Sunday, December 7, 2014

Why is the Port Townsend Paper Mill ALLOWED by the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County Washington to put KNOWN Toxins into the Air, Water and Soil?

The Port Townsend Paper Mill is MAKING YOU SICK, Lowering Your Immune System and causing you Serious Health Risks.

Why is Deborah Stinson, Local Commissioner such a seemingly, advocate for the Port Townsend Paper Mill? Whats in it for Deborah Stinson ?

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Why does the Port Townsend Leader seem to LOVE Roger Hagan?

 Why does the Port Townsend Leader seem to flat out LIE about the TOXINS that the Port Townsend Paper Mill puts into YOUR AIR, Your Water, Your Soil?

 Who is the County Commissioner that is rumored to be getting a direct payment from the mill to an account that in no way can be connected to them, to keep the Port Townsend Paper mill in business? Which is the business of poisoning the air, soil and water of Port Townsend.

 Why does the Port Townsend Leader print false information and SUPPORT Port Townsend Paper over the Civil and Human Rights of the Port Townsend Residents?

 The NPDES is under the federal Clean Water Act. Washington has an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the program; Why is the Washington DEQ and EPA protecting the Port Townsend Mill to POISON YOU?

 What subsidies does the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County Washington get from the National Paper Mill Groups to keep the paper mill here? And who gets that money?

It seems to me that the Port Townsend Paper Mill is violating the Clean Air Act as Well as the Clean Water Act, Time to STOP THEM.
Why DOES the MILL monitor Themselves? Seriously Folks WAKE UP

"Trouble in the air at Port Townsend"
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2004189039_mill19m.html


Why Does Jefferson County Public Health NOT protect the HEALTH of Jefferson County?


Research Links; the TOXIN Spewing into the Air and Water FROM the Port Townsend Paper Mill is Blatant, Obvious and a Serious Health Risk to ALL.
PT Paper emits 1.6 times as much CO2 as ALL other sources in Jefferson County Washington
http://ptairwatchers.org/2014/10/06/pt-paper-emits-1-6-times-as-much-co2-as-all-other-sources-in-jeffco-wa/
"Here’s the connection to Jefferson County’s largest polluter, the Port Townsend Paper mill.

CO2e emissions are one of the major drivers of ocean acidification, the changes in chemistry that threaten local natural shellfish stocks, marine life and habitat.

Port Townsend Paper is by far Jefferson County’s largest emitter of CO2e.

Port Townsend Paper= 611,864 tons per year of CO2e

All others sources in Jefferson County WA = 383,748 tons per year CO2e

That includes industrial, commercial, residential, transportation and solid waste.

Here’s your take-away: PTPC’s emissions amount to a whopping 61% of all CO2e emissions in the County!

Stated another way, PTPC emits 1.6 times all other sources in Jefferson County combined!"


"Consider the role of Jefferson County WA’s largest individual greenhouse gas emitter, the Port Townsend Paper Corporation: PTPC emits over 61% of all CO2e emissions in Jefferson County from all sources combined including industrial, commercial, transportation and residential!"

Port Townsend Paper Mill Information, my Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-Townsend-Paper-Mill/245153762294452
You are Breathing These Chemicals
http://echo.epa.gov/detailed-facility-report?fid=5303100001&redirect=echo
Port Townsend Paper Mill Emissions
http://ptairwatchers.org/port-townsend-paper-mill-emissions/


Background-About Port Townsend Paper Mill
http://ptairwatchers.org/background-about-port-townsend-paper-mill/


"Summary of Air Quality Issues and Identification of Information
 Needed to Address Community Health Concerns
PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION
JEFFERSON COUNTY, WASHINGTON" 
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/PortTownsendPaper/PortTownsendPaperHC12-24-2008.pdf
Port Townsend Paper Mill Category High
http://www.yourmapper.com/details/114/98368PRTTW100PA/port-townsend-paper-corp.htm

"PT Airwatchers came to a Jeff Co. Community Rights Coalition (CCRC) General Assembly meeting on March 23, 2014 to give our group an update the efforts of PT Airwatchers to bring the mill to higher standards of keeping the air, water and soil clean around the mill."
http://communityrightsjeffersoncountywa.org/?p=536


Link to ORCAA article on issues of Ultrafine particle pollution
http://www.orcaa.org/air/ultrafine-study-proposal

PORT TOWNSEND PAPER MILL SPRINGS A LEAK, TEMPORARILY
http://www.pulp-paperworld.com/usa/north-american-news/item/4366-port-townsend-paper-mill-springs-a-leak-temporarily

Paper Mill Watch Blog
http://papermillwatch.blogspot.com/2013/05/port-townsend-paper-mill-blog-by.html

http://dalestahl.blogspot.com/
Video
http://vimeo.com/67953529
Qulicene Watershed Document
http://ejwc.org/pdf/At_Home.pdf


More Research Links

 "Even short-term exposure to low levels of pollutants can damage lungs"
http://www.nrdc.org/health/kids/ocar/chap4.asp

"Air pollution effects are many, and they may be truly damaging"
http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/air-pollution-effects.html
Pulp pollution is a serious problem. Pulp and paper mills pollute our water, air, and soil. The pulp and paper industry is one of the largest and most polluting industries in the world; it is the third most polluting industry in North America.
There are about 500 kraft mills (including about 45 in Canada and 100 in the US), and many thousands of other types of pulp and paper mills, in the world. 

