Land use

Code project updates, definitions, changes, and more

When: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:30PM - 8:30PM

Where: Gresham City Hall
Barlow Trail Room – 1st Floor Conference Center
1333 NW Eastman Parkway
Gresham, Oregon

What:
The Gresham City Planning Commission staff will have a presentation on the update on the many code projects that are underway this year and have a longer discussion of the code update project (including the draft work plan & public participation plan, and a discussion of the 1st project, which is updating the development code definitions).

New plant opening 2009; to employ 35

Whitney Malkin, The Oregonian
whitneymalkin@news.oregonian.com

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality approved Owens Corning's revised plans to produce insulation in Gresham, granting the company a permit to finish construction and start production.

(WENA Editor: read Kimberly Howard, General Manager, Owens Corning Foam Insulation, Dec 2007 hearing statement here)

DEQ's decision last week comes after years of environmental controversy about the plant.

Conservation Forum with Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson featuring Gresham City Counselor Paul Warr-King

Sponsored by the Oregon League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

Join us January 9, 2008, 6:00PM for a discussion with State Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson about the environmental issues facing our region. Hear what Laurie's top conservation priorities are and tell her about your concerns and ideas for our region’s future.

Owens Corning Responds to Nov 1 Meeting Q&A

Owens Corning has provided answers here to questions that were asked at the DEQ information meeting held on November 1, 2007, as they agreed to do. Their answers can be read here. Please note that these answers were provided solely by Owens Corning. Owens Corning did not discuss these answers with DEQ, and DEQ does not endorse the answers; George Davis, Department of Environmental Quality - Northwest Region Office, simply passed them on to Wilkes East NA as agreed at the information meeting.

The public hearing on the proposed permit will be held at Centennial High School in the Community Room on December 13, 2007. The meeting will start with an information session at 6:30 pm, followed by the formal hearing.

Proposed Air Quality Permit for Owens Corning Foam Plant

Notice of Public Hearing: Dec. 13, 2007

Information session begins at 6:30 p.m. with formal hearing to follow:

Centennial High School
Community Room
3505 S.E. 182nd Ave.
Gresham, Oregon

Complete hearing details for the proposed Owens Corning Foam Insulation plant to be located at 18456 NE Wilkes Road, Gresham Oregon (in the industrial park at NE 181st Ave and I-84) can be found here.

You are invited to make oral comments on this proposed air quality permit issuance at a public hearing. You may also comment in writing.

Proposed Air Quality Permit for Owens Corning Foam Plant

Notice of Public Hearing: Dec. 13, 2007

Information session begins at 6:30 p.m. with formal hearing to follow:

Centennial High School
Community Room
3505 S.E. 182nd Ave.
Gresham, Oregon

Complete hearing details for the proposed Owens Corning Foam Insulation plant to be located at 18456 NE Wilkes Road, Gresham Oregon (in the industrial park at NE 181st Ave and I-84) can be found here.

You are invited to make oral comments on this proposed air quality permit issuance at a public hearing.

Board meets with Owens Corning over proposed Foam Insulation plant

Board members Kris Freiermuth (WENA Chair), and Lee Dayfield (WENA Chair Land-Use), met Friday October 26, 2007 with Kimberly Howard (General Manager) Owens Corning Foam Insulation Division to discuss the proposed Owens Corning’s Foam Insulation plant located at 18456 NE Wilkes Road, Gresham Oregon; in the industrial park at NE 181st Ave and I-84.

Can I Burn? Call the daily burning information hotline: (503) 618-3083

Residents who live east of approximately 182nd Avenue are allowed to burn yard debris on specific days. Backyard burning is only allowed within the city limits of Gresham (and outside the DEQ Burn Ban Area) 10 authorized days in the Spring: March 1-June 15, and 10 authorized days in the Fall: October 1-December 15. Authorized burn days are announced on a daily burn line during the seasonal burn periods. Call the daily burning information hotline: (503) 618-3083 for details.

For complete Backyard, Agricultural, Open, and Recreational burning information click here.

November 1, 2007 - 6:30 pm Centennial High School

What: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will hold an information meeting about an air quality permit application for the proposed Owens Corning Corporation plant that will manufacture rigid polystyrene foam insulation boards at a new plant located at 18456 NE Wilkes Road in Gresham Oregon.

On October 24, 2007 the Johnson Creek Watershed Council Land-Use Committee will host the Coalition for a Livable Future who will present a special introductory session of the Regional Equity Atlas.

Come learn about the Regional Equity Atlas and the implications for the future of East Multhnomah County.