YOU have a Constitutional Right to BREATHE Clean Air. Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend have an Obligation and Duty to Protect Your RIGHTS to Breath Clean AIR.

Shut Down the Port Townsend Paper Mill. Fight Back. You have a Right to have CLEAN AIR. You have PROPERTY Rights, Rights to not be Harassed, and you have rights under the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights to BREATH Clean Air.

Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend have a responsibility to stand up to corporations such as the Port Townsend Paper Mill that are violating your rights.

However, You have to stand up to Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend and to DEMAND that your legal rights are enforced.

Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend must MAKE the Washington Department of Ecology Do their JOB.

STOP Complaining to your Attacker that they are Harming YOU. Complain to Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend. They can and SHOULD enact local laws to PROTECT YOU.

It is not enough to simply report to the Department of Ecology. Stephanie OGLE and the DOE protect the mill. It is FUTILE to report directly to the assailant's, the Port Townsend Paper Mill, and ask them to stop attacking you.

It is the Job of Law Enforcement, State Agencies, and here mostly the job  of Jefferson County Washington and the City of Port Townsend to PROTECT your RIGHTS.

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is NO Longer 

a Good Fit for the People of Port Townsend, PERIOD.

Stephanie Ogle and the Washington Department of Ecology is not really a People BEFORE Profit sort of group. Yet they are paid by public dollars.

Stephanie Ogle of the Washington  Department of Ecology is assigned to regulate the Port Townsend Paper Mill and claims to follow up on all odor complaints. However, all this seems to be is to contact the mill and see if everything was normal and okey dokey on that day. The Mill says Ya all is well and well that is that. So it would seem that the DEQ is really out to protect the mill and not the water, air, soil, and people in Washington.

Kind of like asking a criminal if they committed the crime, of course they say NOPE sure didn't.

Stephanie Ogle and the Washington  Department of Ecology is not really a People BEFORE Profit sort of group. Yet they are paid by public dollars. 

The Bottom Line is the mill is, in my understanding of the laws, breaking the clean air, clean water and clean soil laws. They are harassing us constantly and ruining our legal right to quiet enjoyment of property. The Port Townsend Paper Mill, I allege, is breaking the Clean Air Act, and yes are committing crimes on the residents of Port Townsend.

The DEQ allegedly logs odor complaints, SO WHAT. They are supposed to protect the water, soil, air and people of Washington. Instead they protect the profits of the Crown Paper Group, not even based out of Washington.

Complaining about Odor is Futile. They don't do anything but pay us lip service.

The DEQ and EPA does NOT address the poisons we are clearly breathing nor the massive clean water that is poisoned by the mill. And for WHAT? The alleged smell of MONEY.

That money smell is for the lung doctors, the mill owners, the investors and not for Port Townsend. There are clean jobs that could come in and there is tons of clean up jobs. The PT Mill gets grants and lot's of hand outs, plus they use 14 Million Gallons of water a day. SURELY there can be a way to create 400 jobs in PT without poisoning us and ruining our quality of life.

Stephanie Ogle of the Washington  Department of Ecology gets her deep investigative results from the mill itself. 

And she says "Generally speaking, the operations at the mill were normal and the air pollution control equipment was operating within their normal ranges. They did not have any leaks/spills/abnormal releases during that period."

What does "generally" MEAN? This is our precious air. We have a right to clean air. The harassing smell that the PT mill puts out is toxic and annoying. There is no such thing as generally speaking. WE WANT FACTS, and the Clean Air and Water Laws OBEYED. The DEQ is SUPPOSED to make sure the laws are followed and not CODDLE corporations.

What does "normal" and "normal ranges" MEAN? Normal Ranges is the PROBLEM. The Mill's NORMAL toxic spewing is poisoning us, harassing us, and is in violation of the Clean Air Act. It is wrong, immoral and I believe flat out against the law to put these toxins in our air and water daily. The NORMAL RANGES need to be stopped as they are unconstitutional, unlawful and a complete violation of citizen rights and property rights.

Stephanie Ogle also says;

"While the emissions from the mill are within their normal operations, the weather can have an amplifying affect on the odors that are generated at the facility. It has been hotter and more humid recently and it looks like there are have been some periods of low to no winds, which can also increase the intensity of the odors. This may be why the odors have been worse during the past week.
I will continue to request that they investigate the odor complaints and I will let you know if they do find anything outside of their normal operating ranges."

ENOUGH with the blaming the Weather. JUST Stop the source of the toxins and DO YOUR JOB. Stop mumbling about weather, generally and normally and get STRICT about what is really going on. Protect the people paying your wage. The mill is SERIOUS bad every single day it is operating REGARDLESS of humidity, wind, weather or other mumbo jumbo.

STOP LETTING THE Bad Guys Regulate themselves. STOP calling the perpetrator and asking them if they are committing the alleged crime. INVESTIGATE yourself. Monitor the Air, Obey the Law.

