Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

2018-05-17 Thread Charles C. Geisler
Thanks, Hillary. You’re absolutely right about remaining work. I’ll write to 
our Albany Reps.
Chuck

Sent from my iPhone

On May 16, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Hilary Lambert 
> wrote:

Hi:
This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step.
It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a necessary 
bill.
Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still lies 
ahead.

I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (Cayuga - we must 
do better!!) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return local control 
by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects like this proposed 
trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of Romulus and Seneca 
County.
Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10 projects.

The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG) did 
not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting process in 
Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went to the 
state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their imported-from-NYC trash 
burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility — thus evading the local 
community’s negative response to this project being sited 3200 feet from a 
school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more garbage trucks daily, affecting 
air quality and water quality, wineries, already harming real estate values - 
etc.

A press conference  was held yesterday morning in the Legislative Office 
Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn Kowalski of 
the (new) Seneca Lake Guardian organization, and Judith Enck, retired US EPA 
admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by the news of Cuomo’s 
statement.
Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil Palmesano, 
Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
If you are a constituent, please thank them.
Live stream of the press conference: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share

Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread out to 
present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly and senate - 
to numerous legislators.
A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.

(Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the CLWN, 
because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)

PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE START 
- and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.
THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to do our 
share.

For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website 
https://senecalakeguardian.org/
and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/


Thanks
HL
Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org
www.cayugalake.org





On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson 
> wrote:

Oh this is good news indeed


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President
Sustainable Tompkins
309 N. Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
www.sustainabletompkins.org
607-533-7312 (home office)
607-220-8991 (cell)
607-272-1720 (ST office)

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Peter Mantius posted: "Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a 
proposed $365 million garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a 
groundswell of opposition that now appears insurmountable.  “The trash 
incinerator project is not consistent with my administra"
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Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in 
Romulus
by Peter Mantius

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a proposed $365 million 
garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a groundswell of opposition 
that now appears insurmountable.[CuomoReady]

“The trash incinerator project is not consistent with my administration’s goals 
for protecting our public health, our environment, and our thriving 
agriculture-based economy in the Finger Lakes,” the 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

2018-05-16 Thread Maura Stephens
http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=_video==A10277=2017=Y=YA10277
Summary:
BILL NO A10277

SAME AS SAME AS S08109 

SPONSOR Cusick

COSPNSR Lifton, Palmesano, Kolb, Steck, Lupardo, Englebright

MLTSPNSR

Amd §162, Pub Serv L

Excludes solid waste incinerators from the types of facilities eligible to
use an expedited power plant siting process.Go to top

--
A10277 Text:

 *STATE OF NEW YORK*


  10277
 *   IN ASSEMBLY*

 April 10, 2018
   ___

Introduced  by  M. of A. CUSICK, LIFTON -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to excluding garbage
  incinerators from the types of facilities eligible to use an expedited
  power plant siting process

  *The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate
and  Assem-*
*bly, do enact as follows:*

 1Section  1.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 162 of
 2  the public service law, as added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, are
 3  amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
 4(c) To a major electric generating facility (i) constructed  on  lands
 5  dedicated  to  industrial  uses,  (ii) the output of which shall be used
 6  solely for industrial purposes, on the premises, and (iii) the  generat-
 7  ing  capacity  of  which does not exceed two hundred thousand kilowatts;
 8  [*or*]
 9(d) To a major electric generating  facility  if,  on  or  before  the
10  effective date of the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this
11  article  and  section  19-0312 of the environmental conservation law, an
12  application has been made for a license, permit, certificate, consent or
13  approval from any federal, state or local commission, agency,  board  or
14  regulatory body, in which application the location of the major electric
15  generating  facility  has  been  designated  by the applicant; or if the
16  facility is under construction at such time[*.*]*; or*
17*(e) To a major electric generating facility which generates
 electric-*
18  *ity  from  the  combustion,  gasification or pyrolysis of
solid waste or*
19  *from fuel derived from solid waste.*
20§ 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  shall  apply  to
21  proposed  facilities  or facilities for which a certificate has not been
22  issued by the New York state board on electric generation siting and the
23  environment pursuant to section 162 of the public service law,  notwith-
24  standing  any  pre-application  or  application  processes  pursuant  to
25  section 163 of the public service law,  or  any  other  precertification
26  actions, reviews, or decisions by such siting board.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in *italics* (underscored) is new; matter
in brackets
  [ ] is old law to be omitted.



