Port Townsend Smell. The Smell is Poison Folks. At least that sure seems to be what it is. Do your homework then ask why Jefferson County and the State of Washington are KNOWINGLY poisoning Port Townsend Residents.

What is the Smell in Port Townsend? So many Google what is the smell in Port Townsend.

The Smell in Port Townsend is TOXIC, it will most likely make you SICK in visible and non-visible ways. The Smell in Port Townsend is BAD for ALL aspects of Healthy life in Port Townsend Washington.  The Port Townsend Paper Mill, ya that is the SMELL of MONEY, for the Mill, for the Doctors, and not for the best interest of the citizens of Jefferson County Washington.

Jefferson County Public Health

The Port Townsend Paper Mill REALLY is spewing out Toxins. Check the facts yourself, know what Jefferson County Washington and the State of Washington is allowing to happen to you, in the name of the alleged smell of MONEY.

The Smell in Port Townsend is the Port Townsend Paper Mill's Toxic Emmissions.

This Blog Post is written in my opinion and to the best of my knowledge.

The Port Townsend Paper Mill takes 14 million gallons of pristine Olympic Mountain water a day from the Little Quilcene River and the Big Quilcene River, and they pollute it, fill it with toxins and create yucky toxic water that they dump into the Port Townsend Bay.

They have a SLUDGE pond that creates toxic soil and huge toxic odor. When they remove sludge in trucks it goes to unknown sources and is said to be able to be used as fill for playgrounds, parks, agriculture and other and that the Port Townsend Paper Mill does not have to disclose what is in the SLUDGE as that is the alleged legal responsibility of the end user.

The toxic air, of which is said to contain 1000 lbs of ammonia a day and other known carcigens, this causes massive health problems that many cannot recover from and so they leave Jefferson County, Port Townsend. Their Doctor even tells them, hey your kids can't get better here, or you can't get better here and so they have to move from this alleged pristine area.

Jefferson County seems to love the Port Townsend Paper Mill as many say it's the smell of money. Which is shocking, as it's money for big corporation, for doctors healing lung cancer and other major health problems the mill cause and as for the workers, they don't seem to mind that this affecting their health as yes they are making a living, the thing is, at what cost?

The toxins that the mill puts out, seems to be a known fact, it seems that Jefferson County, the City of Port Townsend and Washington Department of Ecology simply looks the other way and keeps this toxic waste site (in my opinion) spewing air that is harming the health and public safety of the area ( in my opinion due to the ability to read). They seem to do this willfully and wanton, to protect the mill and the jobs that come with it.

The Washington Governor seems big on taxing companies that spew CO2, this mill spews tons daily and for now they seem to hve no conscience nor accountability held on them and are even self monitored.

The WA Governor recently called for an emergency drought on the Olympic Peninsula, oh well, who cares right?

The city of Port Townsend uses 1 million gallons a day for the needs of the people. The Port Townsend Paper Mill pollutes and wastes 14 million gallons a day with total disregard for the environment, or the people ( in my opinion).

The EPA seems to know what is coming out of the Port Townsend Paper and so does the Washington Department of Ecology, and they look the other way.

We have otters, whales, herons, and tons of sea life and wildlife here as well as lot's of organic farms, and well lot's of people that want and have a legal right as a matter of law to Clean Air and Clean Water.  Yet this issue is swept under the proverbial rug over and over.

It makes no sense how Jefferson County Washington can have Organic Farms when the air is polluted as far as the information I have seen.

Go out at night, with a flashlight, tons of yellow fine particles, YEP you come to Port Townsend, our beautiful amazing town and you breath Toxic Air, so does your children, your babies, elderly and guess what; the worst of the "what's that smell" in Port Townsend goes right into our hospital and schools; oh well the county, state and federal officials look the other way to create toxic jobs.

For More Information on your Google Search "What's that Smell In Port Townsend" Check Out the Links Below.

http://www.porttownsendpaper.com/

The Port Townse Smell is Port Townsend Paper Mill Emissions
http://ptairwatchers.org/port-townsend-paper-mill-emissions/

Why is the Port Townsend Paper Mill ALLOWED by the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County Washington to put KNOWN Toxins into the Air, Water and Soil?

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is MAKING YOU SICK, Lowering Your Immune System and causing you Serious Health Risks

http://porttownsendnews.blogspot.com/2014/12/why-is-port-townsend-paper-mill-allowed.html

EPA Did NOTHING
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2011/pulp-mills-09-26-2011.html

http://www.nationofchange.org/paper-mill-air-pollution-standards-25-years-out-date-environmental-groups-sue-epa-1323967682

Jefferson County Public Health Does NOTHING
http://jeffersoncountypublichealth.blogspot.com/2014/12/state-of-washington-department-of.html

Remember when Reading Blogs, When You get to the bottom, go to the lower right and click older posts to keep going.

