NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT PERMIT MODIFICATION
PERMIT NO.: WA-0045241
APPLICANT: REC Silicon Inc.
3322 Road N Northeast
Moses Lake, WA 98837
FACILITY: REC Silicon Inc.
3322 Road N Northeast
Moses Lake, WA 98837
REC Silicon Inc. has applied for a modification of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Chapters 173-220 and 173-216 Washington Administrative Code (WAC), and the Federal Clean Water Act.
REC Silicon Inc. presently operates a high purity polysilicon production plant in Moses Lake. Wastewater from the operations is discharged to the City of Moses Lake, Sand Dunes Treatment Plant (low chloride process wastewater); and to irrigation return drain DE-226 (cooling tower blowdown). The modified application covers the proposed increase in the low chloride wastewater discharged to the City of Moses Lake, Sand Dunes Treatment Plant due to a plant expansion. The discharge to the irrigation return drain will not be affected by the expansion. The wastewater, following treatment, must meet the requirements of the Washington State Water Pollution Control Act and applicable regulations for a permit to be issued.
The Department of Ecology is proposing to renew the permit and is hereby issuing public notice of its intent. Interested persons are invited to submit their name, address, and comments regarding this permit to:
Permit Coordinator
Department of Ecology
Eastern Regional Office
4601 N. Monroe
Spokane, WA 99205-1295
(509) 329-3500
E-mail comments should be sent to phal461@ecy.wa.gov.
All respondents to this notice will receive a copy of the draft permit and fact sheet, when available, before the final permit is issued.
#03008
February 23, March 2, 2007
NOTICE OF PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
DISCHARGE PERMIT
Application No. ST 8085
Weyerhaeuser Company
P.O. Box 1369
Moses Lake, WA 98837
On or about June 22, 2006, the Department of Ecology reissued State Waste Discharge Permit No. ST 8085 to Weyerhaeuser Company. On or about July 25, 2006, Weyerhaeuser appealed the Permit to the Pollution Control Hearings Board.
A settlement was reached between the two parties. Based on the settlement, Ecology will initiate the following modifications to the Permit:
a) At Condition S1 of the Permit, replace the 300 mg/l maximum daily BOD effluent limitation with a 95 lbs/day maximum daily BOD effluent limitation.
b) At Condition S1 of the Permit, replace the 350 mg/l maximum daily TSS effluent limitation with a 111 lbs/day maximum daily TSS effluent limitation.
PUBLIC COMMENT AND INFORMATION
Any interested party is invited to submit written comments on the proposed modification. Comments must be submitted within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice to be considered for the Final Determination. Comments should be sent to:
Department of Ecology
Eastern Regional Office
Attn: Water Quality Permit Coordinator
4601 N. Monroe
Spokane, WA 99205-1295
Any interested party may request a public hearing on the proposed permit within thirty (30) days of the publication date on this notice. The request for a hearing shall state the interest of the party and the reasons why a hearing is necessary. The request should be sent to the above address. The Department will hold a hearing if it determines that there is significant public interest. If a hearing is to be held, public notice will be published at least thirty (30) days in advance of the hearing date. In addition, any party responding to this notice with comments will be mailed a copy of a hearing public notice.
The application, fact sheet, proposed permit and other related documents are available at the Departments' Eastern Regional Office for inspection and copying between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Copies may be obtained at a charge of 15 cents per copy sheet.
Please bring this information to the attention of persons you know would be interested in this matter.
Ecology is an equal opportunity agency. If you have special accommodation needs, contact the Water Quality Permit Coordinator at (509) 456-6310 or TDD (only) (509) 458-2055.
#03021
March 2, 2007
NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT PERMIT
PERMIT NO.: ST-5386
APPLICANT: Ochoa Foods
P.O. Box 747
Warden, WA 98857
FACILITY: Ochoa Foods
1203 Basin St.
Warden, WA 98857
Ochoa Foods has applied for a renewal of its State Waste Discharge permit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Chapter 173-216 Washington Administrative Code (WAC).
Ochoa presently owns or operates a potato processing facility that discharges its process wastewater to the City of Warden's industrial wastewater treatment facility. The average daily flow of process wastewater from Ochoa is 494,000 gallons per day. The city's treatment facility is designed for 1.6 million gallons per day. The wastewater, following treatment, must meet the requirements of the Washington State Water Pollution Control Act and applicable regulations for a permit to be issued.
Following the evaluation of the application and other available information, a draft permit has been developed which would continue to allow the discharge of treated industrial wastewater from Ochoa to the City of Warden.
A tentative determination has been made on the effluent limitations and special permit conditions that will prevent and control pollution. A final determination will not be made until all timely comments received in response to this notice have been evaluated.
PUBLIC COMMENT AND INFORMATION
The draft permit and fact sheet may be viewed at the Department of Ecology (Department) website: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/permits/eastern permits.html. The application, fact sheet, proposed permit, and other related documents are also available at the Department's Eastern Regional Office for inspection and copying between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., weekdays. To obtain a copy or to arrange to view copies at the Eastern Regional Office, please call Shara Trantum at (509) 329.3455, e-mail stra461@ecy.wa.gov, or write to the address below.
