Feb. 15, the Humboldt County Planning Commission unanimously approved a draft ordinance to change zoning regulations for business signs and billboards in the unincorporated county, with one Commissioner absent.
The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a wastewater discharge permit for a planned Nordic Aquafarms' fish farm Thursday, with some conditions.
The regional water board approved a permit for the elk river wastewater treatment facility unanimously at a board meeting Thursday, but some environmental groups still had concerns. Local activists asked for more measurement locations for effluent discharged into Humboldt Bay and for the facility to meet regulatory requirements sooner, but the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board did not take these requests, while still requiring some environmental changes for the facility.