open letter to RRG

dovey · Veteran Member

open letter to RRG

Date: Wed Jul 13 9:00 AM, 2005

A dozen people is a Teaparty!

dovey · Veteran Member

and nobody was invited..

Date: Wed Jul 13 1:19 PM, 2005

Governor deals blow to hazardous waste
By Aaron Besecker
Wednesday, July 13, 2005

PORTER — It came down to the end, but locals concerned about operations at a nearby hazardous waste site hailed it as a victory.

Gov. George Pataki on Tuesday night signed into law a measure calling for equitable distribution of hazardous waste across the state — a move that could impact work at CWM Chemical Services in the Town of Porter.

“(Gov. Pataki) is putting environmental justice back on the forefront in the state,” said Vince Agnello, president of Residents for Responsible Government. “This is a major victory for us.”

The law, passed by the state Legislature in mid-June, calls for the state Department of Environmental Conservation to complete a guide guaranteeing fairness in statewide disposal of all hazardous wastes.

CWM is the state’s and the Northeast’s only hazardous waste facility currently in operation.

Tuesday was the last day Pataki had to either sign or veto the bill. Had he not acted, the law would have automatically gone into effect.

The new law compels the DEC to complete work on the state “Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Plan” originally called for in 1987. In all future permitting for hazardous waste sites within the state, the DEC must adhere to a yet-to-be-completed set of guidelines for waste disposal.

A draft form of the plan is currently being evaluated by the DEC. Exactly when the department will finish the plan is unknown.

The DEC is currently reviewing two sets of permit applications from CWM, said Dan David, DEC regional engineer for environmental quality.

The first application is for CWM’s renewed operating permit; the second for a proposal to build a new landfill at the Model City facility on Balmer Road.

DEC officials are “approaching the point where some action will be taken” on the renewal application. The second application, which calls for the state Department of Health to vacate a decades old order precluding soil disturbance, is far from being completed, David said.

Department officials are still reviewing comments made on the renewal application by members of the public and CWM officials, he added.

CWM officials could not be reached for comment.

Earlier in the day, more than a dozen protesters from RRG staked their ground in front of CWM’s main gate hoping to catch the eye of a busload of attendees of an Environmental Protection Agency conference in Buffalo. The group traveled to Porter for an afternoon tour of the facility.

Amy Witryol, of Niagara Health Science Report, was allowed to speak to the conference attendees on their bus ride from a Buffalo hotel.

She made a presentation on a history of the CWM site and concerns about potential health concerns of the larger site on which CWM sits, the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works.

The federal government used the LOOW site to bury radiological waste from WWII-era Department of Defense initiatives.

Many of the individuals who were to tour CWM exited the bus to talk with RRG members about their concerns with the site prior to their tour.

One official, who did not want to be identified, used to work for the EPA and was a state-level environmental official in Indiana. She said she was impressed by RRG, and noted they have some “real concerns.”

Even some of the conference attendees were rethinking whether or not to take the tour of CWM, she said.

For RRG, Tuesday provided a brief sigh of relief in their efforts to halt waste disposal in Porter.

“We still have a lot of work to do, but at least this opens the door for more action,” Agnello said.

Contact Aaron Besecker at (716) 282-2311, Ext. 2263.

Date: Wed Jul 13 1:37 PM, 2005

us locals still may have like to have been there!

shughes · Senior Member

Anonymous wrote:

A dozen people is a Teaparty!

"Earlier in the day, more than a dozen protesters from RRG staked their ground in front of CWM’s main gate hoping to catch the eye of a busload of attendees of an Environmental Protection Agency conference in Buffalo. The group traveled to Porter for an afternoon tour of the facility."

An afternoon outing and tea party at CWM. Only EPA employees would find that appealing. I hope they used the local water for their tea.

dovey · Veteran Member

I hope they had jam from the fruit tree's in the area,to put on their toast.

dovey · Veteran Member

Tractor Trailer Tips into Roadside Ditch
Jul 13, 2005, 1:36 PM

(Porter, NY, July 13, 2005) - - Haz-Mat crews responded along with sheriff's deputies after a tractor trailer tipped into a roadside ditch in Niagara County Wednesday morning.

It happened at Creek and Balmer Roads in the Town of Porter.

Sheriff's deputies say the 23 year old driver Moses Hyman of Cheektowaga went to St. Mary's hospital with a head laceration.

Price Trucking sent crews to clean up the scene in accordance with state environmental laws.

