Pacific Seafood to appeal fine
PORTLAND (AP) The West Coast s biggest seafood processor says it will appeal a $40,000 state fine for failing to clean up the waste from its plant on the Newport waterfront. Pacific Seafood issued a statement Wednesday acknowledging minor...
 0.9K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 470.0 City might have legal right to cut sewer service
The Coquille Tribe doesn t think the city can do it. But a representative of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says the city of North Bend, in its lawsuit against the tribe, just might be able to legally shut off sewer services to The Mi...
4.3K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 365.0 Biomass bounty
COOS BAY - The only evidence most people see of slash - the tops and limbs of trees left over after logging - are pillars of smoke rising off logging landings in the fall. Some local timber industry folks see something more valuable going up in smoke...
6.4K - Jun. 20, 2009; scored 576.0 Tires, manure may be used for clean energy
BOARDMAN (AP) - It may not smell that way, but old tires and cow manure could mean clean energy at Threemile Canyon Farms near this Columbia River town. Portland-based Northwest Biogas has proposed using the tires and cow manure to make methane on th...
1.8K - Jun. 15, 2009; scored 650.0 Oregon DEQ fines the city of Sumpter
SUMPTER (AP) - The state levied a $1,902 fine against the Eastern Oregon city of Sumpter, alleging it failed to submit reports showing that treated wastewater was tested for pollutants. Sumpter has a Department of Environmental Quality permi...
0.9K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 470.0 County moves slowly on mining
COQUILLE - Coos County is taking a deliberately cautious approach to negotiations with Oregon Resources Corp., the newest county commissioner said Wednesday. We've slowed it back down to make sure we do the right thing, Commissioner Bob Main told th...
2.3K - Mar. 26, 2009; scored 365.0 No communication blamed in lack of sewage spill notice
Coos Bay city officials don t expect to figure out what caused the pump station failure that sent hundreds of thousands of gallons of partially treated sewage into the bay in January. But they have determined why it took four days for the public to l...
1.7K - Mar. 12, 2009; scored 544.0 County may hire mine pros
COQUILLE If County Commissioner Bob Main gets his wish, experts will oversee proposals for black sands mining in Coos County. Main is advocating the county hire an attorney who specializes in minerals and mining, and a geologist, to advise commiss...
4.2K - Feb. 25, 2009; scored 470.0 Agencies eye LNG air impact
If a liquefied natural gas terminal gets built on Coos Bay s North Spit, some argue it would breathe life into the area s static industrial sector. Others say it would make it harder for people to breathe. There is little debate the terminal would pr...
5.6K - Feb. 12, 2009; scored 1000.0 EPA calls for outdoor burn ban on some reservations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has called for a ban on all outdoor burning on some of tribal reservations in Washington, Oregon and California. It s due to increasingly stagnant air conditions as a high pressure system moves into the region...
3.2K - Jan. 15, 2009; scored 365.0 Lakeside system a cooperative effort
The city of Lakeside recently completed a $5,450 upgrade of its wastewater treatment plant to help meet its EPA permit requirements. These upgrades were the main reason for raising the sewer rates from $30 to $45 per month....
1.5K - Dec. 18, 2008; scored 576.0 NB sewage plant passes checkup
NORTH BEND Thoughts of environmental regulators walking into town can create feelings of dread and worries of fines. That wasn t the case for North Bend recently. The Department of Environmental Quality has given the city s sewage treatment plant a...
1.7K - Nov. 18, 2008; scored 798.0 | 
