,_ s . .. -,,T,-Ab,, ,,ice fix: 6ekt Kilt::'e 1 t *. os2:4:*41:04 ,* t;:it. . r V; Itt , ''' k4,41',0-Vv:!;d1e4., 1 . , :: , Iiiiir,,,: .:„.,41,t,6 4 Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Kilmer thanks supporters in Port Townsend on Monday, as Jefferson County Commissioner David Sullivan listens. PORT TOWNSEND—Departing U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks built his reputation as an advocate of local infrastructure projects, and his successor indicated that he wants to continue that tradition. "It's not always the most exciting topic, but infrastructure really does matter when you are talking about the ability for private-sector job growth,” said Derek Kilmer, a professional economist who will be sworn in as Dicks' successor Jan. 3 ."It can be a real difference-maker as to whether a project moves forward or doesn't move forward, or whether private business decides to make an investment or not," he told Jefferson County commissioners Monday. At his first official North Olympic Peninsula meetings with a government agency since his election Nov. 6, Rep.-elect Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, and a native of Port Angeles, spent about an hour with the Jefferson commissioners. Updates on two big projects on the east and west sides of the county—sewers for the Port Hadlock area and renovation of Hoh River Road —dominated that meeting. Afterwards, Kilmer met with supporters at the Cotton Building in Port Townsend. "Economic development happens on the ground in local communities," Kilmer said after meeting with the commissioners. "My role as a member of Congress and my staff's role will be very much focused on meeting with local businesses and determining how we can help them lay the foundation for job growth." Kilmer is assembling his local office staff, which he promised "will provide strong access for every family and every business in this district." He did not say where, if any, field offices will be located in the 6th District, which sprawls across the Olympic Peninsula Aft•and extends through Kitsap County into Tacoma. The North Olympic Peninsula field office for Dicks in Port Angeles closes at the end of the month. On Monday, county project planner Joel Peterson briefed Kilmer on the Port Hadlock sewer project, which he said is essential to the economic development of East Jefferson County. Peterson said the lack of sewer service restricts Tri-Area growth, particularly the ability to provide affordable housing. "Habitat for Humanity is quite active in Port Townsend and Quilcene, but they have been unable to expand into Port Hadlock until we have an adequate sewer system," Peterson said. "There are opportunities for affordable housing that are not met because we are all on septic systems." Peterson said the sewer would cost$37 million to construct; $14 million is acquired to date. He said the county has used the money for final design and expects to have finished construction documents by the end of 2013. Peterson said he is hoping to narrow the $23 million gap through applications to the state's Public Works Trust Fund and with other capital requests—but federal help also is needed. "The key is to get as much grant funding as possible so we can lower the overall cost for the customers connecting to the system," he said. Kilmer said he understood the predicament as Gig Harbor, where he lives, had to expand its capacity. "It's a huge deal when a sewer system is at capacity," he said. "You have three options: to declare a building moratorium, get funding to expand the capacity or ask people to stop flushing." • Kilmer promised his support for the Hadlock project. "It's a shame that sewers aren't cheap, but they are important projects that have a lot of value for the economy and the environment," he said. "You can consider me a partner, I am happy to look under every rock I can." Kilmer also heard a presentation from county transportation planner Josh Peters about the Hoh River access road that provides the sole access from U.S. Highway 101 to the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park. The county is charged with the maintenance of 12 miles of road that leads into the national park. The stretch habitually is plagued by washouts that the county can't afford to repair continuously, Peters said. "The Hoh Rain Forest is a unique place, right up there with Hurricane Ridge, Crescent Lake and Ocean Shores," Peters said. "We used to have the money to do an immediate repair and keep the road open, but we no longer have the resources or the cash flow to make those repairs." Peters said the county is seeking federal support in the form of emergency funds to keep the road open, stating that doing so benefits the state, the economy and the tourist trade. • "This is one of the only places that you can see a true old-growth rain forest and get an idea of how things used to be," said County Commissioner David Sullivan. "You