Authorities did not reveal what the truck was carrying.

shughes · Senior Member

Dovey I just got am email on this 9:21 pm tonight.

Dear Members,

The Niagara Gazette reported today that Governor Pataki signed a new law
that compels the Department of Environmental Conservation
[ DEC ] to complete work on the state
" Hazardous Waste Facitlty Siting Plan ", originally called for in
1987. The plan requires that hazardous waste sites be located fairly
throughout the state, so that one site like CWM is not responsible for
all the waste. This is good news for residents of the Lewiston-Porter
area of Niagara County.

That's all they have to say about this.

dovey · Veteran Member

" The plan requires that hazardous waste sites be located fairly
throughout the state, so that one site like CWM is not responsible for
all the waste. This is good news for residents of the Lewiston-Porter
area of Niagara County." TY shughs

Good News for Lewiston-Porter people ,Bad news for the resr of the state.

We can be called the glow in the dark state.But we do it fairly.

shughes · Senior Member

dovey wrote:

Tractor Trailer Tips into Roadside DitchJul 13, 2005, 1:36 PM (Porter, NY, July 13, 2005) - - Haz-Mat crews responded along with sheriff's deputies after a tractor trailer tipped into a roadside ditch in Niagara County Wednesday morning. It happened at Creek and Balmer Roads in the Town of Porter. Sheriff's deputies say the 23 year old driver Moses Hyman of Cheektowaga went to St. Mary's hospital with a head laceration. Price Trucking sent crews to clean up the scene in accordance with state environmental laws. Authorities did not reveal what the truck was carrying.

This truck was carrying contaminated soil from Braintree Massachusetts. A munitions site is being remediated and we get the waste. Thanks once again goes out to the United States Military. Where is RGR in all of this?

Date: Thu Jul 14 10:39 AM, 2005

That should have been the day they were protesting!Do they really know what they are doing?

dovey · Veteran Member

shughes wrote:

dovey wrote: Tractor Trailer Tips into Roadside DitchJul 13, 2005, 1:36 PM (Porter, NY, July 13, 2005) - - Haz-Mat crews responded along with sheriff's deputies after a tractor trailer tipped into a roadside ditch in Niagara County Wednesday morning. It happened at Creek and Balmer Roads in the Town of Porter. Sheriff's deputies say the 23 year old driver Moses Hyman of Cheektowaga went to St. Mary's hospital with a head laceration. Price Trucking sent crews to clean up the scene in accordance with state environmental laws. Authorities did not reveal what the truck was carrying. This truck was carrying contaminated soil from Braintree Massachusetts. A munitions site is being remediated and we get the waste. Thanks once again goes out to the United States Military. Where is RGR in all of this?

Here's a idea

How about they clean up all the school yards in niagara county and send it to Mass.

alwayswatching · Veteran Member

dovey wrote:

dovey wrote: Here's a idea How about they clean up all the school yards in niagara county and send it to Mass.

I'm not so sure the state is large enough to hold it all. If it is, I think it's a fine plan.

dovey · Veteran Member

alwayswatching wrote:

dovey wrote: dovey wrote: Here's a idea How about they clean up all the school yards in niagara county and send it to Mass. I'm not so sure the state is large enough to hold it all. If it is, I think it's a fine plan.

Well since you and I have made a come back,and everyone has left,We get to make that plan!

alwayswatching · Veteran Member

Oh that could be fun, I'll think on it and get back to you.

dovey · Veteran Member

As mayor we can do anything!

After all oz had alot of green in it.

And streets that lovely yellow!

I am sorry;we are off to see the wizard.....

Date: Thu Jul 14 8:59 PM, 2005

Posters

At least we got something done which is get Pataki to sign the law

Why should we call you when all you've ever done on this location is criticize

A member of RRG

alwayswatching · Veteran Member

Anonymous wrote:

Posters At least we got something done which is get Pataki to sign the law Why should we call you when all you've ever done on this location is criticize A member of RRG

It is very had to come out and support your cause when we don't know until after the fact. Your list serve needs work. Funny it always seems to work fine when you want money.

dovey · Veteran Member

Anonymous wrote:

Posters At least we got something done which is get Pataki to sign the law Why should we call you when all you've ever done on this location is criticize A member of RRG

So you got him to sign a law to get it spread all around the state?

Is that so cancer can be everywhere?Which it already is.

Why should you have called?Because you promised one young girl you would.

What have we ever done on this location?Bury our dead from cancer.

Where is your anon name sir?

I knew there was a reason I could not sleep.