[Durham INC] Fw: Falls Lake Rules Public Hearings - June 30th and July 1st - 6:30 PM

[Pat Carstensen]

THe worker on the BP oil rig who reported the broken safety equipment was probably told fixes were "incredibly expensive and with no real understood benefit."  (-:
Regards, pat

From: TheOcean1 at aol.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:58:40 -0400
To: pac2 at yahoogroups.com; inc-list at durhaminc.org
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Fw: Falls Lake Rules Public Hearings - June 30th	and July 1st - 6:30 PM








Sharing with INC as well as PAC2
 
Bill 
Anderson
PAC2  
 

In a message dated 6/18/2010 2:24:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
hchestnut at nc.rr.com writes:

   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Thompson, Beverly B. 
  To: hchestnut at nc.rr.com 
  Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 9:43 AM
  Subject: FW: Falls Lake Rules Public Hearings - June 30th and July 
  1st - 6:30 PM
  

  
  Hi Mr. Chestnut.  I look 
  forward to seeing you at the facilitators meeting, and thanks again for 
  allowing us to ask for your help with the Falls Lake issue.  Here is some 
  background information, fyi.  Feel free to share with the other 
  facilitators.  
   
  
  
  From: Voorhees, Ted 
  
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:45 PM
To: Nick Tennyson; 
  Frank; 'Casey Steinbacher'; jwhite at durhamchamber.org
Cc: Sindelar, 
  Karen; Wiebke, Paul; Thompson, Beverly B.
Subject: Falls Lake Rules 
  Public Hearings - June 30th and July 1st - 6:30 PM
Importance: 
  High
   
  Ladies and Gentlemen:
   
  The Environmental Management Commission is holding two very 
  important hearings in two weeks with massive financial implications for our 
  community.
   
  The City staff plans to attend both hearings to share our 
  concern.  We are also drafting some information to share with you that 
  you may consider in developing your own message.  Please plan to 
  personally invite good speakers who will be impacted by the enormity of these 
  rules (potential $1.5 BILLION cost to citizens and businesses) and get their 
  commitment to attend one of these hearings.  They will probably be 
  allowed 3 minutes to speak, but hearing from real people is very important to 
  getting the rules to change.
   
  Our biggest concern is that STAGE 2 is incredibly expensive 
  and with no real understood benefit.  Without requiring DENR to assess 
  the impact of Stage 1 first, it makes no sense to order Stage 2 at this 
  time.  You may have your own important points to make about Stage 1 and 
  how it will be a burden on your business or household.
   
  We will share more with you tomorrow and next week, but we 
  need your commitment to getting folks to attend one or both hearings.  
  June 30th is the closest as it is at Neal Middle School on HWY 
  98.
   
   
  Here is some background from DENR staff:  http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/admin/emc/documents/01wqc04b.pdf
   
  Here is an article from the N&O:  http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/06/09/523564/public-hearings-set-for-falls.html
   
  Here is the H-S’s recent editorial:  http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/7883378/article-The--1-5-billion-short-straw?instance=editorial
   
  Here is the web official notice for June 30, 2010: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/event-calendar/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_pFx2/38364/1011392
   
  Here is the web official notice for July 1, 2010:  http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/event-calendar/-/journal_content/56_INSTANCE_pFx2/38364/1011400
   
  Please contact Beverly Thompson with you confirmation that 
  speakers will attend.  Feel free to forward this message to others as you 
  see fit.
   
   
  Theodore L. Voorhees
  Deputy City Manager
  101 City Hall Plaza
  Durham, NC  27701
   
  919-560-4222
   
  Durham - Where Great Things Happen!
    		 	   		  
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