8/24 Glines Canyon Dam, netpens, Kinder Morgan, BC green reviews, shellfish toxin, Victoria sewage, LOTT wastewater, Oly shores

Glines Canyon Dam (Peninsula Daily News)

If you like to watch: The intake tower at Glines Canyon Dam and its Lake Mills reservoir crashes to the ground on Wednesday in a video (and still photos) courtesy of cinematographer John Gussman of Sequim. Click here  to see them. Note the "Play the Video Here" button at the beginning and at the end of the string of stills.  TIMBER! A tower at Glines Canyon Dam crashes to the ground as part of Elwha River restoration (VIDEO)

Our Man on the Peninsula writes: "If you are concerned about the latest proposals to bring net pen aquaculture to the Strait of Juan de Fuca (5 miles west of Port Angeles), or are concerned and unclear about the current standoff by the Department of Ecology and the Jefferson County Commissioners over allowing in water net pen aquaculture in Jefferson County (through the Shoreline Master Program updated), then you should take the time to listen to this lecture (it runs over an hour in total)... Dr. Lawrence Dill is one of the foremost researchers on sea lice, and has a lot to say about the “possible” negative impacts of net pen aquaculture based on years of scientific, peer reviewed, published work. He was brought to lecture in Port Angeles last week, by a consortium of environmental groups concerned about the proposals for net pen aquaculture in Jefferson and Clallam counties lately." Dr. Lawrence Dill Net Pen Presentation Now Online

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners KMP.N said on Thursday that shippers on its chronically overbooked Trans Mountain oil pipeline system between Alberta and the Pacific Coast will be limited to just 33 percent of their hoped-for volumes in September. Kinder Morgan said the system, which carries Canadian crude to the Vancouver area and Washington state refineries, is over-nominated by 67 percent. Increasing numbers of shippers are seeking to move oil to the Vancouver harbor, where it can be shipped to Asia and other markets offering richer returns than more traditional markets for Canadian crude such as the U.S. Midwest. Overbooking on Trans Mountain pipeline leaves users short

Fears are growing that developments such as independent power projects, shellfish farms on beaches and marina expansions are likely to be built without oversight as the federal government cuts back on environmental assessments. Changes to the federal Environmental Assessment Act are halting more than 500 B.C. assessments in their tracks and many future projects will no longer meet the criteria for assessments.  Environmental groups fear reviews won't be conducted at all after cuts

Shellfish toxins have reached deadly levels and recently sent a South Kitsap man to the emergency room, according to the Kitsap Public Health District. The 51-year-old ate mussels gathered Aug. 15 in the Manchester/Colchester area, said Jim Zimny, water quality expert with the health district. His entire body went numb and he was taken to the hospital. The symptoms remained for four days.  Toxin levels in Kitsap shellfish climbing to potentially fatal levels

Greater Victoria's sewage-treatment project will use $6 million over the next six months to take its first steps, establishing a program management office and appointing the commission that will oversee the project. Included in the six-month budget - approved Wednesday at the Capital Regional District's core area liquid waste management committee meeting - is $4 million for consultant and advisory fees, a large chunk of which will go to Stantec Inc., which has a long-term contract with the CRD to provide management and technical services on the project. CRD approves 6-month budget for sewage project

The LOTT Clean Water Alliance ( Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston County )seeks a dozen or more Thurston County residents to help forge public opinion about a study to define the sewer utility’s ability to mix highly treated wastewater with groundwater. The four-year scientific study, estimated to cost roughly $4.2 million, is designed to answer questions about where and how much reclaimed wastewater can be safely injected into the region’s groundwater supplies. Applicants are sought to join a citizens group that will ensure the study addresses community concerns, said Karla Fowler, LOTT director of community relations and environmental policy. John Dodge reports. LOTT Alliance seeks residents to help answer public's wastewater questions

The Olympia City Council might not approve a controversial update to its state-mandated shoreline plan until March, instead of the end of the year, under a new plan it considered this week. Tuesday night, the council agreed to a schedule involving at least three more public workshops on the Shoreline Management Program. The proposed meeting schedule, presented by Keith Stahley, director of Community Planning and Development, would push council approval of the plan until March 26, following a public hearing. The city already missed the state’s 2011 deadline. Matt Bacheldor reports. Olympia council might not OK shoreline plan update until '13

Now, your weekend tug weather--
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 300 AM PDT FRI AUG 24 2012
TODAY
W WIND 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 4 FT AT 9 SECONDS.
TONIGHT
W WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 4 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
SAT
SE WIND 10 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 3 FT AT 8 SECONDS.
SAT NIGHT
LIGHT WIND...BECOMING W 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 3 FT.
SUN
SW WIND 10 KT EARLY...BECOMING LIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 FT.

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