"Pulp and paper mills use a variety of chemical substances potentially hazardous to .... and alkaline oxides such as sodium, magnesium, ammonium or calcium."
"Cancer risk associated with pulp and paper mills: a review.."

Children's Health and the Environment

Air Pollution, Sources and Characteristics

List of Regulated Pollutants

Environmental Pollution and its Impact - Paper Mills
Unchecked emissions 1.3 Deaths a year.

"Dale Stahl, Amcol, Port Townsend Paper; Port Townsend NEEDS to STOP Catering to AMCOL and the Mill Stench and SUE the Mill, Washing DEQ, and the EPA."
"Complaints from nearby residents about "burning eyes, irritated throats and headaches" have led the city of Irwindale, Calif., to ask a judge to order the company that makes Sriracha hot sauce to suspend production."


Port Townsend NEEDS to Do this and SHUT Down the Paper Mill. Folks you are Breathing Massive Toxins. "City Council passes environmental bill of rights" http://smdp.com/city-council-passes-environmental-bill-of-rights/119705



For more Research on the Port Townsend Paper Mill 
and the Stench in 
the Air in Port Townsend


"Air emissions of hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, and other volatile sulfur compounds are the cause of the odor characteristic of pulp mills utilizing the kraft process. Other chemicals that are released into the air and water from most paper mills include the following:[23]
carbon monoxide
ammonia
nitrogen oxide
mercury
nitrates
methanol
benzene
volatile organic compounds, chloroform.
Benzene is a natural constituent of crude oil, and is one of the most elementary petrochemicals. Benzene is an aromatic hydrocarbon and the second [n]-annulene ([6]-annulene), a cyclic hydrocarbon with a continuous pi bond. It is sometimes abbreviated Ph–H. Benzene is a colorless and highly flammable liquid with a sweet smell. It is mainly used as a precursor to heavy chemicals, such as ethylbenzene and cumene, which are produced on a billion kilogram scale. Because it has a high octane number, it is an important component of gasoline, comprising a few percent of its mass. Most non-industrial applications have been limited by benzene’s carcinogenicity."

Data sources

PT Paper’s Pollution Permits. See bottom of page about who regulates the mill.
WA Dept of Ecology Industrial Section’s page for Port Townsend Paper Current activity or other Ecy permits for PT Paper under review . See next link to go directly to PTPC’s water and air permits
Air and water discharge Permits – WA Dept of Ecology Industrial Section. At left-hand side click on “Permits” and scroll to Port Townsend Paper. air=Air Operating Permit. water=NPDES/National Pollution Discharge Elimination [sic] System. Issued for 5 years.
On-site Landfill permit – and related documents. Jeffco WA Health Dept. Toxic site was erroneously changed to “inert” status for a few years. Permit expired in 2009. Citizens brought it to review to revert to “limited purpose”, although it arguably could/should be reviewed for “hazardous” designation. June 2014-still under review.
–Data. Email us for summaries that we’ve compiled. –
toxictrends.org Toxic Trends Mapper – enter “Port Townsend Paper” in the search box. Nice interactive site.
For actual numbers re PTPC’s annual toxic pollutant releases to land-air-water, combine data from these three sources. Be aware of different units – pounds, tons, grams:
1. EPA TRI Explorer – Look up PTPC’s releases of toxic pollutants to air-water-soil. Under “geographic location”, select “zip code” in the drop-down list and enter zip code 98368; select the year of interest and click Generate Report.
ORCAA’s annual “emissions inventory” for Jefferson County used to be online. Now you must email and ask for them. Then extract the info for Port Townsend Paper.
3. eGGRT/EPA’s electronic greenhouse gas reporting tool . PTPC emits around 610,000 *tons* of CO2e annually = 1.6x the rest of Jefferson County, all sources combined. In the center box on the page, enter Washington and on the resulting map, zoom to Port Townsend Paper in Jefferson County.
EPA Envirofacts – Find PTPC’s ownership, facility ID,  registered agents, etc. etc. Some of the links work, some don’t.
–Air monitoring –
ORCAA.org  ORCAA operates a single basic station atop Blue Heron School, where it gets as much clean ocean air as mill air. It comprises a “nephelometer” measures and tracks PM 2.5, PM 10.0 and a weather station. The link to the station is easy to find. The historic data, not so much. If you find it before I do, send it and I’ll post it.
 ——-WHO REGULATES THE MILL———
In the 1970′s the Federal Clean Air Act was enacted; EPA delegated implementation to state ecology departments, who in turn delegated enforcement to smaller “regional air authorities.” However, three industries — kraft pulp mills, aluminum smelters, and concrete plants — worked backroom deals to be regulated by the state departments of ecology. Thus, air pollution permitting Nippon Paper in Port Angeles is under ORCAA, while Port Townsend Paper, a kraft pulp mill, is under WA’s Department of Ecology Industrial Section. The different agencies have different cultures and apply different standards.
On-site landfill is regulated by the Jefferson County Health Department
ASB – aerated stabilization basin, 35-acre wastewater treatment “pond”. Ecology does not require a permit for this foetid morass. We are looking into it. Until Jefferson County’s March 2014 SMP/Shoreline Master Plan update, the ASB was included in Port Townsend Bay’s shoreline, so activity within the ASB should have been overseen by the Army Corp of Engineers but we have found no record of such oversight being exercised.
Wood chip storage – we have not learned of any permitting required for what looks to be 35+ acres of mountains of chips, although every 5-10 years they seem to burst into fire.
Remediation funds – aka “Financial assurances”. Industrial sites are legally supposed to post escrow funds to cover eventual costs of cleaning up toxic legacies. WA Dept of Ecology has not required Port Townsend Paper to do so, leaving Jeffco and WA taxpayers liable for $millions in costs.
Other reporting –
Certification of fuels –
Reprocessed fuel oil (about 20% of PTPC’s fuel) – ?
Construction waste (about 30% of PTPC’s fuel?) – ?
Barge deliveries of chips, fuel oil — U.S. Coast Guard
Truck deliveries of chips, fuel oil — WA Dept of Ecology Industrial Section
Spills from barge deliveries — ?
On-site asbestos abatement — ? PTPC’s environmental compliance manager says that PTPC files annual reports about on-site asbestos. ORCAA & Ecology deny their having any oversight duties. Perhaps WISHA (WA equivalent of OSHA)? 

