3/7 Navy nukes, stormwater, BC oil refinery, pipeline, Oly shores, landfill seawall

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One military expense that’s not discussed in budget talks is construction of a $715 million dollar explosives handling wharf at the Navy’s Bangor Nuclear Submarine Base. The base occupies five miles of shoreline on the northern edge of Hood Canal, Puget Sound’s western arm. It manages the third largest collection of nuclear warheads in the country. A National Environmental Policy Act lawsuit was filed against the Navy last summer. Legal wrangling kept the case on hold. But last week the 9th Circuit said its first responsibility was to resolve issues raised by the suit and the case would move forward. Martha Baskin reports. A Multi-Million Dollar Military Expense Not in 'Budget Talk': Construction of a 2nd Explosives Handling Wharf at Bangor Nuclear Submarine Base 20 Miles from Seattle  

When you look around the streets of Seattle, you can expect to see less concrete and more greenery being put in over the next 12 years. The City is planning to dramatically increase its use of green infrastructure to treat stormwater runoff. So now the city has set an ambitious goal: treating 1,000 gallons of stormwater per resident with green infrastructure by the year 2025. To visualize that, they said what's needed is about six square feet of raingardens, per person. Bellamy Pailthorp reports. Seattle Mayor aiming high on green infrastructure for stormwater  

A B.C. media mogul says he is very close to inking a deal to build a massive new crude oil refinery in Kitimat. Speaking to business leaders at the B.C. Chamber of Commerce in Vancouver, newspaper publisher David Black said he plans to sign a memorandum of understanding within a month with a major investment firm for the $25 billion project.  Media mogul close to $25B Kitimat, B.C. refinery deal

Ottawa would have a better chance persuading British Columbians to accept oil pipelines if it reversed its decision to close the Kitsilano Coast Guard base, Premier Christy Clark says. Ms. Clark tied the two issues together Wednesday during debate over the successful rescue of two men aboard a fishing boat that sank in Vancouver waters. The Coast Guard said the rescue showed it could protect the public despite the controversial closing of the base last month, but critics said questions remain. Ian Bailey and Justine Hunter report. Clark links acceptance of oil pipelines to Coast Guard base’s future

Development restrictions from the Port of Olympia’s northern and East Bay shoreline should be lengthened to 75 feet from 50 feet, a majority of Olympia City Council members said Tuesday night. The council’s direction came late into its council meeting, during about two hours of discussion on the city’s draft Shoreline Management Program. The state-mandated plan the city is drafting, which has been discussed for several years, will affect development on major city shorelines. Council members continued a trend of favoring more restrictions than their recommendations in October. Last week, most council members said they favor requiring buildings to be set back 50 feet from the Budd Inlet shoreline of the isthmus, up from 30 feet in the October recommendations. Matt Batcheldor reports. Shoreline rules may get tougher

Immediate efforts to deal with a failing bluff abutting Port Angeles’ landfill will not include the removal of a seawall at its base, though the structure’s years may be numbered. Several members of the City Council and the public made clear during discussions about the city’s landfill bluff-stabilization project at Tuesday’s council meeting that they thought the 7-year-old concrete structure eventually should be torn out. Jeremy Schwartz reports. ‘Band-Aid’ seawall likely to stay below failing landfill bluff in Port Angeles

Now, your tug weather--
WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 300 AM PST THU MAR 7 2013
TODAY
S WIND TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 FT AT 11 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
TONIGHT
W WIND TO 10 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 4 FT AT 18 SECONDS.

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