Rayonier won't allow archaeology dogs on Port Angeles site

Patrimoine, préservation et conservation
le 30 novembre 2009

he specially trained dogs that will search the waterfront for evidence of bones and other archaeological Native American remains beginning today won't set paw on the abandoned Rayonier Inc. pulp mill property, the former site of the ancient and densely populated Klallam village of Y'Innis. Rayonier denied the city of Port Angeles access to the 75-acre waterfront site, which is two miles east of downtown, said Derek Beery, the city's archaeologist. "It's private property owned by a private firm," Beery said. "We don't, without permission, have the ability to be on that site."Rayonier Inc. company lawyer Don Schwendiman of Silverdale would not comment last week, saying he was not authorized to do so. Rayonier officials were not available for comment. Tank project: The refusal means that the city has one less tool to determine the extent of archaeological remains on the site if and when a 5-million-gallon Rayonier tank is made available to accommodate the city's sewer overflow, Beery said. That project would involve laying pipe connected to the tank. The discovery of artifacts and remains during site development could prompt extensive studies and delays under state and federal regulations.Though much of the Rayonier property is covered with concrete, making what lies beneath undetectable by the dogs, the importance of them sniffing around there "was tied to the combined sewer overflow project," Beery said last week. [...]

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