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting out 500 lbs of oil and grease daily? IS this Acceptable levels by law???

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting out 1,000 lbs. ammonia daily? IS this Acceptable levels by law???

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting out 53,337 lbs. sulphates daily ? IS this Acceptable levels by law???

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting out 10,314 lbs magnesium daily ? IS this Acceptable levels by law???

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting an unlawful amount of toxins into the Air?

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting an unlawful amount of toxins into the Soil?

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill putting an unlawful amount of toxins into the Water?

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill in Federal and State Compliance for REAL, or is someone paid off somewhere?

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill reporting accurately on any aquifer testing ?

Is the Port Townsend Paper Mill Environmental Director acting withing the law on all issues?

Was there EVER falsified reports of Toxicity in the history of the Port Townsend Paper Mill ?

I Say SUE all AMCOL Board of Directors for Poisoning you, 
KNOWINGLY, with Actual Malice and Willful, Wanton Intent

"John Hughes | age 69, Chairman of the Board; Chief Executive Officer of AMCOL from 1985 until 2000. While Chief Executive Officer of AMCOL, Mr. Hughes developed a special understanding of the workings of AMCOL. He has used this experience to make contributions while on the Board.
Ryan McKendrick| age 60, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2011. Prior thereto, Chief Operating Officer of AMCOL since January 2010, Senior Vice President of AMCOL and President of CETCO since 1998, and President of Volclay International Corporation since 2002. Mr. McKendrick has made contributions to the Board using his extensive knowledge of AMCOL developed during his service in various positions with the Company.
Arthur Brown| age 71, Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hecla Mining Company, a producer of precious metals. Also a director of Idaho Independent Bank and Chairman of the Board of Silvermex Resources Ltd., an emerging silver producer. Mr. Brown has extensive mining experience, management and financial experience in various leadership positions as well as board experience, and has contributed his experience to the Board.
Daniel P. Casey | age 69, Private investor since 2002. Retired Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Gaylord Container Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of brown paper and packaging products. Also retired Chairman of the Board of Caraustar Industries, Inc., a recycled packaging company. Mr. Casey has made contributions to the Board based on his board and financial management experience.
Frederick J. Palensky, Ph.D | age 62, Executive Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Technology Officer of 3M Company, a diversified technology company, since 2006. Prior thereto, Dr. Palensky served in a variety of management positions during his 35 year career at 3M. From 2004 through 2011, Dr. Palensky served as a director of Shigematsu Works Co. LTD, a manufacturer of particulate and chemical cartridge respirators in Japan. Dr. Palensky’s extensive management experience and technical expertise has enabled him to make contributions to the Board.
Jay D. Proops | age 70, Private investor since 1995. Prior thereto, Vice Chairman and co-founder of The Vigoro Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of fertilizers and related products. Mr. Proops’ financial and public company experience has resulted in continued contributions to the Board.
Clarence O. Redman | age 69, Retired. Previously, of counsel to Locke Lord LLP from 1997 to 2007, the law firm that serves as corporate counsel to AMCOL. Secretary of AMCOL from 1982 to 2007. Mr. Redman’s experience as managing partner of a law firm, as well as his insight into AMCOL developed as outside counsel and Secretary, have led to contributions to the Board.
Dale E. Stahl | age 64, Executive Chairman of Port Townsend Holdings Company, Inc., a manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging, since January 2011. Mr. Stahl served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 through 2003 of Inland Paperboard and Packaging, Inc., a manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated boxes. Prior thereto, Mr. Stahl served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Gaylord Container Corporation. Mr. Stahl has executive and operational experience developed in leadership positions at various companies which he has used to contribute to his service on the Board.
Audrey L. Weaver | age 57, Private investor for at least the last 5 years. Ms. Weaver continues to use her knowledge of AMCOL and Board experience to contribute to the Board.
Paul C. Weaver | age 49, Private investor since 2006. Prior thereto, Vice President of Information Resources, Inc. from 2002 to 2006 and Managing Partner of Consumer Aptitudes, Inc. from 1997 to 2002 (both companies engage in marketing research). Mr. Weaver has extensive experience in marketing, as well as consumer and retailer research. He has made continued contributions to the operations of the Board.

