King County announced Tuesday that it will issue a supplement to the environmental impact statement it used to pick south Snohomish County on Highway 9 as the site for its new Brightwater sewage treatment plant.
The county will use the new review to take a closer look at a recently discovered earthquake fault under the site.
Critics say the fault is reason enough for King County to select a new site, but the county won’t move its plant, said Christie True, Brightwater project director.
She said the supplemental impact statement will be used to simply identify what King County needs to do to make sure the $1.48 billion plant is earthquake safe at the site near Highway 9 and Highway 522.
The public will be offered a chance to comment on the new environmental review when it is released in late February or early March.
Smokey Point: Man injured by machine
A Northwest Composites employee was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle Tuesday morning after a machine accident, firefighters said.
The man’s arm apparently got caught in a metal router, Marysville Fire Department spokesman Nathan Trauernicht said. The man was thrown up against a wall and hit his head, Trauernicht said. The accident was reported shortly before 7 a.m. at 12810 Smokey Point Blvd.
The man is in stable condition at Harborview, an employee at Northwest Composites said.
Arlington: Three held in BB gun shootings
Police arrested three men suspected of going on a shooting spree with a BB gun and damaging 11 vehicles.
A resident in the Gleneagle neighborhood called police at 2:30 a.m. Dec. 12 about shots being fired in the area. The resident provided officers with a description of the suspects’ vehicle.
Officer Jay Schwartzmiller spotted the vehicle near 67th Avenue NE and 172nd Street NE. An Arlington man, 20, and two Marysville men, 20 and 19, were arrested.
Officers found three BB guns, alcohol and marijuana inside the vehicle, Police Chief John Gray said.
The suspects allegedly shot at nearly a dozen vehicles in two neighborhoods, causing about $3,000 in damage.
Stanwood man arrested after business burglary
A man suspected of breaking into the same business twice has been arrested.
Police received a call from an alarm company Saturday about a burglary at American Family Vision Clinic. Officer Erik Moon arrived within two minutes and arrested a Stanwood man, 37, for investigation of breaking into the business and destroying office equipment.
The man is suspected of breaking into the business Dec. 15 and damaging several thousands of dollars worth of property.
Officers searched the man’s home and discovered stolen property, Police Chief John Gray said.
Lake Stevens: Fire destroys travel trailer
Fire gutted a 30-foot travel trailer Tuesday afternoon at Lake Conner Park, firefighters said.
The blaze was reported about 2 p.m. in the 14300 block of 28th Street NE, said Richard Adkins, deputy chief of Snohomish County Fire District 8. No one was hurt. The owner was not home at the time, Adkins said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
From Herald staff reports
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