Now let me read between the lines of the
postings----
1) We believe that either the laws
of the land don’t meet our basis of scientific evidence therefore we are
above the law because we are smarter.
2) We believe we should control
where people can invest or buy because we understand their market and customers
better than they do.
3) When State and National regulations
do not meet our standards we of the minority should have veto power over the
majority because we are smarter.
4) The legislature, the courts, the
enforcement officers are dumb because they allow these things even though they
are within the law and meet the written rules.
5) We should write more Departmental
administrative rules and orders because they do not require democracy to work and
we know we are smarter and our intentions are better because we are the
protectors of the uninformed and “the children”.
6) We will stop, slow growth and
economic development regardless of fact that they must follow existing laws and
procedure because the regulators don’t understand that all corporations
are evil and all things that consume resources are bad and that by delaying
them we will economically force them to move else ware or give up.
7) And it they build SUV’s or developments
outside of major cities we are justified to burn, paint, bash or destroy them
because we are right and above the law and they are powerful and write the
rules.
As the saying goes “Give me a break”
Paul Double
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Gail Bradbury
Sent: Monday,
February 28, 2005 4:34 PM
I agree with Bob. Also, Bob, if it
meets environmental requirements, wouldn't it make more sense to have it near a
metropolitan area where more waste tires are generated.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf
Of Bob Sebo
Sent: Monday,
February 28, 2005 4:11 PM
Paul and Tom and everybody...I am
very uncomfortable with the way this whole project has unfolded...and not just
because of the method of reclamation they have in mind. This project
deserves further review.
Here are my observations on Heartland Energy. My
writings reflect my understanding of the situation. I believe the
following to be facts. If I am incorrect, I invite corrections.
Representative Davids' behavior, as reported in reliable
media, has been inexcusable. I understand that his father-in-law is a
driving force behind the project. Did he really tell a project opponent
that his lawyer would 'rip out (their) eyeballs and piss on their brain' as has
been reported? I understand he apologized on the floor of the House...too
little too late for a committee chair, I think.
An EIS needs to be completed on the project. Opponents
have alleged that this might be the largest tire burning plant on the
planet. I have also heard statements that work done in the prelimary EAW
for Heartland was based on decades old emissions data assuming a significantly
smaller facility than is currently proposed. That tells me more homework
needs to be done.
I want to see waste tires recycled. But when you burn
them, bad things can happen. Here is a partial list of hazardous
chemicals released by burning waste tires:
Tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF); Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin; Total
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Chromium (hexavalent); Lead; Naphthalene;
Acenaphthylene; Phenanthrene; Anthracene; Pyrene; Flouranthrene; Total toxic
PAH's; Benzene
That from one on-line source. We need to make sure that their
scrubbers will work. That's why we need an EIS.
I know some would oppose this project no matter what. I am not
one of them. But I do not on blind faith accept that this plant will be
safe. I need to be convinced. The huge piles of tires that
dominated the landscape in the 1970's are gone. We can always put them in
road paving or find some other use. There is no tire crisis today.