can get a view of what the real normal is instead of seeing an old-growth forest that has been logged." She county is seeking Kilmer's support in an application for emergency relief funds, which would guarantee reimbursement in times of disaster. The application for the program is due Jan. 25, and Kilmer promised that he would write a letter of support even if he had to do so on hotel stationery. "I'm sworn in on the 3rd [of January], so I should have letterhead by the 25th," he smiled. "We'll work something out." Kilmer, a former state legislator, suggested that the county seek state funds that might be available for culvert repair or to repair roads that are necessary for economic development. "Your need is substantial enough that you may be looking for as many ports in the storm as you can find," he said. As of Tuesday, Kilmer didn't have an official meeting scheduled with Clallam County commissioners, though he met socially with Commissioner Mike Doherty on Tuesday night, Doherty said. Jefferson County Reporter Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or at charlie.bermant@peninsuladailynews.com. PDN reporters Rob 011ikainen and Paul Gottlieb contributed to this report. • • • 12/13/2012 1:31:00 AM Pail,/ S Waste-free holiday open house Dec. 14-15 in downtown Port Townsend hosted by Jefferson County Public Health Jefferson County Public Health offers waste-free holiday ideas and free lead screening for toys. The health department is hosting a Waste and Toxic-Free Holiday Open House from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15 at the Cotton Building, 607 Water Street, Port Townsend. Community members may bring up to three toys and small household items to be screened using an X-ray fluorescence device to see if there is lead in them that could be harmful to children. Examples of recycled and no-waste gift-wrapping, holiday decoration and tree ornaments, produced by the staff of JCPH, will be on display. The public is invited to vote for their favorite item in several categories. Children and adults will be invited to create recycled wrapping paper using old newspaper and paper bags supplied by JCPH. • Information regarding lead exposure, Christmas tree disposal and using less during the holiday season will be available. Contact Pinky Feria-Mingo, environmental health specialist, at 379-4489 or email her at pinky@co.jefferson.wa.us. • Flotsam seen from crab boat could be tsunami-driven dock December 18`h,2012 F )N TAHOLAH— It was there Friday, but it apparently isn't now. Federal, state and tribal officials Monday were attempting to track a large object— possibly part of a dock dislodged in the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami—that was reported drifting off the coast near the Jefferson-Grays Harbor county line. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokeswoman Keeley Belva said Monday the object has not been relocated or confirmed since it was initially reported Friday. Fishermen aboard the crab boat Lady Nancy reported seeing a large object floating off the coast last Friday and even took a photo of it. Chief Petty Officer Robert Lanier said the Coast Guard has been broadcasting warnings to mariners about the big flotsam since then. Helicopter crews from Astoria, Ore., conducted five unsuccessful searches covering about 317 square miles aboard a HH-60 Jayhawk. NOAA has received about 1,400 debris reports in the past year, adding that 17 of those reports have been confirmed as definite debris from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011. The latest spotting of the debris reactivated a response plan that involves federal, state and tribal agencies. Lanier said the state Emergency Management Division, following a marine debris plan crafted this year, identified • resources and brought in partners to prepare for the response. The state contacted the Quinault tribe, based in Taholah, as well as NOAA's Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Olympic National Park and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Last summer, a 165-ton concrete Japanese dock became an international sensation after coming to rest on Agate Beach north of Newport, Ore. A commemorative plaque showed that it was one of four owned by Aomori prefecture (state) that broke loose from the port of Misawa on the northern tip of the main island during the 2011 tsunami. Anybody spotting debris in the ocean or ashore is asked to notify authorities by phoning toll-free 855-922-6278. More information is available at http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris and http://marinedebris.wa.gov. • UPDATE—Authorities find dock—possibly from Japanese tsunami—washed up on beach in Olympic National Park Ailey Peninsula Daily News staff, December 19, 2012 ry � � k $ U.S.Coast Guard(click on photo to enlarge) The dock is on a beach between LaPush and the mouth of the Hoh River. Federal,state and tribal officials