[CPEO-BIF] East Bay Redevelopment Project, Olympia, Washington.

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Activists say port work violates Clean Water Act
JOHN DODGE
The Olympian (WA)

OLYMPIA – Community activists claimed Monday that the Port of Olympia 
has violated the federal Clean Water Act by starting work on the East 
Bay Redevelopment Project without a permit to treat and discharge 
stormwater runoff and groundwater from the 13.3-acre site.

A public hearing on the stormwater permit took place Monday night. 
Meanwhile, preliminary work on the initial East Bay work to install 
utilities and roads began last week.

The East Bay Redevelopment Project is one of the largest urban renewal 
projects in Olympia history. Once completed, it will include a new home 
for the Hands On Children's Museum, a public plaza and some combination 
of retail shops, housing, office space, hotels and other commercial 
development. Port officials defended starting the work, saying the 
contractor is simply breaking up the concrete floor from an old 
warehouse, not digging in the dirt where contamination could be found.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/875721.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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