Donald J. Gallagher | age 60, Mr. Gallagher, has served in a variety of management positions during his 31 year career at Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. and currently serves as Executive Vice President and President, Global Commercial. Mr. Gallagher served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2003 through 2006. Cliffs Natural Resources is an international mining and natural resources company. Mr. Gallagher also serves on the Board of Directors of Fifth Third Bank’s NE Ohio affiliate.
William H. Schumann, III | age 61, Mr. Schumann, is scheduled to retire from FMC Technologies, Inc. on August 31 after serving in a variety of financial and management positions during his 31 year career at FMC Corporation and FMC Technologies. Mr. Schumann currently serves as an Executive Vice President and served as Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2011 at FMC Technologies. FMC Technologies is a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry. Mr. Schumann also serves on the Board of Directors of Avnet, Inc., a distributor of electronic components, enterprise computer and storage products and embedded subsystems.



Other Possible Defendants

Dale E. Stahl , Roger Hagan

Amcol International Corp.

PT Holdings Company, Inc.

USDA, Forest Service
(Quilcene River Obligations and Liability)
Jefferson County Health Department

WA Dept. of Ecology

State of Washington Water Pollution Control

Washington State Department of Ecology

EPA

PORT TOWNSEND PAPER CORPORATION


Also you can file Criminal Charges against these same folks, and you don't need an attorney to file these lawsuits. You have RIGHTS.


Start a Blog, Upload a Video, Make a STAND Port Townsend. You have LEGAL Rights. THESE folks don't live here, for the most part. They simply make money from POISONING YOU.
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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Jefferson County Public Health of Port Townsend Washington is NOT protecting the Public Health nor the Civil and Human Rights of Jefferson County.

Jefferson County Public Health, Washington State Health Board, and the Port Townsend Police Department seem to have seriously failed the public in NOT disclosing the location or potential toxic hazards and health risks of Port Townsend, Jefferson County Meth Homes that they have been clearly aware of, to potential renters or occupants of a home.

Jefferson County Public Health is said to be one of the LEAST proactive local County Health Boards in the entire nation. Enough is Enough. The laws, ethics, standards, accountability and transparency NEED to Change.

The Port Townsend Police Department FUMBLED a HazMat Investigation.

Port Townsend CPS FAILED to report a Toxic home they knew existed. This endangered future tenants and now is harming children who live in the home.

The Washington State Health Board has FAILED the Public.

This is the story of one Port Townsend tenant that rented a Port Townsend home that was a Meth Lab. This was NOT disclosed to him though the Port Townsend Police and the Port Townsend CPS knew the home was a Meth Lab, as did the landlord Bent Meyer, a Washington Pastor and Counselor ( Bent Meyer, MA, LMHC ) and his son in law Steve Heemstra, I believe a local Pastor of Calvary Hill in Port Townsend.

Bent Meyers, Joanne Meyers, Steve Heemstra may face criminal charges as they will soon be named in a criminal complaint for their actions and lack of actions in public and child endangerment. Also accessory to a crime charges may be made against Jefferson County Public Health, Jill Buhler, John Austin, Phil Johnson, Veronica Shaw, Jared Keefer and Dr. Tom Locke.

Port Townsend Police Department has FAILED at not investigating this issue nor calling for a HazMat Investigation. Sergeant Ed Green now Chief of Police of Oak Harbor violated the civil and human rights of Port Townsend Citizens in this case.

I allege that all named above and more are personally and professionally LEGALLY liable to the current and former tenants of this home and with every other home in Jefferson County Washington facing this same Toxic Home and Public Health Emergency Issue.

Many Washington Counties have Meth Labs that were in homes. The Police know where they are, they should NOT be rented without FULL disclosure and notification of RISK, if not a FULL Clean Up of the home and property.

This is a MAJOR Civil and Human Rights Issue 
and a Public Health Emergency in my opinion.

Below is the Story of Barry Ellis of Port Townsend Washington regarding his renting a home in Port Townsend, Jefferson County Washington that local officials and the landlord KNEW had been a Meth Lab, a Toxic Home and a clear and blatant Public Health Risk.