have been looking for a large object—possibly part of a dock dislodged in the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami—that was reported drifting off the coast near the Jefferson-Grays Harbor county line. his news release was issued Tuesday night by the Coast Guard, NOAA, Olympic National Park and the state Department of Ecology: LAPUSH —An extensive helicopter search by the Coast Guard paid off Tuesday when a crew located a large ocean- drifting dock washed ashore in an extremely rugged and remote section of coast in the Olympic National Park. It was found between LaPush and the mouth of the Hoh River. Federal and state and tribal agencies are mounting a coordinated mission to reach the site on the ground, to evaluate the massive dock for any potential invasive aquatic species that may have"hitchhiked"while it was drifting in the ocean, to evaluate the dock's origins, and to develop a response. It has not been confirmed whether the dock is a piece of debris from the devastating March 2011 tsunami in Japan. The Coast Guard mounted a series of flights to locate the dock after it was spotted adrift in the ocean last Friday by fishermen aboard a fishing vessel, Lady Nancy. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration worked to determine the dock's trajectory based on the reported location at the time of the sighting. Gov. Chris Gregoire said, "I want to thank the Coast Guard and our federal partners for making it a priority to find the dock and for stepping up to task quickly. S"The Coast Guard was out in challenging conditions looking for a needle in a haystack, and they found it. "I also commend our state marine debris response group and our tribal and local partners for working in concert to respond as we deal with these unprecedented situations." Federal and state agencies are concerned about the safety of people encountering a large, heavy floatable object in the ocean surf. Pending further information about the precise location and the risks associated with the dock, the National Park Service has closed the wilderness beach between Hoh Head and Toleak Point to all public entry. Olympic National Park protects over 70 miles of wild Pacific coast. Much of this coastline, including the dock's location, was designated by Congress as wilderness in 1988. Marine debris is an ongoing problem with everyday impacts, especially around the Pacific, and natural disasters can make the problem worse. Anyone sighting other significant debris that may be from the tsunami is asked to report it to DisasterDebrisCa�noaa.gov. As of December 13, NOAA has received approximately 1,432 official debris reports, of which 17 have been confirmed as definite tsunami debris. For the latest information on tsunami debris please visit http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris and http://marinedebris.wa.gov. • • Newborn dies of whooping cough in King County; 51 reported cases on Peninsula this year Peninsula Daily News,news sources, December 19`h,2012 WaEATTLE—A newborn baby who died of whooping cough last week in King County was the first pertussis death in shington state since August 2011 and occurred even though the number of new cases in the epidemic is a tenth of last spring's rate. The Seattle-King County Health Department withheld details about Thursday's death for the family's privacy but said it's a reminder that mothers and family members should be immunized to protect babies from pertussis. There have been 4,658 cases of the disease in Washington this year through Saturday, said state Health Department spokesman Tim Church. Only a few have been recorded on the North Olympic Peninsula. Clallam County has had 26 cases this year. Jefferson County has had 25 cases since January. No new cases of pertussis have occurred on the Peninsula since July. The statewide number of cases is the highest since 1941. "It's tragic to have a death," Church said Tuesday. "But with this number of cases, it's not unexpected." There were a total of two pertussis deaths in Washington in 2011 and two in 2010. Health Secretary Mary Selecky declared this year's outbreak an epidemic April 3 and the number of cases peaked in May at more than 250 a week. Since then, the number of new cases declined to about 25 a week in December—still at an epidemic level and about twice what would be considered normal in previous years. IIII 'We're glad to see it's dropping, but it's more than we want to see," Church said. Whooping cough mostly affects children, and 57 percent of the 2012 cases have been in school-age children, ages 5 to 18, who typically have a chronic cough with the"whooping" sound. The disease is most severe in infants. Some infants are unable to cough. They may turn bluish and have trouble feeding. Nearly 400 cases have been in children younger than 1. Of those, more than 70 were hospitalized, the Seattle-King County Health Department reported. Nationally, there have been