Posted by Ed on April 14, 2007, 9:14 pm, in reply to "Reply to Joe Sabato: Environmental Health & Engineering" The health expert was showing Harrison Ave in Boston in order to The purpose of the comparison is to demonstrate how size of the The proposed power plant's maximum annual impact would be 0.02 ppb In other words, the air quality has quite a ways to go before we -Joe Sabato From Judi
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I am glad there is a group like this one in town. After Monday
nights meeting where somebody gave me a card I finally joined last
night and found myself reading the information for hours. I work two
jobs to pay the bills and keep my families head above water to live
be able to live in this area and I am now asking myself why? The
health effects from this power plant that these people want to put
in Billerica and from reading the information on the site that tells
me another one is going to be put up in Lowell makes me wonder how I
could have been so stupid to think I was giving my children a better
life by mortgaging myself to death to live here. After reading the
messages last night I went and read the Lowell Sun and I may just be
tired from working so much but what I read really made me wonder
even more. The candidate Gagliardi received money from the same
people who started that power company website local 103. It is clear
they received the money from the power company. If he is the top dog
on the finance committee and one of the selectmen also gave him
money for his campaign I can see why the town is in financial
trouble and needs the money so bad from the power company. I found
it interesting that the selectman who is running again for office
received the most money in donations and some of the money came from
the other candidate Hurd's brother and candidate Capobianco.
Candidate Flemming received money form two other people directly
connected with the town and should alert everyone in town as to why
the budget is in a deficit. It opened up my eyes and has me
wondering if I should get another job or start asking what is going
on here or just move. I do like the way Capobianco answered the
group questions and he does sound like he would fight for the towns
people. I am not to sure about the wood chip burning but I believe
his heart is in the right place and would stand up to what ever is
going on here. Bob Correnti sounds like he tried to fight for the
people and lost to the developers and his seat on the board. But I
think I heard he was for the power plant. I also wondered why the
other four candidates have not replied yet to the questions the
group asked them since the election is on Saturday. All I can figure
out is they must not need the votes. Sorry for ranting but the
reading I did last night opened my eyes.
From Judi
I feel exactly the same way. All the info provided by the health
expert at the meeting compared the emissions from the plant to
Harrison Ave. in Boston, to a housing project in Boston. We
specifically moved to Billerica/Tewksbury to have a better quality of
life than living in Boston. And here we are, in the same situation.
Driving down Billerica Street, there's a beautiful yellow house I
drive by every day and tell my husband if it ever goes on the market,
I'd love to buy it. Now, wouldn't even consider it. And, all the
press has been so positive! The headline in the Town Crier
was "Power Plant Cleans Up." Cleans up!! Are you kidding. What did
they change their specs from the initial proposal -- besides getting
bigger? It's just very frustrating.
From Joe
Hi Judy,
provide reference concentrations for the townspeople of Billerica.
increase in concentrations would be from the power plant. For
example, the average concentrations of Nitrogen Dioxide currently
measured in Haverhill are 9.6 ppb, by comparison they are measured
at 18.7 ppb on Harrison Ave in Boston.
or approximately 600 times less than the difference between the
quality of air in the Billerica area versus what is currently in the
Boston area.
approach what is currently measured on Harrison Ave in Boston.
Environmental Health & Engineering
Hey, Joe,
My problem is the particulates. They're ABOVE the 24-hour
significant impact level. That's from their own document submission
to the EFSB. And that's only PM10 -- they're not even required by
the gov't to test for PM 2.5. That's a big concern. The guy with
the four kids hit the nail on the head about his kids with asthma.
These peakers heat up in 10 minutes -- fast -- they burn hotter and
thus emit more. It may be cleaner than the Salem plant -- but the
Salem plant isn't next to my house!
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