Port Townsend Paper Mill Toxic Air
http://olympicgazette.blogspot.com/search?q=Paper+Mill

http://porttownsendnews.blogspot.com/search?q=Paper+Mill

Port Townsend Mill Facebook information
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-Townsend-Paper-Mill/245153762294452?fref=ts&__nodl

PT Airwatchers Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/10150099332035319/?fref=ts

PT Airwatchers Web Site
http://ptairwatchers.org/

Massive Co2 YET County, State, EPA all do NOTHING but Protect the Mill
http://ptairwatchers.org/2014/10/06/pt-paper-emits-1-6-times-as-much-co2-as-all-other-sources-in-jeffco-wa/

The Toxic Pond (this article was removed by the Port Townsend Leader, who I allege protects the Port Townsend Mill to Knowingly Poison the Port Townsend People
https://web.archive.org/web/20130423165340/http://ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=33384

Background about the Smell in Port Townsend
http://ptairwatchers.org/background-the-stink/

The Air Makes Some Dizzy, Check Out this guy
What Does it Smell Like in Port Townsend and Port Hadlock / Irondale?: https://youtu.be/3k4mT1sI37I

I myself stayed at the Manresa Castle for a while and woke up some nights seizing in my chest. Felt like my organs were shutting down, throat badly swollen. Sinuses burning badly.  Stomach Cramping, Eyes Swollen. Horrible inner ear pain.

I have lived rural here as well and had burning eyes, ear pain and other symptoms. So why stay? The thing is Port Townsend is such a cool town, and it's so beautiful here. The people are so amazing and well I love it here. Plus for me it is a Spiritual Calling.  However, whether we choose to stay or leave the smell and toxic air of Port Townsend or not, the Port Townsend Paper Mill is seemingly breaking the law and causing a public safety issue and environmental hazard and it's time to STOP.

I know many who have had to leave to get their children to safe air. This is a serious issue and seems to be something that Jefferson County is either unable or unwilling to tackle.  Clearly the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act as well as our constitutional rights should trump the alleged "Smell of Money" YAP they use to keep poising the Port Townsend Bay, Port Townsend Air, Whales, Otters, Babies, those in the local hospital, fish and wildlife, organic farms and all of us citizens who SHOULD have the legal rights to Clean Air, Clean Water and Clean Soil.

A Few More Research Links

http://olympicnationalforestnews.blogspot.com/2014/12/investigative-blogger-crystal-cox-says.html

What is that Horrible Smell in Port Townsend ?

What is that Smell in Port Townsend?

Who to Call to Complain

Call the County,  Call the Mayor, Call your Commissioners, Call the State Department of Ecology, Call your Senator, Call the Governors Office, File Lawsuits, File Attorney General Complaints.  I believe the Port Townsend Paper Mill is breaking the LAW. Expose them, Sue them.

Also Call These Numbers to Complain

Stephanie Ogle, PE

W2R - Industrial Section
360-407-6355
stog461@ecy.wa.gov

Angie Fritz
anfr461@ECY.WA.GOV
360-407-7393

Mill Phone Number: 360-379-4244

Complaints re Port Townsend Paper Corp stink
Email anfr461@ECY.WA.GOV
360-407-7393 

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD; YOU HAVE RIGHTS 

AS A MATTER OF LAW, PERIOD

Scientists seek to silence sonar in the Salish Sea

"The following open letter was sent today to Governmental and Naval leaders on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.  As of 3/11/2012 it has been signed by 20 biologists and bioacousticians who have studied the killer whales of the Salish Sea.  (When sent initially, 16 had signed).

To:

The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, National Defence Headquarters ( dnd_mdn@forces.gc.ca )

Ray Mabus, Secretary of the Navy ( ray.mabus@navy.mil )

Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Administrator, Office of the Undersecretary, US Department of Commerce ( jane.lubchenco@noaa.gov )

The Honorable Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State ( clintonhr@state.gov )

Subject:

Silence Sonar in the Salish Sea

As biologists and bioacousticians who study killer whales of the Salish Sea, we ask that the U.S. Navy and Canadian Navy cease using sonar in their critical habitat.  

Polluting their environment with intense underwater noise like the “pings” from mid-frequency active sonar poses significant risks to these Federally-listed species.

On February 6, 2012, the Canadian Naval frigate HMCS Ottawa used its sonar system in critical habitat of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales during a training exercise east of Victoria, B.C. 

The calls of the Southern Residents’ K and L pods were heard 18 hours later in Haro Strait, and sub-groups of K and L pods were identified 36 hours after the sonar use in Discovery Bay – a location where Southern Residents have never been sighted in 22 years of records. 