more than 35,000 pertussis cases through mid-November and 16 deaths, mostly infants, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It takes a four-shot series of vaccine shots to immunize a baby in the first 18 months. That's when babies risk catching the disease from adults and why adults are encouraged to have booster shots. Women should revaccinate with every pregnancy because some protection is passed from mother to child, the Seattle- King County department said. "Assuring that all family members and other close contact are up-to-day with the pertussis vaccine provides additional security or a 'cocoon' around vulnerable babies," the department said. The disease is relatively mild in adults. Anyone with a cough should avoid infants. S The Associated Press contributed to this report. 12/19/2012 11:36:00 AM,Port Townsend Leader Appeals, energy issues delay mill's $55 million cogen project �OE approves 18-month extension Allison Arthur and Scott Wilson of the Leader y Appeals and a changing market for green energy are `The price of natural gas has slowed°down the timing of,:.,-;' delaying Port Townsend Paper Corp.'s $55 million all:alternatrve energy P„.1,, ts; biomass-burning cogeneration project. It was to be completed by the end of 2013, but mill officials say the ,e changes make possible the delay of completion until 2014 ionager Lort�eY��presrdent PT Peper ^ ' 6 v'''P*a^y.r�2' % 4r s� or 2015. +�^ rs4o° zi'„r�- x � x4 ;� f`�t4�ri�ha�fl"' a a gi ii7T?.PC , `been anderstandably reluctant to spend the An immediate reason cited by PT Paper officials is the $55 millier necessary to complete the cogeneration lengthy legal appeals process, pursued by environmental profeet as lTsng�'asrthe risk remains o€ deidy of two or groups, that has halted the permit for the project first °re years beittg rmpbsed mid-project.'s issued by state regulators in late 2010. The permit has been upheld three times already and the matter appears Annika Wallendahl ,(environmental manager, PT Paper headed for the Washington State Supreme Court for a final ruling sometime in 2013. "While the appeal process has.drawnuout the timeline, the court and;state agencies haveconsistently concluded that As a result, the state Department of Ecology (DOE) on the''''permit was properly evaluated and issued by Dec. 5 gave PT Paper an 18-month extension to the "Ecology" permit. That means, according to PT Paper President Roger Loney, that the pulp and paper company has until Kevin Sett environmental manager, PT Paper May 2014 to restart the project and could take another 18 months to complete it. DOE officials added that further extensions are possible. project involves a substantial expansion of the wood waste burning capability of the mill to enable it to generate up .The o 25 MW of electrical power using a new steam turbine generator, and with a $10 million upgrade to air pollution control equipment. Economic shift Another issue prompting delay, said Loney, is the changing economics of alternative energy sources in the United States. The price of natural gas has fallen dramatically based on technologies that boost production. As a result, Loney said, the demand for other sources of alternative power, including biomass, has fallen. "An independent issue is the impact that natural gas is having on all alternative energy projects—wind, solar or biomass projects—throughout the U.S.," said Loney. "Fracking for natural gas is so inexpensive that many utilities are moving to natural gas. That's depressing the demand for alternative energy." PT Paper's plan was to sell its power into the West Coast power grid, where southwest utilities could use it as part of their legal commitment to use a percentage of renewable energy. But the cheap natural gas supplies are changing the economics. "Natural gas has come to the top of the list of what they want to use," he said. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, prices for natural gas, as high as $10.79 per thousand cubic feet in 2008, had dropped to $1.94 in May 2012. "We continue to evaluate the market demand and economics for alternative energy and are working to sell the electricity that would be generated by the project," said Loney. But, he added, "the price of natural gas has slowed down the timing of all alternative energy projects." SSupreme Court steps in While the economics of energy remain in flux, the legal path toward a permit is now more straightforward — if still unresolved. Local and regional environmental groups have fought the PT Paper permit for the biomass project (called a Notice of • Construction), since it was issued by DOE on Oct. 22, 2010. The environmental groups have contended that the project should have been the subject of an environmental impact statement, and could lead to adverse human health impacts, ocean acidification and other problems. Proponents say the project's pollution control improvements would actually reduce