Biosolid proposal now under review

The Department of Ecology issued a statement Tuesday to say the proposal by Evergreen Septic to apply biosolids to the Zerr property in Wahkiakum County is under review following a May 3 public meeting and hearing in the town of Rosburg.

Peter Lyon is Regional Manager and Waste 2 Resources Program Manager for the Washington State Department of Ecology. “Our ecology staff workload is heavy and our department needs additional time to complete the Evergreen review,” said Lyon.

Lyons said the completion date for the permit to spray biosolids on the Zerr land is not certain at this time, based on comments received from Ecology. Lyons did say that Ecology will be reissuing the Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) for the Zerr project.

After review, the Department of Ecology said it had determined that proper procedures had been followed in issuing the original DNS, and publishing notice. “In this case reissuance of the DNS will allow the agency to provide additional information on the environmental checklist,” said Lyons.

Lyon said his agency expects to publish the DNS to the State SEPA Register only, within the next two weeks.