PO County Comprehensive Plan

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 from being over.  From the beginning, PacWest depended on the County to rezone theproperty for them.  CANSS has said all along; No Rezone = No Smelter.  Everything has been contingent on the … [Read more...] about What’s Next

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 by PacWest Silicon. You can read the full letter here. … [Read more...] about Joint letter to County Planning Commission

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 that they need. Today was just a stop of the easiest avenue for them.   … [Read more...] about County votes against blanket re-zone

Spokesman Review article about SEPA DNS appeal … [Read more...] about Spokesman Review article about SEPA DNS appeal

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. Why this decision took so long, we'll never know, but we've been expecting this would be the outcome. We are not surprised by the decision. Our attorney, Norm Semanko and the Gonzaga Legal Team will be … [Read more...] about Appeal of SEPA DNS is denied