particulate emissions by 70 percent. They also argue that the project would add 35 full-time construction jobs for a year, strengthen the ability of the mill to employ 300 people, and allow the mill to reduce petroleum burned for energy by 1.8 million gallons a year. Three appeals to the DOE permit have been decided to date—an administrative appeal, an appeal to the Pollution Control Hearings Board, and an appeal to Thurston County Superior Court. All have been rejected. The Thurston County court ruling was then appealed to the State Court of Appeals, but on Dec. 14 that court sent the case directly to the Supreme Court for a look. Lorrie Thompson, a spokesperson for the high court, said the Supreme Court has not yet accepted the case and has not asked for briefs or set a hearing. Instead, the court has been asked to review the case. It can either set a hearing or send the matter back to the appellate court. Appellants include PT AirWatchers, the Olympic Environmental Council, the Olympic Forest Coalition and No Biomass Burn. "PTPC has been understandably reluctant to spend the $55 million necessary to complete the Cogeneration Project as long as the risk remains of a delay of two or more years being imposed mid-project," PTPC environmental manager Annika Wallendahl wrote in the Oct. 10 letter to the DOE requesting the extension. DOE agreed. • "Ecology considers the ongoing appeals of the approval to be adequate justification for an extension contemplated by the NOC [notice of construction],"wrote Garin Schrieve, industrial section manager of the DOE, who added that further extensions could be granted. Kevin Scott, environmental director for PTPC, said Dec. 13 that the mill would like to have the project up and running "yesterday" and officials still are looking forward to it. But he said there is no rush to build it in light of the depressed market. Politics plays role Politics also could impact the project, he said. "Alternative energy is also being affected by the uncertainty of tax policy at the federal level," Scott noted. Peter Moulton, bioenergy policy coordinator for the state Department of Commerce's energy division, said that while California's energy market is soft, there likely will be a market in the future within Washington state. Utilities in Washington that serve 25,000 customers or more are required by Initiative 937 to increase their green- energy portfolio (wind, solar, biomass) to 3 percent by 2012, 9 percent by 2016 and 15 percent by 2020, Moulton noted. Now that 2012 is almost over, those utilities can relax— until 2016. Timeline 110 Schrieve explained that the DOE permit included a timeline the mill needed to follow to keep the permit valid. "It's been under appeal ever since" it was issued, Schrieve noted. Schrieve said the mill completed only one portion of what it set out to do, which was to get a truck tipper. Ilihe NOC also required that the mill not pause the project for any longer than 18 months. The purpose of that rule is to avoid granting permission for a project and then have it languish for years and be "grandfathered" under old rules, Schrieve explained. "While the appeal process has drawn out the timeline, the court and state agencies have consistently concluded that the permit was properly evaluated and issued by Ecology," Scott wrote on Dec. 10. • • • • Substance abuse work earns stat , e honors Anne Dean and Kelly Matlock of Jefferson ing substance abuse,child abuse and neglect," County received an award recently for their a statement from Lt. Gov. Brad Owens'office work to curb substance abuse. said . The two were presented with the "Their enthusiastic communication style Washington State Exemplary Substance and persistent advocacy along with success- Abuse Prevention Award in November at a ful information sharing has led community ' statewide prevention summit in Yakima. leaders to start using prevention terminology The Jefferson County Substance Abuse when talking about the community's social and Advisory Board- and Jefferson County health concerns. Commissioner John Austin nominated Dean "Not only do they demonstrate a team and Matlock for their work with the Jefferson approach to serving the community,"the honor County Community Network and the Port concluded,"they are known for reinforcing col- Townsend Coalition. laboration among all the providers in the coin- "Kelly and Anne are co-coalition coordina- munity along the continuum of care." tors for Port Townsend and Jefferson County Anyone interested in working on efforts to Community Network Coalitions.Together,they curb substance abuse and improve the lives utilize the Adverse Childhood Experiences of children can contact Dean at 379-4495 or Study as a foundation for their efforts prevent- Matlock at 379-4476. • pr • / 9//L 12/19/2012 4:14:00 PM„Port Townsend Leader • Large dock washes ashore in remote Olympic National Park section between LaPush, Hoh River The U.S. Coast Guard