A Best Environmental Lab Test On Home
(you can CLEARLY see the Port Townsend Police had this in Evidence)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiX1piazZIWXN4bmc/view?usp=sharing



Barry Ellis Complaint to theJefferson County Public Health regarding Meth Lab he unknowingly rented as a Residential Home in Port Townsend, Jefferson County Washington.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiSVZfRnR2Q1NYUHM/view



                         Port Townsend Police Report

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiblR2cHVpY09LdzQ/view



Port Townsend Police Report Summary

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiREJxRFd0OU1zYXc/edit

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzn2NurXrSkiT1lONGQwbGZmakU/view



Washington State Board of Health Briefing

From: Keith Grellner, SBOH Environmental Health Committee Chair

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05a.pdf


Complainant Materials

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf


RCW 70.05.120 Violations — Remedies — Penalties

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05b.pdf





Links Below for More Information on this Port Townsend Meth Lab 
rented out knowingly to unsuspecting tenants who got very sick. 

This is a major problem in Jefferson County and 
the Tenants are NOT protected,
 even children. Enough is Enough. 

http://www.ethicscomplaint.com/2014/12/jill-buhler-john-austin-phil-johnson-of.html

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf

http://sboh.wa.gov/OurMeetings/Materials/2014/Aug13Olympia

http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf




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Friday, December 5, 2014

Jill Buhler, John Austin, Phil Johnson of Jefferson County Public Health, Port Townsend Washington seem to think it's ok for you to RENT a home that was a KNOWN Meth Lab and with No Disclosures to you who will be living in the home.

Jefferson County Public Health, Port Townsend Washington is NOT protecting the Civil and Human rights of Jefferson County renters, children and the community at large, the way I see it.

Why is Jill Buhler, John Austin, Phil Johnson and Dr. Tom Locke protecting slumlords over the civil and human rights of the citizens of Jefferson County?

"Barry Ellis stands in front of the Port Townsend house that he and his girlfriend rented in 2011 and that was the subject of his complaint to county and state public health boards. Ellis said chemicals in the house caused him and his girlfriend to become sick in 2011."

Source
http://www.ptleader.com/testing/pt-meth-lab-complaint-rejected/image_c4ce87b6-e5d6-5da2-ade7-23b5b26763aa.html


Folks, Don't you Think You Should have the Right to KNOW
if the home you rent was a place where Meth was cooked?

I have been a Real Estate Broker for 15 years and this is not what we are taught. Meth Labs are a VERY serious health risk. Why is Jefferson County Washington NOT protecting tenants, children and the public at large from slumlords such as Bent Meyer, the owner of this home. 

Jefferson County Public Health and Dr. Thomas H. Locke MD, the powers that be, seem to think that if it is a problem that Meth houses are being rented to unsuspecting families at great health risk, well then let's change the law, the regulations.

Dr. Tom Locke, Jill Buhler, John Austin, Phil Johnson and the gang seems to be saying that We won't enforce the law and protect renters, protect the citizens of Jefferson County, so let's deregulate and make the law, the standards less so that if the home was a Meth Cook Facility, a Meth Lab then we won't have to test, clean up nor let renters know even if we are putting young children at risk with total disregard to the law, public safety and child welfare.

Landlord Bent Meyer

So who owns the Meth Lab rental? I guess its a guy named Bent Meyer. He is said to be a pastor of a church that provides domestic violence counseling and seems to misuse it's power and connections to prey on vulnerable women in the name of God.

From what I hear, Ex- Pastor Bent Meyer, the Slumlord landlord of 31st Street house in Port Townsend Washington knew that the home was used to cook meth, as did the property managers a Townsend Bay Property Management owned by Donna Murphy Doney. And they seem to think its legal, ethical and moral to go ahead and NOT disclose nor protect the public at large.

Townsend Bay Property Management allegedly claims the property was cleaned up, but I have personally seen no proof or certificate of this being factual.

Ex- Pastor Bent Meyer Bent Meyer Speaks Out About Redemption, provides abuse counseling, and comes off as an all around do gooder.

 Yet in Port Townsend Washington, Bent Meyer owns a home that he knew was a Meth lab and yet he rented it out and people got sick, VERY SICK. Children live in the home and are at great risk. Jefferson County Board of Health seems to protect him, why?

I also allege, from what I have heard and believe, Bent Meyer had an issue with the tenant that had the meth lab again and again regarding the Meth Lab and regarding unpaid rent. It is said that Bent Meyer, counselor and either pastor or ex-pastor, traded sex with the tenant in exchange for the rent. I believe that is either rape or prostitution, neither of which is moral, ethical or legal. I wonder if Townsend Bay Property Management knows this too. 



"Former renter plans to pursue matter in federal court"

"By Allison Arthur" Port Townsend Leader Article

"A former Port Townsend resident who rented a 31st Street house in 2011 – and then concluded he had become sick because the place was infused with chemicals from earlier methamphetamine manufacturing – has encountered a setback in his effort for relief.

That former renter, Barry Ellis, at first sought help from the Jefferson County Board of Health, which has the power to publicly post a hazard warning on property proven to have had meth activity, and to require landlords to do a thorough cleanup.

