Legal notices

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a Solid Waste Advisory Committee meeting on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 3 PM in the Public Service Building Auditorium, N. 310 Main Street, Colfax, WA 99111. Persons requiring ADA accommodations should avise us of that need.

Mark Storey

Director of Public Works

Published Dec. 8

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL A/E SERVICES – ADA Transition Plan Development

Whitman County is requesting a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to hire an architectural/engineering consultant for the purpose of developing an ADA Transition Plan for County owned facilities. Desired services will likely include an ADA needs inventory and transition plan development (and related work).

The County will review SOQs and the firms will be ranked by a selection committee. A contract will be awarded to the most qualified firm whose proposal is deemed most advantageous to the County considering all related factors. Proposals that are deemed incomplete by the selection committee will not be considered.

Whitman County reserves the right to reject any and all responses deemed unqualified, unsatisfactory, inappropriate or incomplete. Proposals become the property of Whitman County. The County is not responsible for paying costs associated with preparing a proposal.

Consultants shall submit at least three (3) copies of their proposal (Statement of Qualifications) to the Whitman County Engineers office. The proposal itself shall be limited to eight (8) single-sided pages with at least 11-point font. A one-page cover letter, corporate brochures, and personnel resumes will be excluded from the proposal page limit.

Proposals must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. local time on December 14, 2022. The Proposal must be in a sealed envelope and marked on the outside of the envelope “Proposal for Professional A/E Services- ADA Transition”, and delivered to:

Brandon Johnson

Whitman County Public Works

310 North Main, PO Box 430

PSB Building, Second Floor

Colfax, WA 99111

Whitman County in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all responders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit SOQ’s in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color or national origin in consideration for an award.

ADA accommodation requests should be made 72 hours in advance by calling (509) 397-6206.

Arrangements will be made to accommodate questions and provide responses to non-English speaking residents.

Published Dec. 1 & Dec. 8

Public Hearing Notice

The Town of Malden will hold a public hearing to set the final budget for 2023 on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 7pm at the beginning of the regular council meeting. The meeting is held at the Malden Town Hall. All citizens are invited to attend.

Micki Harnois, Clerk/Treasurer

Dec 8

PUBLIC NOTICE

Palouse BRANCH

Notice is hereby given that State Bank Northwest, located at 12902 E Sprague Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99216, has filed, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, an application to establish a new branch known as the Palouse Branch at 305 E MAIN STREET, Palouse, WA 99161. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comment in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office, 25 Jessie Street at Ecker Square, Suite 2300, San Francisco, California, 94105, not later than the 15th day following the date of this publication. The period may be extended by the regional director for good cause. The non-confidential portion of the application file is available for inspection and may be inspected in the Corporation’s regional office during regular business hours. Photocopies of information in the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. Published pursuant to Section 303.7(b) of the Rules and Regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Lorilei Bruggink, President/Chief Operating Officer.

Published Dec 8

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHITMAN

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STANLEY JAY DUNCAN, SR., Deceased. No. 22-4-00163-38

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 24, 2022

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SARIAH DUNCAN

ATTORNEYS FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE MCGUIRE, DEWULF, KRAGT & JOHNSON, P.S.

MATTHEW D. JOHNSON

ADDRESS FOR MAILING OF SERVICE

P.O. Box 619

105 S. Main St.

Colfax, WA 99111-0619

Telephone: 509-397-4345

Published Nov. 23, Dec. 1 & Dec. 8

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF WHITMAN

In the Matter of the Estate of MARGERY BRINK Case No: 2240010038

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030)

The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of First Publication:

November 23, 2022

/s/

Linda Hill,

Personal Representative

Published Nov. 23, Dec. 1 & Dec. 8

NOTICE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABILITY OF DRAFT PERMIT MODIFICATION

Permit Number: ST0005362

Applicant: Washington State University - WSU P.O. Box 641172, Pullman, Washington 99164

Facility Address: WSU – Environmental Health & Safety

Pullman, Washington 99164

WSU has applied for a State Waste Discharge permit modification in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90.48 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Chapter 173-216 Washington Administrative Code (WAC).

WSU submitted a letter to Ecology on November 2, 2022 requesting a reduction in monitoring for once per quarter parameters for Grimes Way Monitoring Station. Section S2.E of WSU’s permit allows for a reduction in monitoring if approved by Ecology.

Ecology is issuing a draft amended permit and fact sheet amendment and is only accepting comments on the modified portions.

The wastewater, following treatment, must meet the requirements of the Washington State Water Pollution Control Act and applicable regulations for a permit to be issued. A final determination will not be made until all timely comments received in response to this notice have been evaluated.

PUBLIC COMMENT AND INFORMATION

The modified permit and related documents can be viewed using PARIS, Ecology’s Permitting and Reporting Information System database located online at https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/paris/DocumentSearch.aspx or between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays, by appointment, at the regional office listed below; call (509) 329-3400 to make an appointment.

Interested persons can submit written comments regarding the proposed permit modification. Submit comments within 30 days after publication of this notice to be considered for the final determination. Submit comments to Ecology no later than January 9, 2023.

Mail written comments to: Vijay Kubsad

WQP – Department of Ecology

Eastern Regional Office

4601 N. Monroe Street

Spokane, Washington 99205-1265

Email comments to: Vijay.Kubsad@ecy.wa.gov

URL for Ecology event listing: https://ecology.wa.gov/Events/WQ/Waste-Discharge-Permits/Washington-State-University-Public-Notice

Any interested party may request a public hearing on the proposed permit within 30 days of the publication date of this notice. The request for a hearing shall state the interest of the party and the reasons why a hearing is necessary; send the request to the address above. The Department will hold a hearing if it determines that there is significant public interest. If a hearing is scheduled, a public notice will be published at least 30 days in advance of the hearing date. Any party responding to this notice with comments will receive a copy of the hearing public notice.

Please bring this public notice to the attention of persons who you know would be interested in this matter. Ecology is an equal opportunity agency. If you need this publication in an alternate format, please contact us at (509) 329-3400 or TTY (for the speech and hearing impaired) at 711 or 1-800-833-6388.

Published Dec. 8