Contact Stephanie Ogle and tell her what you think

Stephanie Ogle, PE
W2R - Industrial Section
360-407-6355


Complain to the Department of Ecology at 
Stephanie Ogle at stog461@ecy.wa.gov

Also Complain to the Port Townsend City Manager David Timmons, the Port Townsend Water Manager Ian Jablonski, and the Port Townsend Mayor.

Contact Information for the Above:

250 Madison Street, Suite 2
Port Townsend WA 98368
Phone: 360-379-5047
Fax: 360-385-4290

http://www.cityofpt.us/contactlist.htm

Complain to Ian Jablonski, City of Port Townsend water quality manager , ya know the guy that said to the PT leader that YOU should conserve water. Even though the mill uses 14 MILLION gallons a day. http://www.ptleader.com/news/drought-city-raises-lords-lake-a-second-time-this-year/article_e908d478-19f7-11e5-80cb-13bf9568a566.html


More City of Port Townsend Contact Information

City Council  Main:  


Position #1 Michelle Sandoval     msandoval@cityofpt.us

Position #2 Catharine Robinson     crobinson@cityofpt.us

Position #3 Deborah Stinson     dstinson@cityofpt.us

Position #4 Robert Gray     rgray@cityofpt.us

Position #5 Pamela Adams     padams@cityofpt.us

Position #6 - Mayor David King     dking@cityofpt.us

Position #7 - Deputy Mayor Kris Nelson     knelson@cityofpt.us


The City of Port Townsend can enact LAWS to protect your water, air and soil. Example Below
There Could be a Port Townsend Environmental Bill of Rights Like this City
http://smdp.com/city-council-passes-environmental-bill-of-rights/119705


The Mill and DEQ Refuses to Protect Port Townsend. So complaint directly to the City and the County and Get the Mill Out of Our County, or at the least REALLY actually use new technology to clean the air. They are blatantly poisoning and harassing you, with NO transparency and NO accountability.

Complain to Jefferson County Commissioners. 

P.O. Box 1220
Port Townsend,
WA 98368
jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us

PHONE
Phone: 360.385.9100

Link for More Contact Information
http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commissioners/

Sue the County and the Mill, and the DEQ for violations of the Clean Air Act and more cause of actions.  Stand up for your Rights. It takes us all to STAND up United.

Complain to the Department of Ecology at 

Stephanie Ogle at stog461@ecy.wa.gov

Sue the Port Townsend Paper Mill like the story below
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/06/30/glatfelter-faces-million-lawsuit/29514095/

You can File an attorney general complaint and a Department of Justice Complaint. You don't have to have an attorney to file complaints nor to SUE all of the above. You have RIGHTS. No more settling for hey that's the Smell of MONEY.

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is NO Longer 

a Good Fit for the People of Port Townsend, PERIOD.

It is not a Good Image to Poison People.no matter what LIES the Port Townsend Paper Mill tries to feed the Residents of Port Townsend.

"Port Townsend Paper officials see payoff in fostering mill’s local image

PORT TOWNSEND — A community outreach effort by the Port Townsend Paper Corp. has already improved public perception of the mill, a chamber of commerce audience was told Monday.

“If people don’t know what you are doing, they will make something up. People are very creative,” said Kevin Scott, the company’s sustainability manager, in front of about 50 people at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce’s meeting.

“But if you are upfront and tell them what’s going on, it helps, and our relationship with the community is very good now.”

Scott was one of four mill employees who addressed the chamber Monday, joining General Manager Carr Tyndall, Environmental Officer Annika Wallendahl and Executive Assistant Rita Hubbard.

Wallendahl said the new policies have included inviting the local media for tours and interviews, instituting public tours, establishing a complaint line, talking to community members in a one-on-one format and publishing an online newsletter designed to keep the public aware of mill improvements and environmental projects.

The company said it has also improved its website, www.ptpc.com, which includes job postings, product information and educational outreach information.

The mill held its first open house since 1949 in September, which drew over 400 community members and also improved relations, Wallendahl said.

“A lot of people couldn’t make the open house, so we now offer mill tours around once a month,” Wallendahl said.

Another important outreach program is the mill’s support of community and nonprofit groups.

Tyndall said the company has a line item for community contributions and considers each request for funding on an individual basis.

“We focus on a lot of the youth groups but will fund other things,” said Hubbard, who administers the allocations.

“Everything is subject to approval, but we have a little bit of leeway. As long as you have a good argument as to why you need the money, we can look at it and support it any way we can.”

The increased community goodwill is related to the mill’s efforts to clean up the environment and decrease the odors that emanate from the plant, Wallendahl said.

The company sponsored an odor reduction trial in 2013 that used a robotic raft to inject 6,000 pounds of liquid oxygen daily into the treatment pond, a process that reduced some of the odors, but did not eliminate them.

After the successful trial, the raft is now in full operation.

“We were grateful for the community involvement, it gave us access to a lot more input than we could have gotten on our own,” she said.

Water conservation is one of the company’s biggest concerns, especially if dry conditions continue through the summer.