The County Board of Health turned him down, citing a lack of clear evidence.

He then appealed that decision to the Washington State Board of Health. That board, on Nov. 12, denied his appeal, endorsing the earlier decision of the county board to place no restrictions on the property.

Coincidentally (or not, according to Ellis), Jefferson County Commissioner John Austin is both a member of the County Board of Health and the chair of the Washington State Board of Health, to which the appeal was made. Austin, however, recused himself from voting on the matter as a state board member.

In addition, Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Jefferson and Clallam counties, has been a state leader in drafting a law related to drug-infused housing, and argues that standards are too strict and should be reduced.

“I was expecting this,” said Ellis of the state board’s rejection of his appeal. Ellis says he is likely to appeal to a higher power, federal court. He’s not giving up, he said, because he thinks that the health of unsuspecting renters like himself is on the line.

“They can’t admit liability. I’m already talking with attorneys. You never win against the state in the state court. I have a three-year clock,” noting a three-year statute of limitations to sue the state Board of Health.
Ellis said he could draw a lesson from the state board’s ruling. “I think that what happened is this is a good ol’ boy network, and I think they covered their ass with Locke,” he said.


STARTED WITH 2011 RENTAL


The case is based on Ellis’ complaint about a house at 1507 31st St. in Port Townsend. In his written complaint to the Jefferson County Board of Health, Ellis stated that he and his girlfriend rented that house in April 2011. During the 14 months he was there, “I experienced internal bleeding, two emergency surgeries, numerous medical procedures.” He said his former girlfriend had tried to commit suicide and required medical attention right after moving in.

In his formal complaint to the county, Ellis wrote that a neighbor told Ellis that the house had been used to “cook” methamphetamine.

In April 2012, Ellis went to Marjorie Boyd of Jefferson County Public Health to inquire about possible drug use or chemical infusion at the house. 

He also started submitting open public records requests to the Port Townsend Police Department (PTPD) to find out if there were any incidents at the house investigated by police.

In his testimony before the county health board in March of this year, Ellis said he had contacted the owner of the house, Bent Meyer. Meyer “refused to address the situation, but did tell me to move out immediately,” Ellis said.

When Ellis responded that he wanted permission to have the property tested for meth, “I was locked out of the residence without a court order,” he said, so that he could not have the residence tested.

Before being locked out, Ellis said, he removed some items and later had those tested for meth residue. He forwarded the results to Boyd of the county health department.

Ellis said the test results showed chemical levels “between two and 26 times the legal limit.” Boyd told him there was nothing she could do to help him, according to Ellis, a conclusion repeated by other county health department staff.

Ellis said he took the matter to the PTPD, where a case file was created. However, the PTPD apparently could not confirm prior drug activity at the house. Without that finding, the county health department again declined to take action.

Ellis did not let it drop. Instead, he said, he pursued the matter by contacting local police, the state Department of Ecology and the Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office. Ellis’ history shows he is persistent. He said he has been involved in more than 30 lawsuits involving the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, and added that he’s won a number of those.


STATE INVESTIGATION


Ellis appealed to the state Board of Health, calling on that panel to overturn Jefferson County Public Health’s decision against taking action on the house.

In a Nov. 12, 2014 memo on the case prepared by state board vice chair Keith Grellner, Grellner said that Ellis’ complaint was reviewed and that three of the four witnesses Ellis cited in his written complaint were interviewed.

Neither the state board investigator nor the Leader was able to get landlord Bent Meyer to return calls.

“There was no evidence found or presented that proves that hazardous chemicals were used to manufacture illegal drugs at 1507 31st St., Port Townsend, Wa.,” Grellner wrote in a conclusion. “There was no evidence found or presented that a law enforcement agency or property owner notified Jefferson County Public Health” that the property was contaminated, he continued.

“The sample results submitted by Mr. Ellis did not provide grounds for Jefferson County Public Health to post the property or conduct further inspections under RCW 64.44 and WAC 246.205,” he added.

And finally, he said that public records requests resulted in no findings or documentation that there was ever a meth lab on the property.

LOCKE: LAWS TOO STRICT

Locke said he is pushing to relax state cleanup laws related to buildings used as drug labs, laws that he helped to write. Locke said the cleanup threshold is so low today that it impacts the supply of public housing. When traces of meth are found in housing projects, Locke said, cleanup crews are “charging tens of thousands of dollars” to do “very destructive cleanups” of homes “when there is no evidence that the amount of meth detected is dangerous.”

It is not a new subject for Locke.

“I felt especially strong about this code because I helped write it,” Locke said last week. In the late 1990s, Locke said, clandestine drug labs were a real problem. “We had several in Jefferson County and hundreds around the state,” he said.

But today, Locke said, meth labs are a much smaller problem, because the market is flooded with cheap meth made in Mexican superlabs. “There’s a very small amount of shake-and-bake,” he said of meth that is made in 2-liter soda bottles. “Meth labs have virtually disappeared, and those that do exist, exist on a very small scale.”