mounted a series of flights to locate a large dock that was spotted adrift , in the ocean on Friday, Dec. 14, by fishermen aboard Fishing Vessel Lady Nancy. An extensive helicopter search - paid off Tuesday, Dec. 18, when a crew located the dock washed ashore in a rugged and remote £' t section of coast in the Olympic National Park between LaPush and the mouth of the Hoh River. Pending further information An extensive helicopter search by the U.S. Coast Guard about theprecise location and paid off Tuesday, Dec. 18 when a crew located a large ocean-drifting dock washed ashore in an extremely rugged the risks associated with the and remote section of coast in the Olympic National Park dock, the National Park Service between LaPush and the mouth of the Hoh River. • has closed the wilderness beach Submitted photo between Hoh Head and Toleak Point, according to a Dec. 18 press release from Barbara Maynes, spokesperson for Olympic National Park. Federal and state and tribal agencies are mounting a coordinated mission to reach the site on the ground, to evaluate the massive dock for any potential invasive aquatic species that may have "hitchhiked" while it was drifting in the ocean, to evaluate the dock's origins, and to develop a response, Maynes reported. It has not been confirmed whether the dock is a piece of debris from the devastating March 2011 tsunami in Japan. Of concern is the safety of people encountering a large, heavy floatable object in the ocean surf. Marine debris is an ongoing problem with everyday impacts, and natural disasters can worsen the problem. Anyone sighting other significant debris is asked to report it to DisasterDebris@noaa.gov. As of Dec, 13, NOAA has received about 1,432 official debris reports, of which 17 have been confirmed as definite tsunami debris. For more information, visit marinedebris.wa.gov. • Tsunami debris team fails to reach huge dock on coastal beach By Rob 011ikainen,Peninsula Daily News, December 21,2012 Nom. i rr t k 4l � ... U.S.Coast Guard(click on photo to enlarge) Is this dock part of the Japanese fishing port of Misawa that was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami?Another huge dock washed up on the Oregon coast in June (Click on 'Related Photos'gallery, below) LAPUSH—A rain-swollen stream has prevented a team of investigators from reaching a huge dock believed to have floated across the Pacific to a remote beach south of LaPush after the Japanese tsunami of March 2011. •ympic National Park officials said the team members, representing federal and state agencies,trekked several miles through rugged terrain Thursday but had to turn back 200 yards from the dock because they couldn't get across Mosquito Creek, running high and fast from a storm. Team members plan to mount another effort today(Friday), if weather permits. They hope to verify that the dock came from Japan, measure it and inspect it for invasive species. Tides in the area may make today the"last best shot"to reach the dock before early January, said Dave Workman, spokesman for the state Marine Debris Task Force. The National Park Service-led team,which includes the state Department of Fish and Wildlife,Williams College, Oregon State University and Ballard Diving and Salvage,was able to see the dock through binoculars. Park spokeswoman Rainey McKenna,who was briefed on the operation late Thursday, said there appeared to be some marine organisms on the dock, but not a heavy amount. No writings were visible on the dock,she said. A Coast Guard helicopter crew spotted the dock on the wilderness beach in Olympic National Park south of LaPush on Tuesday. The beach, between LaPush and the Hoh River on the northwest tip of Washington, is about a five-mile hike from the nearest road on primitive trails crossing rough terrain. The nearest towns are LaPush and Forks, of"Twilight" book and movie fame, about 100 miles west of Seattle. liffficials say the dock appears to be similar to a Japanese dock that washed ashore last June in Oregon.That dock was cut up and auled away after officials removed marine organisms native to Japan that were found on the structure. 'Precarious location' If the team members are successful in getting to the dock today,they will inspect it for invasive species, place a tracking beacon on it (in case it floats back to sea), take samples and measurements and verify dock's origin. • Removing the dock or just scraping it clean of potential invasive species of marine life"is going to be a real challenge to find the right solution,"Workman said. "It's a very precarious location to get to, especially in these conditions,"Workman said. "At high tide there's no beach, and you've got a bluff." McKenna said there were 17-foot swells off the beach on Thursday, and three inches of rain in the last two days. "There was a lot of water out there today,"she said. The National Park Service has closed the beach area, between Hoh Head and Toleak Point,to