Maura Stephens
Independent  journalist, educator, author,
theatre artist, activist




On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Hilary Lambert 
wrote:

> Thanks Tony DP!
> Here is a succinct guide to next steps from Judith Enck:
>
> *And thanks to Yvonne for doing an enormous amount of work to get all of
> the meetings organized.  Yvonne is a force of nature !  The nys legislature
> adjourns in about 5 weeks.   While the governors announcement today was
> terrific , we need to pass assembly bill 10277 and senate bill 8109.   If
> we work really hard over the next few weeks we can save ourselves from a
> few years of work.   Call friends and family around the state and ask them
> to contact their state legislators to support the bill.Call your own
> legislators every week and ask them for updates and thank them for their
> support.   Write letters to the editor.  Post information on social media.
> Hand out flyers about the bill at community events. Find new allies to
> weigh in.  Get your kids involved. I am sure you will have even better
> ideas.  The next month is so important.  Thank you!   Cheers, Judith Enck *
>
> Hilary Lambert
> Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
>
> On May 16, 2018, at 12:23 PM, Tony Del Plato 
> wrote:
>
> Thanks Hillary for your notes about where we're at and what needs to be
> done to shut down the incinerator
> Tony
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Hilary Lambert 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>> This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step.
>> It encourages legislators to step out of 

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

2018-05-16 Thread Hilary Lambert
Thanks Tony DP!
Here is a succinct guide to next steps from Judith Enck:

And thanks to Yvonne for doing an enormous amount of work to get all of the 
meetings organized.  Yvonne is a force of nature !  The nys legislature 
adjourns in about 5 weeks.   While the governors announcement today was 
terrific , we need to pass assembly bill 10277 and senate bill 8109.   If we 
work really hard over the next few weeks we can save ourselves from a few years 
of work.   Call friends and family around the state and ask them to contact 
their state legislators to support the bill.Call your own legislators every 
week and ask them for updates and thank them for their support.   Write letters 
to the editor.  Post information on social media.  Hand out flyers about the 
bill at community events. Find new allies to weigh in.  Get your kids involved. 
I am sure you will have even better ideas.  The next month is so important.  
Thank you!   Cheers, Judith Enck 

Hilary Lambert
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network

> On May 16, 2018, at 12:23 PM, Tony Del Plato  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Hillary for your notes about where we're at and what needs to be done 
> to shut down the incinerator
> Tony
> 
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Hilary Lambert  > wrote:
> Hi:
> This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step. 
> It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a necessary 
> bill.
> Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still lies 
> ahead.
> 
> I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (Cayuga - we 
> must do better!!) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return local 
> control by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects like this 
> proposed trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of Romulus and 
> Seneca County. 
> Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10 projects.
> 
> The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG) 
> did not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting process 
> in Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went to the 
> state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their imported-from-NYC 
> trash burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility — thus evading the local 
> community’s negative response to this project being sited 3200 feet from a 
> school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more garbage trucks daily, 
> affecting air quality and water quality, wineries, already harming real 
> estate values - etc.
> 
> A press conference  was held yesterday morning in the Legislative Office 
> Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn Kowalski 
> of the (new) Seneca Lake Guardian organization, and Judith Enck, retired US 
> EPA admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by the news of Cuomo’s 
> statement. 
> Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil 
> Palmesano, Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
> If you are a constituent, please thank them.
> Live stream of the press conference: 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share 
> 
> 
> Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread out 
> to present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly and 
> senate - to numerous legislators. 
> A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.
> 
> (Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the CLWN, 
> because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)
> 
> PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE 
> START - and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.
> THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to do 
> our share.
> 
> For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website 
> https://senecalakeguardian.org/ 
> and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/ 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> HL
> Hilary Lambert
> Steward/Executive Director
> Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
> POB 348 Aurora NY 13026
> 
> “It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”
> 
> stew...@cayugalake.org 
> www.cayugalake.org 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson > > wrote:
>> 
>> Oh this is good news indeed
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
>> President
>> Sustainable Tompkins
>> 309 N. Aurora St. 
>> 
>> Ithaca, NY 14850 
>> 
>> www.sustainabletompkins.org 
>> 607-533-7312 (home office)
>> 607-220-8991 (cell)

