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City Beach milfoil plans hit the rocks Posted: Thursday, Aug 04, 2005 - 08:29:53 am PDT By KEITH KINNAIRD News editor
DEQ denies permit for controversial herbicide SANDPOINT -- A controversial plan to use herbicide to winnow milfoil infestations in the waters off City Beach has been scuttled, Bonner County's noxious weed supervisor said Wednesday night."DEQ turned down our permit. It appears there was a procedural flaw," weed boss Brad Bluemer said. Bluemer said he was not entirely sure what the "procedural flaw" was late Wednesday and declined to speculate on what it might have been. He plans to talk the matter over today with Leslie Marshall, director of Bonner County Solid Waste, Waterways and Weeds.
The problem stayed unresolved through the week. Bluemer said re-applying for the permit would delay the project enough to undermine its effectiveness. "We've done missed our window," Bluemer said, explaining that the infestations will have grown too large by the time a permit is secured. Although the county is cutting its losses with the permit for Sonar, it is pushing head with plans to apply another herbicide called Renovate in the Pend Oreille River at Springy Point, Willow Bay, Albeni Cove, Laclede and Priest River. Those treatments are tentatively set to begin on August 22. "That will be the soonest that will happen," Bluemer said. Despite assurances from officials that the herbicides pose no safety threat, some in Bonner County object to their use in Lake Pend Oreille and the river. POST YOUR OPINION
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