all public entry. "Our primary concerns are invasive species and making sure everybody is safe in this scenario,"park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said earlier Wednesday. Sen. Maria Cantwell's office said the dock on the Olympic National Park beach was confirmed as tsunami debris from a photo taken by a fisherman and analyzed by a researcher working under a RAPID National Science Foundation grant to track debris. Cantwell, D-Wash., is pushing federal legislation seeking$20 million for tsunami debris removal. While the dock is likely of Japanese origin,Workman said officials will follow the protocol established by the United States and Japan to reach a definitive conclusion. Dock on Oregon beach • Officials are concerned about non-native plants or animals that may have hitched a ride on the dock. It is believed to be similar to the 165-ton concrete and steel dock that washed ashore in June near Newport, Ore. Looking like a railroad boxcar,the Newport dock was 66 feet long, 19 feet wide and 7 feet high.A plaque identified it as one of four owned by Aomori Prefecture that broke loose from the port of Misawa during the 2011 tsunami. The docks were used for loading fish onto trucks. One of the four docks turned up several weeks after the tsunami on an island south of Misawa. Volunteers scraped off 2 tons of seaweed and creatures that were clinging to the Newport dock. Among them were four species—a seaweed, a sea star, a mussel and a shore crab—that are native to Japan and have established themselves as invasive species elsewhere, said Caren Braby, manager of marine resources for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Officials won't know for a couple years whether any of them escaped to get a foothold in Oregon, she said. The scrapings were buried above the high water line. The dock was sterilized with blowtorches,then cut up and removed last summer. The Olympic National Park dock could get the same treatment to head off a non-native plant or animal taking hold, said state Fish and Wildlife Department spokesman Bruce Botka. "Our folks are looking at everything at the front end to avoid having a much bigger problem later," he said Wilderness beaches • Olympic National Park protects over 70 miles of wild Pacific beaches on the Washington coast. Much of the coastline, including where the new dock washed up,was designated by Congress as wilderness in 1988. • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Debris Program has been leading efforts to collect data, assess debris and reduce possible impacts to coastal communities and natural resources.4he Japanese government estimated that the March 11,2011,tsunami swept about 5 million tons of debris into the Pacific. Most of that k immediately,while 1.5 million tons were dispersed across the North Pacific. NOAA estimates the bulk of what is coming either has arrived or will in the next year or so—but that's a rough guess. NOAA has received about 1,400 debris reports in the past year, including bottles and buoys. Of those reports, 17 have been confirmed as definite tsunami debris, including a 20-foot boat, pieces of which were recovered earlier this month in Hawaii. Anyone sighting other significant debris that may be from the tsunami is asked to report it to DisasterDebris(c�noaa.gov. There are two government websites with information on tsunami debris—http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris and http://marinedebris.wa.c ov. 0 0 Response team • hikes to dock on remotebeach 9-member crew treks to structure to assess invasive-species potential BY RUB OLLIKAINEN "Our primary concerns PENINSULA DAILY NEWS are invasive species and PORT ANGELES — A making sure everybody is safe in this scenario," multi-agency response Maynes said. team trekked to a remote The response team part of Olympic National includes state Fish and Park on Thursday to get a Wildlife officials, coastal firsthand look at a beached biologists, ecologists, dock believed to be wreck- marine debris experts, a age from the Japanese tsu- park ranger and a contrac- nami of 2011. tor who removed the Japa- The nine-member crew nese dock that washed planned to reach the dock ashore near Newport, Ore., at low tide at about in June. 12:30 p.m. to begin the ini- tial assessment. Invasive species The crew was out of cell- • phone range and faced a "We're extremely grate- possible 21/2-hour hike out ful for the support and of the wilderness. expertise of our federal and "We're not anticipating Washington state partners," them getting• out until Olympic National Park 5 [p.m.] or 6 p.m.," park Superintendent Sarah spokeswoman Barb Maynes Creachbaum said in a state- said. ment. The crew could not be "As we move forward as interviewed until after a team, our first concerns press time. will be safety in this rugged Safety concerns from stretch of coastline and high winds and heavy surf assessment and contain- prevented the federal,state