City Council

PORT ANGELES, Washington — The Port Angeles City Council is in favor of a complete, timely cleanup of the Rayonier Mill site. The council voted 5-0 to direct staff to write to the state Department of Ecology following a special meeting Tuesday night. Deputy Mayor Navarra Carr said… “Ecology has failed and taken advantage of Port Angeles, adding that the city needs to hold its elected officials and department heads responsible and make sure Rayonier fulfills its obligations to the people of Port Angeles”. …On July 8, Ecology proposed a cleanup which would take the contaminated soil and pile it up on 10 acres under a cap of clean gravel, geotextile fabric and then clean soil to support vegetation. …That option wasn’t good enough. …The city is supporting removing all of the contaminated soil from the site and truck it to a landfill designed to handle toxic soil.