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

2018-05-16 Thread Tony Del Plato
Thanks Hillary for your notes about where we're at and what needs to be
done to shut down the incinerator
Tony

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Hilary Lambert 
wrote:

> Hi:
> This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step.
> It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a
> necessary bill.
> *Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still
> lies ahead.*
>
> I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (*Cayuga -
> we must do better!!*) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return
> local control by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects
> like this proposed trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of
> Romulus and Seneca County.
> *Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10
> projects.*
>
> The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG)
> did not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting
> process in Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went
> to the state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their
> imported-from-NYC trash burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility —
> thus evading the local community’s negative response to this project being
> sited 3200 feet from a school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more
> garbage trucks daily, affecting air quality and water quality, wineries,
> already harming real estate values - etc.
>
> A *press conference * was held yesterday morning in the Legislative
> Office Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn
> Kowalski of the (new) *Seneca Lake Guardian* organization, and Judith
> Enck, retired US EPA admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by
> the news of Cuomo’s statement.
> Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil
> Palmesano, Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
> If you are a constituent, please thank them.
> Live stream of the press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
> dAGVQvZcimg=share
>
> Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread
> out to present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly
> and senate - to numerous legislators.
> A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.
>
> (Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the
> CLWN, because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)
>
> *PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE
> START - and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.*
> *THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to
> do our share.*
>
> For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website https://
> senecalakeguardian.org/
> and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/
>
>
> Thanks
> HL
> Hilary Lambert
> Steward/Executive Director
> Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
> POB 348 Aurora NY 13026
>
> “It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”
>
> stew...@cayugalake.org
> www.cayugalake.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson  wrote:
>
> Oh this is good news indeed
>
>
> --
> Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
> President
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 309 N. Aurora St.
> 
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> 
> www.sustainabletompkins.org
> 607-533-7312 (home office)
> 607-220-8991 (cell)
> 607-272-1720 (ST office)
>
> g...@sustainabletompkins.org
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Water Front 
> Date: Tue, May 15, 2018 at 3:06 PM
> Subject: [New post] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in
> Romulus
> To: g...@sustainabletompkins.org
>
>
> Peter Mantius posted: "Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans
> for a proposed $365 million garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining
> a groundswell of opposition that now appears insurmountable.  “The trash
> incinerator project is not consistent with my administra"
> Respond to this post by replying above this line
> New post on *Water Front*
>  Cuomo Trashes Plans for
> Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus
> 
>  by
> Peter Mantius 
>
> Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a proposed $365
> million garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a groundswell of
> opposition that now appears insurmountable.[image: CuomoReady]
>
> “The trash incinerator project is not consistent with my administration’s
> goals for protecting our public health, our environment, and our thriving
> agriculture-based economy in the Finger Lakes,” the governor said in a
> statement Tuesday morning.
>
> Circular Energy 

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

2018-05-16 Thread Hilary Lambert
Hi:
This good statement by Gov Cuomo is in fact just a first step. 
It encourages legislators to step out of the shadows and support a necessary 
bill.
Almost all of the work to get that bill made into law this session still lies 
ahead.