ment of any invasive spe- and tribal agencies from cies." reaching the dock Wednes- Scientists planned to day. evaluate the dock "for any A Coast Guard helicop- potential invasive aquatic ter crew spotted the dock species that may have Tuesday at the high tide `hitchhiked' while it was line in an extremely remote drifting in the ocean and to area about halfway between develop a response,"accord- Hoh Head and Toleak Point ing to a state Department of south of LaPush. Ecology statement. The National Park Ser- vice closed the wilderness Reporter Rob 011ikainen can be coast between Hoh Head reached at 360-452-2345, ext. and Toleak Point to all pub- 5072, or at rollikainen®peninsula lic entry. dailynews.com. • Appeals delay Port Townsend biomass project By Charlie Bermant,Peninsula Daily News, December 24th,2012 • PORT TOWNSEND—A series of appeals of court actions against Port Townsend Paper Corp. has delayed work on the firm's biomass cogeneration expansion until 2014 or 2015, the company said. Original projections had the expansion operating by April. The mill's statement follows a Dec. 10 state Court of Appeals ruling that sends a suit filed by five environmental groups to the state Supreme Court. The suit urges the requirement of an environmental impact statement prior to construction of the expanded facility that burns wood waste to create electricity. The appeal process has prompted the company to apply for and receive an 18-month extension of its construction permit, said Kevin Scott, the company's environmental officer. "This will allow additional time before construction must be restarted to allow for the time lost in appeals [and] could mean a delay in the project startup until 2014 or 2015," the company's statement said. Gretchen Brewer, a spokesperson for PT Airwatchers, expects the Supreme Court to hear the case sometime in the spring. PT Airwatchers filed the suit along with No Biomass Burn, the Olympic Environmental Council, the Olympic Forest Coalition and the World Temperate Rainforest Network. • Port Townsend Paper officials expect a favorable decision by the higher court. "The state Court of Appeals has now referred the case to the state Supreme Court, and if the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case, this will bring us a step closer to resolution," the company said in its statement. Port Townsend Paper is expanding its biomass cogeneration plant to generate 24 megawatts in the $55 million project. Nippon Paper Industries USA in Port Angeles also is expanding its biomass cogeneration facility to generate 20 megawatts in a $71 million project that's also slated for completion in 2013. Both have been opposed by environmental groups who say that the facilities will increase pollution, especially of ultrafine particles that can lodge in lungs. The construction of the Port Townsend facility is now idle after the completion of its first phase, the installation of a truck tipper that unloads hog fuel trucks, that took place between December 2010 and June 2011. The first phase was done under a permit that allowed up to 18 months of inactivity once work had started, Scott said. "The appeals delayed the project," Scott said. "We have not moved to the next phase of work and the 18 month 'inactivity window' would have expired later this • month, rendering the permit invalid." Since Ecology agreed that the appeals were a justifiable cause of delay, they issued the 18-month extension, which extends the allowable"inactivity window" up to May 2013, Scott said. "Once work restarts, we would expect up to an additional 18 months to complete the project," he said. • In June 2012, Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon rejected an appeal of the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency's permit for the plant, granting a motion for summary judgment that stopped the appeal. The environmental groups took the case to the Court of Appeals Division II, which ruled Dec. 10 that the appeal had merit and cleared the way for a hearing by the Supreme Court. "This is huge," Brewer said of the appeals court decision. "The place where they have sited the project is environmentally unsound, something that needs to be taken into consideration for any new project," she said. The biomass plant when constructed will provide an important source of alternative energy, mill officials said. "We will continue to evaluate the co-gen project and other measures we can take to reduce our dependence on oil and ways to continue our progress with reducing our greenhouse gas emissions,"the company said. "The co-gen project would provide 25 megawatts of alternative green energy to the grid, which is the equivalent of more than half of Jefferson County's electricity consumption [and] is enough to power 46,000 electric cars each year." Jefferson County Reporter Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or at charlie.bermanta,peninsuladailynews.com. •