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Ecology
October 29, 2024
In both the 2022 Supplemental Operating and 2023 Operating budgets, the Washington State Legislature provided funds to Ecology to work on issues related to 6PPD. As part of this work, the Legislature requested that Ecology provide a progress report on the Action Plan and Alternatives Assessment by December 31, 2024.
Continue reading “6PPD Action Plan and Alternatives Assessment – Progress Report and Recommendations”By Joan Bloom
October 29, 2024
Council,
Herrera Environmental Consultants, Inc has failed to comply with SEPA requirements as outlined in the Washington Administrative Code in their submitted DEIS. If Council accepts this “woefully inadequate” DEIS and uses it to inform their decisions about the Comp Plan, Council will fail ALL Edmonds’ taxpayers.
Continue reading “Letter to Council – Council should require Herrara provide a FREE rewrite of their “woefully inadequate” DEIS”By Joe Scordino
October 28, 2024
Hearing Examiner Olbrecht:
This is in response to the Hearing Examiner Notice on the Edmonds City Website.
The Edmonds Environmental Council, a non-profit local organization for protection of the natural and human environment, requests that you revisit the public comments, both verbal and written, on the initial Application for Reasonable Economic Use Variance for 963 Main Street and DENY the request for reconsideration or any followup application for development in this critical area whether it involves a smaller ‘footprint’ or not.
Continue reading “Letter to Edmonds Hearing Examiner Olbrecht regarding Denial of Reasonable Economic Use Variance for 963 Main Street”By Joe Scordino
October 28th 2024
Edmonds City Council Members and Mayor;
The DEIS and the process leading to the development of the DEIS do not conform with State SEPA requirements.
Continue reading “Letter to Mayor and Council from EEC regarding inadequacies in DEIS”My Edmonds News
Posted: October 23, 2024
My Edmonds News
Posted: October 15, 2024
Story and photos by Chris Walton
Posted: October 13, 2024
Volunteers for the Edmonds Marsh Volunteer Restoration Project on Saturday planted over 80 trees near Shelleberger Creek, which runs along Highway 104 and eventually into the marsh.
Continue reading “Edmonds Marsh restoration project volunteers plant more than 80 trees”Ecology has received requests to extend the comment period. After considering the requests, the comment period for the Unocal Edmonds Bulk Fuel Terminal 0178 cleanup site will now close on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 11:59 pm.
Posted: October 11, 2024
Edmonds Beacon
October 10th, 2024
by Joe Scordino
The Edmonds Marsh Volunteer Restoration Project concluded its work for the year in restoring freshwater connections to the Edmonds Marsh and reestablishing a “new” Shellabarger Creek open channel on the west side of Highway 104. A volunteer tree planting event in October will complete the goals of this habitat restoration project for 2024.
Continue reading “Volunteers complete Edmonds Marsh and creek restoration work”Posted: October 7, 2024
Posted: October 3, 2024
As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s commitment to safeguard the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the agency uses its Clean Water Act authorities to develop recommended water quality criteria and informational benchmarks to help states and authorized Tribes protect aquatic ecosystems from several PFAS.
Environmental Protection Agency
October 1, 2024