But those strict cleanup laws from a decade ago are still on the books, he said.
What is happening now is that any tiny amount of meth – even from smoking it – can trigger a massive cleanup that involves practically tearing the house apart.

“The point is, the cleanup standard is so low, we’ve been urging the state to raise the cleanup standard,” he said.

Locke is proposing the state raise its cleanup standards from 0.1 micrograms to 1.5 micrograms per 100 square centimeters, which is the level the state of California recommends based on a 2007 study, according to public health department minutes from April 17, 2014.

“Current cleanup protocols call for all drywall, carpeting, appliances and personal possessions to be removed,” state the minutes. “This is expensive and has limited the availability of public housing because units are closed and/or demolished rather than cleaned.”

“The law was not written to compel cleanup of residences where the only thing that has happened is the smoking of meth,” Locke said. He said tiny amounts of meth on surfaces of things, such as floors, aren’t dangerous unless you do something like prepare food on them.

Locke said that at a recent state hearing, even the Peninsula Housing Authority testified that the law, as written, is having an impact on public housing because of the high cost of cleanup. He noted that public housing is already in short supply.

PROTECTING RENTERS

Again, Ellis isn’t buying it.

“By asking to relax these standards, it sets up landlords to be able to move people into contaminated houses without legal recourse,” Ellis said in August. “It sets up renters as second-class citizens.”
“I’m going to sue them over what they have done. It’s discrimination,” he said.
Ellis said he still suffers from his days in that Port Townsend rental home, but he’s moved out to the country and is starting to feel better. He asserts that Locke and county officials are trying to protect their tax base.

“Anyone who owns property here, they give protection to. But some child goes and gets in that house and gets sick, there’s no protection,” Ellis said."

Source
http://www.ptleader.com/news/pt-meth-lab-complaint-dismissed/article_5ae257ea-7502-11e4-a6dc-0787963ae368.html


Barry Ellis State of Washington Complaint

"My name is Barry Ellis. I am here today to address a situation which was not dealt with
appropriately by Jefferson County Health Dept.

My former girlfriend and myself took occupancy of a residence owned by Bent and
Joanne Meyer located at 1507 31st Street in Port Townsend in late April of 2011.

During my fourteen months at this residence, I experienced internal bleeding, two emergency
surgeries, numerous medical procedures, an attempted suicide by my former girlfriend
and my fiancée required medical attention right after moving in with me.

In April 2012, neighbors of ours, Denise Early and Paula Martin (Guardian ad Litem
Jefferson County), told us that the owners had cleaned up remnants of a meth lab two
weeks before I moved into this home.

I then contacted Bent Meyer, the owner of the residence and he refused to address the situation but did tell me to move out immediately.

When I asked for permission to have the premises tested for meth residue, I was locked
out of the residence without a court order.

I had contacted Marjorie Boyd at the Jefferson County Health Dept. and to my surprise,
she stated there was nothing she could do except if the Port Townsend Police Dept.
notified her or the owner. I had also contacted Sgt. Green at the Port Townsend Police
Dept., and in essence was told, this was a civil matter.

Before I was locked out of this residence, I removed items from the house and had them
tested for meth residue and forwarded the results to Marjorie Boyd at the Jefferson
County Health Dept., which were between two and twenty six times the legal limit (See
exhibit A/B/C), and was again told there was nothing she could do.

I then contacted Sgt. Kaare at the Port Townsend Police Dept. and he initiated a hazmat
investigation report # 2013-00000872 (See exhibit D/E). In doing so, Sgt. Kaare spoke
with the Jefferson County Health Dept., and was told not to open a case on this matter
and in response Sgt. Kaare told them “I’m covering our ass on this one”, and opened a
case number on it. Through a public disclosure request, I asked who Sgt. Kaare spoke
with at Jefferson County Health Dept., but he could not recall (see exhibit F). I also spoke
with Ms. Armstrong at the Dept. of Ecology, and she also forwarded the lab results to
Jefferson County Health Dept. I received letters from Mr. Jarrod Keefer, Marjorie Boyd
and Christy Fiedler which I want to discuss now.

In short, the letter from Ms. Fiedler reads:

We do not have the authority to respond to this type of complaint except when it is
referred to us from a law enforcement agency or the property owner. If we are requested
by either law enforcement or a property owner to investigate a property for potential or
known contamination, then we would carry out duties as outlined in RCW 64.44 and
WAC 246-205 (See exhibit G). In short, the letter from Mr.Keefer reads:

Jefferson County Public Health Dept. received the above referenced report from the City
of Port Townsend Police Dept. on February 6, 2013. As we stated in our letter on
November 2nd, upon referral or request by law enforcement and/or the propertyowner ,
we will post and inspect the site. We have yet to receive, from law enforcement or the
property owner, a notification of potential contamination at that address due to the
manufacture of illegal drugs ( See exhibit H).

Exhibits D&E were the notifications of potential and verified contamination given to
Jefferson County Health Dept. in February 2013 by the Port Townsend Police Dept. and
by the Washington State Dept.of Ecology.