I went to Albany yesterday with folks mostly from Seneca Lake (Cayuga - we must 
do better!!) to ask legislators to support this bill, to return local control 
by municipalities over proposed Article 10 energy projects like this proposed 
trash incinerator project - in this case, to the town of Romulus and Seneca 
County. 
Home rule is essential to NYS and it needs to apply to Article 10 projects.

The developers of the proposed incinerator (the mysterious Circular EnerG) did 
not like the reception they were getting via the local permitting process in 
Romulus and Seneca County, so they withdrew from that and went to the 
state-level Article 10 process, maintaining that their imported-from-NYC trash 
burning plant is a “renewable energy” facility — thus evading the local 
community’s negative response to this project being sited 3200 feet from a 
school, in between our two lakes, hundreds more garbage trucks daily, affecting 
air quality and water quality, wineries, already harming real estate values - 
etc.

A press conference  was held yesterday morning in the Legislative Office 
Building, organized by Yvonne Taylor, Joseph Campbell, and MaryAnn Kowalski of 
the (new) Seneca Lake Guardian organization, and Judith Enck, retired US EPA 
admin for our region. Well attended, and boosted by the news of Cuomo’s 
statement. 
Legislative participants/cosponsors: Pam Helming;  Brian Kolb, Phil Palmesano, 
Tom O’Mara, Mike Kusak.
If you are a constituent, please thank them.
Live stream of the press conference: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAGVQvZcimg=share 


Our teams (again, thanks to Seneca Lake Guardian and allies) then spread out to 
present our request for support of the two bills - state assembly and senate - 
to numerous legislators. 
A long day, lots of driving, really worth it.

(Note that I was there as private resident, not as exec director of the CLWN, 
because our org’s tax status does not allow lobbying.)

PLEASE understand that Gov Cuomo saying something encouraging is JUST THE START 
- and PLEASE help if you are asked to do so.
THIS AFFECTS Cayuga Lake as much as it does Seneca - and we all need to do our 
share.

For more info go to Seneca Lake Guardians website 
https://senecalakeguardian.org/ 
and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenecaLakeGuardian/ 



Thanks
HL
Hilary Lambert
Steward/Executive Director
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
POB 348 Aurora NY 13026

“It takes a Network to protect a watershed!”

stew...@cayugalake.org
www.cayugalake.org





> On May 15, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Gay Nicholson  wrote:
> 
> Oh this is good news indeed
> 
> 
> --
> Gay Nicholson, Ph.D.
> President
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 309 N. Aurora St.
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> www.sustainabletompkins.org 
> 607-533-7312 (home office)
> 607-220-8991 (cell)
> 607-272-1720 (ST office)
> 
> g...@sustainabletompkins.org 
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Water Front  >
> Date: Tue, May 15, 2018 at 3:06 PM
> Subject: [New post] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in 
> Romulus
> To: g...@sustainabletompkins.org 
> 
> 
> Respond to this post by replying above this line
> New post on Water Front
> 
>    
> Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus 
> by
>  Peter Mantius 
> Gov. Andrew Cuomo today strongly condemned plans for a proposed $365 million 
> garbage-burning incinerator in Romulus, joining a groundswell of opposition 
> that now appears insurmountable. 
> 
> “The trash incinerator project is not consistent with my administration’s 
> goals for protecting our public health, our environment, and our thriving 
> agriculture-based economy in the Finger Lakes,” the governor said in a 
> statement Tuesday morning.
> 
> Circular Energy LLC, a Rochester startup with no background in waste disposal 
> or energy production, announced its plans in November. The bulk of the 
> garbage it would burn was to have been shipped to the former Seneca Army 
> Depot site by truck or train from New York City.
> 
> The company tried and failed to win local support and local zoning permits. 
> Its announced backup plan was to apply for permits from the state Board on 
> Electric Generation