Tyndall said that the mill’s water use has already been reduced from 15 million to 10 million gallons daily, and that number will decrease even further.

Scott said that he is working on a program to save 3 million gallons a day through reuse of the mill’s effluent, and Tyndall feels that other reuse processes will provide similar savings.

The drought conditions have pushed forward the annual mill closure — usually in December, it could begin as early as October.

“Efficient reuse of water is one of the biggest issues we face,” he said.

“With current drought conditions we are worried about what will happen in the fall. We are very worried that if we don’t get rain we may need to shut down for a while.”


Source
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150629/news/306299970

You don't have to hire and attorney to sue the Port Townsend Paper Mill or Jefferson County over the Paper Mill. You can sue Pro Se and file in pauperis. You can file diversity and in federal court. More tips on that coming soon.

Meanwhile check out this article as you prepare to SUE the Port Townsend Paper Mill and Jefferson County, and maybe even the Department of Ecology, as the Port Townsend Paper Mill REALLY is violating your constitutional rights. FIGHT BACK.

You have a right to quiet healthy enjoyment of your property, LEGALLY. You have a right to clean air by law. The Port Townsend Paper Mill is VIOLATING YOUR RIGHTS, affecting your property values and flat out poisoning you and yours.

Check this Out

"As a class action suit, the lawsuit might end up representing as many as "hundreds, if not thousands" of potential plaintiffs, according to the suit, as it identifies the class as "all owner/occupants and renters of residential property residing within one and one-half miles of the facility's property boundary."

"Glatfelter faces $5 million lawsuit over emissions

CHILLICOTHE – A Columbus law firm has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit against Glatfelter Inc. over claims from plaintiffs that emissions from the Chillicothe paper mill have damaged property and created a nuisance.

The lawsuit, brought by South Hickory Street resident Teresa Ford, Ervin Avenue resident Jack Leach and Patton Hill Road resident Rhonda Leeson, claims the paper mill releases "noxious odors and air particulates onto Plaintiffs' property, causing property damage through trespass, negligence, gross negligence and nuisance," according to the complaint.

As a class action suit, the lawsuit might end up representing as many as "hundreds, if not thousands" of potential plaintiffs, according to the suit, as it identifies the class as "all owner/occupants and renters of residential property residing within one and one-half miles of the facility's property boundary."

In March, attorneys sent letters to area residents offering a free consultation and the opportunity to join a class action suit against the company.

The lawsuit, filed Monday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio's Eastern Division, states that the plaintiffs do not wish to close the paper mill but rather seek to stop practices that result in the release of odors.

Glatfelter was mentioned as a possible source in four instances last fall and winter in which foul odors raised concerns among residents.

The first, which took place Sept. 9, was looked into by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, but no connection between the smell and the plant was confirmed, and both Glatfelter and the EPA stated the plant was functioning normally at the time the smell was being reported.

The second involved a Halloween discharge that took place when a mechanism designed to capture sulfur malfunctioned and a backup unit failed, requiring a temporary shutdown of an air handling unit to correct the problem.

The Ohio EPA found in that incident that hydrogen sulfite and methyl mercaptan had been released into the air at levels that required reporting to the EPA. One of the chemicals is a byproduct of the pulping process, whereas the other is mainly an odorant that functions similarly to what is added to odorless natural gas in order to help detect leaks.

In that instance, the EPA determined the amount of the discharge had the potential to cause minor health problems such as sore throats, watery eyes and nausea as far away as a mile. The odor, however, was the focus of several social media posts and some 911 calls from as far away as Columbus and Newark.

The third was noted by the Ohio EPA on Dec. 16 and a fourth was noted on Jan. 7 and 8, according to a notice of violation sent to the company on Feb. 4.

In that letter, the EPA was critical of the amount of time it took the company to report equipment malfunctions from the October and December incidents and stated that both the October and January situations involved emissions above acceptable levels that, under terms of the Ohio Administrative Code, qualify as a public nuisance.

Following that letter, the company was given 30 days to submit a plan and schedule to get the mill back into compliance.

"The plan should specify the corrective actions that will be taken, addressing in particular the timely reporting of malfunctions and prevention of odor-causing events, and the schedule should include a timeline for completing those corrective actions," the letter reads.

In the lawsuit filed Monday, the Columbus firm of Kitrick, Lewis & Harris Co., Columbus attorney Robert J. Wagoner, and Detroit firm Liddle & Dubin P.C. are listed as attorneys of record.

The plaintiffs claim Glatfelter "intentionally, recklessly, willfully, wantonly, maliciously, grossly and negligently failed to construct, maintain and operate the facility" and, as a result, created a nuisance that caused a damage to the plaintiffs' properties as the odors and air particulates settled on their homes and properties.

They also claim that the odors interfere with the enjoyment of their properties and have created "an unreasonable risk of harm" to residents."

Source
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/local/2015/06/30/glatfelter-faces-million-lawsuit/29514095/