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We
also were not paying MPCA to watch out for us then.
Why
have public servants if we have no level of trust for
them?
I
believe MPCA has reviewed the emissions. Many people seem to be without
facts and are trying to kill the project that accomplishes recycling at a basic
level.
When
MPCA and the other people who promote recycling say it is needed what more
do we do?
Tom
Severson
Like
Duane, I too am puzzled by some of Paul Double's recent statements re: the
tire burning plant and regulations. If I read between his lines, he
seems to be saying that we have all the regulations we need now, so don't
worry your pretty little heads, or pretend to be smarter than the legislature,
courts and regulators, just get out of the way and let this business do what
it needs to do. Couldn't the same have been said before DDT was
banned, or before thalidomide was withdrawn, or before seatbelts were
required, or before any number of careful studies were done and regulations
written, revised, revised again, and revised yet again as new information came
to light? We are constant evolving to try and create the kind of
environment we want.
I am
particularly mystified by Paul's point #2 - don't try to tell businesspeople
about their markets or customers. I'm not sure that is the point of many
of the comments on the tire burning plant. The point is we will indeed
regulate businesses (into the ground if need be) if their product or
practice is proven to be toxic, noxious, careless, dangerous or otherwise
injurious. There was a great market for DDT, but we decided it wasn't
worth the risk. All we have to do is turn the clock back 100 years and
see where American industry was and what its health and safety record
was. Surely Paul is not advocating that we return to that
environment.
Phil
Carlson, Mpls
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