The 3rd hearing for the City of Newport's license agreement for rights of way of the effluent line for the Georgia Pacific Toledo Pulp Mill was packed again and the testimony from both sides of the issue continued on. The city council announced that Department of Environmental Quality will be coming to the August 4th meeting to answer questions from the council in light of all the technical and environmental concerns raised by citizens. Many, restless from the long-awaited reconsideration of the NPDES permit, spoke in favor of forming a technical and scientific task force to investigate monitoring and wastestream treatment options.

Please come out and help support the Newport Chapter's comments for the Georgia Pacific License Agreement for Right-of-Way for their effluent pipeline. This is the 3rd hearing regarding this agreement and details of the agreement and the background of this issue can be found in below blog posts (scroll down). The Newport Chapter of Surfrider Foundation's comments on the license agreement are fair and constructive for moving forward with solutions to common concerns both environmental and legal with the current agreement. To view the chapter's comments, click on the below link:
NCSF_commentsGPlicesne_finaldraft.doc