These observations are reminiscent of an incident in May, 2003, when the USS Shoup’s sonar training exercise caused similar unusual nearshore surface milling behavior of Southern Residents in Haro Strait.

New limits should be put on the use of mid-frequency active (MFA) sonar, particularly in the critical habitat of the Southern Residents.  

Killer whales are sensitive to the frequencies emitted by MFA sonar (2-10 kHz) and use the same frequency range to communicate with calls and whistles.  Because MFA sonar is intense (source levels ~220-235 underwater decibels), it could permanently or temporarily deafen whales that are unexpectedly nearby and thereby impact their ability to forage, navigate, and socialize. 

Even temporary threshold shifts could be deleterious because the recovery of the Southern Residents hinges on their use of echolocation to find, identify, and acquire their primary prey, Pacific salmon.

Current procedures for mitigating underwater military noise are inadequate to protect either the resident or transient ecotypes. 

These procedures depend on the ability to detect whales within 1000 yards (U.S.) or 4000 yards (Canada), which neither passive acoustic listening nor visual surveillance can reliably accomplish. 

The unprecedented sighting of Southern Residents in Discovery Bay suggests that they may have been present during the pre-dawn sonar exercise on February 6 while remaining undetected by the Canadian Navy’s marine mammal monitoring procedures.  

Moreover, we know from the 2003 Shoup incident and the scientific literature that MFA sonar can disrupt marine mammal behavior well beyond the current mitigation distances, particularly in the sound propagation conditions of the Salish Sea.

We therefore urge the U.S. and Canadian Navies to restrict MFA sonar and other intense underwater sound sources in all training and testing conducted in the Salish Sea.  

By protecting the whales’ acoustic habitat, our Navies can help further their respective country’s obligations to ensure the recovery of these endangered iconic populations while still fulfilling their important National security missions.

Signed (alphabetically):

David Bain, Ph.D

Robin Baird, Research Biologist, Cascadia Research Collective

Stefan Bråger, Research Director/Curator, The Whale Museum

John Calambokidis, Research Biologist, Cascadia Research Collective

Fred Felleman, Vice-President, Board of Directors, The Whale Museum

Andrew Foote, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Deborah Giles, MSc, PhD Candidate/Research Biologist, UC Davis

Rachael Griffin, B.Sc. Marine Biology, Aquagreen Marine Research, Victoria, BC

Erin Heydenreich, Field Biologist, Senior staff at the Center for Whale Research

Cara Lachmuth, MSc., Contract Biologist, Victoria, BC

Patrick Miller, Lecturer, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Joseph Olson, President, Cetacean Research Technology

Richard Osborne, Ph.D., Research Associate, The Whale Museum

Paul Spong, Director, OrcaLab and Pacific Orca Society, Alert Bay, BC

Helena Symonds, Director, OrcaLab and Pacific Orca Society, Alert Bay, BC

Scott Veirs, President, Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School

Val Veirs, Professor of Physics, Colorado College

Monika Wieland, BA in Biology, Reed College

Jason Wood, Ph.D., Research Associate, The Whale Museum

Harald Yurk, Research Associate, Vancouver Aquarium

The following recipients were copied on the email:

Senator Patty Murray

Senator Maria Cantwell

Representative Norm Dicks

Representative Jay Inslee

Governor Chris Gregoire

Will Stelle, NOAA NW Regional Administer

Lynne Barre, NOAA NW Regional Office

Brad Hason, NOAA NWFSC

Dr. John Ford, DFO

Admiral Cecil D. Haney, Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet

Rear Admiral Douglass T. Biesel, Commander Navy Region Northwest

Renee Wallis, Navy Region NW

Lieutenant Diane Larose, Canadian Navy Public Affairs

Regional “Points of Contact” (POCs) for further information:

Admiral Cecil D. Haney

Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet

cpf.webmaster@navy.mil

(808) 471-9727

Rear Admiral Douglass T. Biesel

Commander Navy Region Northwest

douglass.biesel@navy.mil

(360) 396-1630

Lieutenant Diane Larose

Navy Public Affairs

diane.larose2@forces.gc.ca

(250) 363-5789

Source

http://www.orcasphere.net/2012/03/01/scientists-seek-to-silence-sonar-in-the-salish-sea/

Port Townsend City Mayor David King Letter to EIS Project Manager regarding Electronic Warfare Machines and Massive Jet Noise coming to Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula.

Click Below to Read the Letter From Port Townsend, Washington City Mayor David King to the NAVY / EIS Project Manager regarding the Electronic Warfare Training on our Coasts.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiVjFZTmR4S05KelE/edit