Posted by Ed on April 18, 2007, 12:50 am How far of an area will it effect as far as the health issues? When both plants, the one in Billerica and Lowell are running to 95% of the people I spoke with about the meeting felt that your Hey, Joe, --- In BillericaWatchers@yahoogroups.com, jes343@... wrote:
24.34.144.49
Re: an Eye Opener of a site
Hey Joe,
Sorry I have not had a chance to get back to you, but I am
overwhelmed with responsibility! Well since you read my message,
then how about starting with Judi's concerns which I pasted below.
We all know that these studies are not required by law, and
hopefully everyone is aware of the changes in our pollution laws,
but these particles will cause extensive health issues to all of us
and our families in the near future. This will become even more of
an issue once we have the first Natural Gas shortage or when the
plant changes hands after DG Clean sets the plant up, and turns it
over to another company. Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Liston have been
right up front with us on that point and Mr. Liston even stated that
fact at the very end of the public, one question sit down and shut
meeting. If your company was hired by the town to research the
project for the people of the town, then law should not be the
guidelines for public safety, the peoples well being should be the
number ONE issue.
What will be the effect on the people when that plant runs on dirty
diesel for lets say a 12hr. period? (They can petition the board to
run on what is ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE and the DEPA has no laws to
stop that!)
What will be the effects on health from these particulates being
released?
support other areas of New England, due to demand and the shortage
of Natural Gas, how serious will the air quality of the Merrimack
Valley be affected?
expert lied when he said he would have no problem with living near
that power plant and that was when your company lost it's
credibility with most of the towns people. So here is just a few of
the concerns we would like "real data" on which may help you redeem
your companies reputation if you really would like to or care about
the people.
I hope to hear from you soon with the data, but I will be busy for
the next few days.
Thanks Joe
Take Care
Ed
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!
Judi
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> I appreciate your feedback of our presentation, and I would like
to hear what your concerns are so that they may be adequately
addressed. One of the reasons I've been monitoring this discussion
forum was in hopes to incorporate the townspeople concerns into our
presentation.
>
> Thanks for in advance for communicating your concerns,
>
> Joe Sabato
> Environmental Health & Engineering
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edriverpines@...
> To: BillericaWatchers@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 9:03 PM
> Subject: [BillericaWatchers] Re: an Eye Opener of a site
>
>
> Hey Joe,
> Before I say anything I would like you to know, I appreciate you
> posting and reading our site and I hope you continue to. We are
not
> a group of people who are just blurting out statements because we
> don't want this horrible thing in our backyard. If Tuesday night's
> meeting had involved an intelligent discussion and an exchange of
> concerns I feel the resilient and well-informed members of our
group
> and our community would have left you so-called experts painted
into
> a corner you would not have been able to escape from. We, as a
> community, have spent hours and hours and hours researching valid
> government sites and all the subjective wording in the laws which
> your people claim are there to protect us! We also have experts
> living in our community. The information you presented was
> incomplete, and many of us feel the information was an insult to
our
> intelligence. We live in the real world around here, and most of
the
> open-minded folks of this area all said the same thing, "If you
had
> presented a thorough accurate unbiased and complete study your
> company would not be hired by people like DG Clean Power to do
these
> studies in the first place!" I do not wish to insult you or
> discourage you from posting information, but we are concerned
about
> our communities' children, elderly, and future of the Merrimack
> Valley as a whole. The Energy Partnership Group, or whatever it is
> called, was formed by the power companies to reconfigurate the
power
> grid while they reap massive amounts of profit for themselves and
we
> do not wish to be the energy supplying dumping ground for this
area
> of New England. Just like Blackstone Valley fought against Mr.
> Fitzpatrick and ANP we will fight this irresponsible plan from
> destroying our homes, this threat to public safety and to our
> quality of life. I don't know if you were aware of this fact that
> another Power Plant is proposed by the same people which will be
put
> in Lowell, not too far away, and have a few more on the drawing
> board. I do not even know if you care, but if you do, I will only
> ask once for your help. You can decide for yourself if you like
what
> you see in the mirror every morning when you shave, or if only
money
> is of importance to you. We are not fools and our side of the
issue,
> if we can ever have anyone take the time to listen to it, is much
> easier to present that yours. I believe you should be careful
about
> presenting only what you wish to be heard to promote this
disgusting
> smoke and mirror campaign, we will present Fact, After Fact, After
> Fact from reliable government statistics' until someone with much
> more influence or maybe even with money will join our cause. The
> truth is easy to protect and present; the LIE'S and manipulation
of
> truth can be exhausting.
> The town officials have been very busy, with the town election,
> budgets, preparing for town meeting, and many other
> responsibilities, which have kept them from reading all the
detailed
> information we have researched and provided, we believe now, they
> will be able to take this information into account when reviewing
> the proposed plan.
> The community members who truly care about the town will soon
> realize what is going on, and there are still many people in town
> still unaware of this proposal, we will see what happens then, if
it
> is not too late!
> Like I said, Thank You for posting and I hope you continue to,
> Ed Camplese
>
> --- In BillericaWatchers@yahoogroups.com, "sabs4580"
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Judy,
> >
> > The health expert was showing Harrison Ave in Boston in order to
> > provide reference concentrations for the townspeople of
> Billerica.
> >
> > The purpose of the comparison is to demonstrate how size of the
> > 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.
> >
> > The proposed power plant's maximum annual impact would be 0.02
ppb
> > 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.
> >
> > In other words, the air quality has quite a ways to go before we
> > approach what is currently measured on Harrison Ave in Boston.
> >
> > -Joe Sabato
> > Environmental Health & Engineering
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