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WE, the residents of south Pend Oreille County and adjacent Bonner County, incorporated and unincorporated, go on the record as opposing the proposed PacWest Silicon Smelter. This opposition is based on several factors, which are not limited to the listed below: The smelter would be in total violation of Pend Oreille County Comprehensive Plan. Economic development should “protect the environment and enhance the state’s high quality of life, including air and water quality and the…
Comprehensive Plan
What’s Next
The Pend Oreille County Commissioners voted down the rezone Amendment 18 that would have paved the way for the smelter.This was quite a surprise to us, but this is far…
Joint letter to County Planning Commission
This letter is to the Planning Commission Members from CANSS and the group, Responsible Growth, Northeast Washington. It discusses the public land use designations and (in particular) the land purchased…
County votes against blanket re-zone
This is great news but let’s not forget that this is far from over. Pac-West still owns the property and there are still methods for them to get the zoning…
Spokesman Review article about SEPA DNS appeal
Spokesman Review article about SEPA DNS appeal
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Appeal of SEPA DNS is denied
In case you haven’t heard about it, the Hearing Examiner made a decision on the appeal of the SEPA Checklist for the Counties rezone proposal. It didn’t go our way.…
Great bullet points for appeal of county’s SEPA for re-zoning public land
*CANSS supports the appeal filed by Responsible Growth * NE Washington, challenging Pend Oreille County’s Determination of Non-Significance and the SEPA Environmental Checklist for Comprehensive Plan Amendment CPU-18-001 (the County’s…
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