As donations come in we up date our inventory. That means we have a back room full of older tools that can be yours for as little as $1.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is holding an information meeting regarding a complex permit modification application for Oil Re-Refining Company (ORRCO) located at 4150 N Suttle Road in Portland, Oregon. ORRCO operates a used oil re-refinery taking deliveries of used oil and processing them into reusable oil and fuel. ORRCO proposes to modify their existing air permit by removing and modifying existing processes, adding new processes, upgrading existing control technology, and adding new control technology. The solid waste permit is for the treatment and material recovery of oil contaminated materials and other spent materials. You can access the public notice here: http://www.oregon.gov/deq/Get-Involved/Pages/Public-Notices.aspx The air quality permit modification application and solid waste permit application can be accessed here: http://www.oregon.gov/deq/Programs/Pages/NP-Odor-Investigation.aspx |
The Port of Portland’s Noise Management group issued a new Continuous Descent Fact Sheet today.
Summary:
We encourage interested citizens click here to read the Port’s document. If you wish to engage in some more direct dialogue, please attend the ECNA Land Use Committee Meeting this coming Thursday, May 4th at 7pm – this topic is the focus for this meeting.
What: East Columbia NA Land Use Meeting
Date: May 4th, Thursday, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Where: Columbia Community Church, 420 NE Marine Dr.
Agenda:
1. Introductions and announcements
2. F-15 ORANG overhead continuous landing discussion and strategy planning
3. Petition submissions
Note: petition deadline extended to this meeting date, May 4th
4. Follow up tasks and assignments
5. Recognition and thank you!
To gain context re petitions, please see this previous article – a recap of the ECNA April General Meeting. Note: petitions are still being collected even though the test period was approved. They will be presented as one component of community input to the Port on this matter.
The April 11, 2017 ECNA Board Meeting sure was a lively night! We had a larger than typical crowd, as lots of folks wanted to hear about the newly announced plan to expand F-15 Fly-overs at the Oregon Air National Guard’s base at PDX. As discussion and details unfolded, temperatures began to rise.
The Guard’s plan was presented by the Port’s representative and Noise Analyst, Jerry Gerspach. We also had two Citizen’s Noise Advisory Committee (CNAC) members present, Kelly Sweeney and Karen Myer. The CNAC members are citizen volunteers charged with representing neighbors / residents when CNAC meets with the other parties involved, including The Guard, the FAA, and the Port of Portland (who “owns” the airport). Kelly and Karen got quite an earful as neighbors expressed their opposition to the Guard’s plan, and they promised to take the strong opposition response back to the table. But there is still considerable anxiety as the outcome is uncertain.
In the meantime, some long-time neighbors teamed up to get a petition drive started. If you’d like to get involved, you can print the petition, gather signatures, and relay them to the address in the petition footer by May 4th [date pushed out to ECNA Land Use Meeting, May 4th at 7pm @ 420 NE Marine Dr]. Here’s a link to the petition…
Petition to BLOCK Additional F-15 Fly-Overs by OANG at PDX
The link above will take you to a PDF file that you can print, sign, and carry around and gather more signatures. (Feel free to make copies.) Just make sure to get any forms with signatures turned in by May 4th.
And, I’ve also set up an Online Petition, so if it’s easier for you, just use and Share this link…
ONLINE VERSION: Petition to Block F-15s Overhead
The online petition will be merged with the collected handwritten signatures, and they will ALL be turned in TOGETHER.
Lisa Latin
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East Columbia Neighborhood Association 