In a letter drafted by Mr. Keefer that was received through a public disclosure request
(See exhibit I), Mr. Keefer refers to me as Mr.Dundee which is corrected in an email
from David Alvarez (See exhibit J). The letter goes on to state that “the police report does
not confirm that the site is an illegal drug manufacturing lab”.

Our jurisdiction is limited
to the illegal manfacture of drugs. I am now going to read the RCW, WAC and Jefferson
County ordinance. Nowhere in these laws will you read or hear the term “illegal drug
manufacturing lab”

Source and Full Document with Exhibits Click Below
http://sboh.wa.gov/Portals/7/Doc/Meetings/2014/08-13/WSBOH-08-13-14-Tab05c.pdf


Jill Buhler
JCPH ADMINISTRATION



Tom Locke
Health Officer
Jefferson County












Jean Baldwin
Director








Julia Danskin
Public Health Supervisor

Veronica Shaw
Deputy Director &
Chief Operations Director

Jared Keefer
Environmental Health & Water Quality Director

Dr. Thomas H. Locke, MD

Is it a conflict of interest to be on multiple boards such as this?

Jill Buhler
Jefferson County Board of Health

Jill Buhler
Hospital Commissioner



Links to more Research

Complaint Details



Jefferson County Public Health Meeting Minutes on this Topic

http://www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/pdf/BOH%20minutes%20-%20April%202014.pdf

http://www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org/pdf/2014%20March%20Signed%20Minutes.pdf


Jefferson County Public Health Adopted Meth Lab Regulations



Ex - Pastor Bent Meyer Research Links


"Bent is now a highly respected counselor in the Seattle area who specializes in helping those who are abused by churches. TWW encourages all those, who have been hurt by a church and are in need of counseling, to avail themselves of his services link. He has walked that difficult path and is in a unique position to be of assistance."
http://thewartburgwatch.com/2012/06/22/bent-myer-speaks-out-about-redemption-groups-at-mark-driscolls-mars-hill/

Yet Counselor Bent Meyer is a slumlord, and has a total disregard for the law, and for the civil and human rights of the tenants of his rentals. 

http://northwestfamilylife.org/find-a-counselor/brent-meyer-ma-lmhca/
Bent Meyer Counselor

http://joyfulexiles.com/tag/bent-meyer/

Confessed Betrayal
http://joyfulexiles.com/2014/08/28/new-disclosures-by-former-mh-pastorelder-bent-meyer/

http://thewartburgwatch.com/2012/06/22/bent-myer-speaks-out-about-redemption-groups-at-mark-driscolls-mars-hill/

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2004020898_webmarshill18m.html

http://thewartburgwatch.com/2012/01/30/fired-mars-hill-elder-breaks-his-silence/

http://northwestfamilylife.org/find-a-counselor/brent-meyer-ma-lmhca/

http://www.paradigmcounselingps.com/



Meth Lab Clean Up Guidelines in other areas

http://health.mo.gov/atoz/pdf/MethLabCleanupGuidelines.pdf

http://www.deq.state.ok.us/LPDnew/methlabs/meth.htm

http://sai-dc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/meth_lab_guidelines.pdf

http://www.methlabcleanup.com/meth%20cleanup%20laws.htm




Washington Meth Lab Clean Up Laws

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.44

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=246.205

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=64.06.020





Dangers of Living in a Home that was a Meth Lab

"Houses formerly used as meth labs, called meth houses, put their residents at risk of serious health consequences, says Stan Smith, a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and director of the Drug Endangered Children Task Force, a division of the California Drug Enforcement Agency.

Upon moving into a meth house, people have experienced short-term health problems ranging from migraines and respiratory difficulties to skin irritation and burns. Long-term problems are less well known, but the results from a 2009 study in Toxological Sciences suggest that methamphetamine chemicals may cause cancer in humans.

And because children have small, developing bodies and a tendency to play on the ground and put things in their mouths, they are especially susceptible to adverse health effects from meth toxins. “When we go into a lab, if there are children, the first thing we do is take the children to the hospital and assess them for contamination,” said Smith.

The chemicals used in methamphetamine production are highly toxic and range from pseudoephenadrine — the main ingredient in meth and active ingredient in decongestants — to any one of 32 other precursor chemicals. These include acetone, the active ingredient in nail polish remover, and phosphine, a widely used insecticide.

Home-cooking meth spreads toxins to every inch of the room where the meth was cooked and beyond. Nothing escapes contamination — the carpet, walls, furniture, drapes, air ducts, even the air itself becomes toxic. “Ingesting some of these chemicals, even a tiny drop, can cause immediate death,” said Smith."

Read More Click Below
http://scienceline.org/2010/04/are-you-living-in-a-former-meth-lab/


http://www.ovc.gov/publications/bulletins/children/pg5.html

http://methlabhomes.com/about-us/my-meth-lab-home-story/

http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/12/real_estate/home-meth-lab/

http://www.methinyourhouse.com/health-effects-of-third-hand-meth.html#.VIJqcDHF-2g

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