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the proposed permit. All comments must be submitted within 30 days after publication of this notice to be considered for the final determination. Comments should be sent to:
Water Quality Permit Coordinator
Department of Ecology
4601 N. Monroe St.
Spokane, WA 99205-1295
E-mail comments should be sent to Don Nichols; dnic461@ecy.wa.gov.
Any interested party may request a public hearing on the proposed permit within 30 days of the publication date of this notice. The request for a hearing shall state the interest of the party and the reasons why a hearing is necessary. The request should be sent to the above address. The Department will hold a hearing if it determines that there is significant public interest. If a hearing is to be held, public notice will be published at least 30 days in advance of the hearing date. Any party responding to this notice with comments will be mailed a copy of a hearing public notice.
Please bring this public notice to the attention of persons who you know would be interested in this matter. The Department is an equal opportunity agency. If you have a special accommodation needs, please contact us at (509) 329-3455 or TTY (for the speech and hearing impaired) at 711 or at 1-(800) 833-6388.
#03022
March 2, 2007
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CITY OF MOSES LAKE
DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES
EQUIPMENT RENTAL DIVISION
Sealed bids will be received by the City of Moses Lake at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 321 South Balsam, (P.O. Box 1579), Moses Lake, Washington 98837 until 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 15, 2007. Bids will be opened and publicly read at that time for the following item:
BID NO. 519-2007-06 TRUCK CAB CHASSIS
Bid Proposal Package may be obtained or reviewed at the office of Municipal Services, 321 South Balsam Street, Moses Lake, Washington. All bids will be submitted on the prescribed Bid Proposal Package furnished by the Municipal Services Department. The Moses Lake City Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Contact Person: Tim Varney, Public Works Superintendent (509) 766-9224.
Estimated Costs:
Bid No. 519-2007-06 Truck Cab Chassis $29,966 including sales and vehicle taxes
#03024
March 2, 2007
NOTICE
Grant County Courthouse is requesting bids for a 50' X 100' conventional stick built warehouse type building to be erected in Ephrata, WA. All bids will be accepted until March 28th at 4:00 p.m. in the Board of County Commissioners office. Prevailing wage applies.
For Floor plan and specs. Please call 509- 754-2011 ext. 376.
#03025
March 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2007
Ordinance No. 2290
An ordinance amending Chapter 2.08 of Moses Lake Municipal Code entitled "Mayor and Council"
(This summary is published pursuant to RCW 65.16.160. The full text of the ordinance will be mailed, without charge, to any person upon request.)
The Moses Lake City Council adopted an ordinance which amends the order of the agenda for the Council meetings.
This ordinance, which was passed on February 27, 2007 will be in force five days after publication.
#03026
March 2, 2007
NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A CLOSED RECORD PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD March 20, 2007 at 10:30 am in the Commissioners Hearing Room, Grant County Courthouse, Ephrata, WA regarding a Preliminary Plat application from Scott Wagner on behalf of Moses Pointe Holdings for Moses Pointe, Fairway 1. Application is for a subdivision of 13.7-acres Planned Unit Development in the Urban Residential 2 Zoning District. All lots are for residential development and include 180 building units, duplex, tri-plex, and four plex. Location is a replat of Moses Pointe, Phase 1, Block 3, Lots 1-3 and 14-17, in a portion of S 7, T 19 N, R 28 E, W M. Any interested persons may appear regarding these matters.
Barbara J. Vasquez
Administrative Assistant &
Clerk of the Board
Grant County Commissioners
#03027
March 2, 9, 2007
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR GRANT COUNTY
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
In the Matter of the Welfare
of:
) NO. 07-7-00047-4
JYENIFER L TUNGATE )
) NOTICE AND ) SUMMONS/ORDER
(TERMINATION)
A person under the age of
18 years
STATE OF WASHINGTON, TO:
ANY ONE CLAIMING PARENTAL INTEREST
I. NOTICE OF HEARING: You are notified that a TERMINATION Petition was filed with this Court in which it is alleged that: The above named child is dependent pursuant to RCW 13.34.030. A hearing will be held on APRIL 10, 2007 at 1:30 pm., at Grant County Superior Court, 35 C ST NW, Ephrata, WA 98823. The purpose of the hearing is to hear and consider evidence on the petition. This petition begins a process, which, if the juvenile is found dependent, may result in permanent termination of the parent-child relationship. IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR, THE COURT MAY ENTER AN ORDER IN YOUR ABSENCE ESTABLISHING TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS.
II. SUMMONS/ORDER TO APPEAR: YOU ARE SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to appear at the hearing on the date, time and place indicated.
III. ADVICE OF RIGHTS: You have a right to talk to a lawyer and the Court will appoint one for you if you cannot afford it. Your lawyer can look at the social and legal files in your case, talk to the caseworker, tell you about the law, help you understand your rights, and help you at trial.
Dated:
KIMBERLY A ALLEN By
Clerk of the Court Deputy Clerk
#03029
March 2, 9, 16, 2007