Public Comment Period April 16 – May 16 for Water Quality (NPDES) Permit The City of Port Angeles has applied for a water quality (NPDES) permit so that it can build a pipeline for its combined sewer overflow (CSO) project. The permit requires the city to use measures that will prevent dirty water reaching Port Angeles Harbor during construction. About half of the two-mile CSO project pipeline will be on the Rayonier Mill property.   Ecology will hold a public meeting about the proposed permit April 30, 2012 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at the Clallam County Courthouse. More about the draft permit and meeting.

The Port Angeles Rayonier Mill is now being cleaned up under a new Agreed Order.   Ecology is working with Rayonier Properties LLC (Rayonier) to continue investigating and planning clean up for contamination on the mill property and in nearby marine sediments.

Site Information

For a brief history of the Rayonier Mill site, types of contamination, and cleanup strategies, please see Site Background. For more information about the cleanup process, please visit Site Cleanup Activities.

Public Involvement

Public input is an important part of cleaning up toxic sites! Ecology offers public involvement opportunities at key steps in the Rayonier Mill cleanup process.

Port Angeles Cleanup Work

Ecology is working with several companies to clean up other polluted sites around Port Angeles Harbor.  In addition, Ecology is working on two major investigations that began in 2008. One is studying pollution in sediments from across Port Angeles Harbor. The other investigation is looking at soils that may have been contaminated by air emissions from Rayonier Mill.