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Astoria Boss Faces Jail And Fine
Dredging permit violations dating back pollutants escaped. An investigation was US Army Corps of Engineers and the Oregon
to 2005 have landed a former port boss launched following the incident and Gearin was Department of Environmental Quality admitting
in Astoria, Oregon, in a federal court sacked from his post. the port illegally discharged dredged material into
where he faces the prospect of a hefty He faces a possible three-year jail term and the Columbia River estuary without permission.
fine and jail term if convicted $50,000 in fines for each day of the violation The port agreed to mitigate the damages by
Peter Gearin, former executive director at the if convicted on the single-count indictment of paying civil penalties totalling $125,000 to the
Port of Astoria, has been charged with violating violating the Clean Water Act. Corps and $45,400 to DEQ.
federal dredging permits in 2005 by allowing The port is expected to pay a separate The news service explained that, in 2005,
dredged material to be pumped directly into $125,000 penalty for the infraction and must “The port was up against a tight deadline for
the Columbia River – from which it flowed into retain an environmental compliance officer to dredging the waterfront and some material that
Youngs Bay. ensure no violations of the kind occur in future. needed to be cleared from the river bottom had
The dredging project was to upgrade the The Port of Astoria Commission was also tested positive for contaminants, so it had to
port’s cruise ship slips and was undertaken charged; its board voted in February to plead be stored on land. The port only had one place
quickly to accommodate vessels for the 2005 guilty to the violations and pay $170,400 in to store contaminated sediments and it wasn’t
cruise season, according to federal prosecutors. related state and federal fines. big enough to accommodate all the dredged
They say Gearin bypassed the normal – and According to the online www.dailyastorian. material at once.”
required – safeguards to ensure that no com, the board approved agreements with the More info at www.portofastoria.com
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