[Durham INC] INC-list Digest, Vol 66, Issue 22
Womack, Rukea
Rukea.Womack at durhamnc.gov
Wed Jun 23 12:05:52 EDT 2010
Where are your meetings held at now? The website is not up to date.
Rukea N. Womack, MBA
Recreation Manager, Special Events & Latino Outreach Unit
Durham Parks and Recreation
(919) 560-4355 ext. 27228
Fax: (919) 560-4021
rukea.womack at durhamnc.gov
www.DPRplaymore.org
"Durham Parks and Recreation provides opportunites for our community to PLAY MORE!"
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Fw: Falls Lake Rules Public Hearings - June30th and July
1st - 6:30 PM (Tina)
2. Graham/Haw River Stericycle Chapter Meeting Thursday 6/24
6pm Graham Library (Melissa Rooney)
3. Fw: Falls Lake Update - Public Hearing Dates (Melissa Rooney)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:18:29 -0400
From: "Tina" <tinamotley at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Fw: Falls Lake Rules Public Hearings -
June30th and July 1st - 6:30 PM
To: "'Pat Carstensen'" <pats1717 at hotmail.com>, "'bill anderson'"
<theocean1 at aol.com>, "'inc listserv'" <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
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The Falls Lake issue is big. Why is the lake so polluted? What is
Durham's role? What are the solutions? I spent quite a bit of time
researching all of these issues and made a video that you can watch
online. I interviewed Bill Holman, Senator Stein, Alissa Bierma (the
Upper Neuse Riverkeeper), Dr. JoAnn Burkholder and others.
It is easier to see the Falls Lake show online! It is now in 3 segments
(about 20 min a piece). Please pass it along if you are inspired to do
so.
Falls Lake. How Polluted is it? http://vimeo.com/channels/111389
If you have trouble seeing it, please let me know and I will send you a
DVD.
Thanks so much, and I hope you enjoy it!
Tina Motley-Pearson
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From: inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:inc-list-bounces at rtpnet.org]
On Behalf Of Pat Carstensen
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:00 PM
To: bill anderson; inc listserv
Subject: Re: [Durham INC] Fw: Falls Lake Rules Public Hearings -
June30th and July 1st - 6:30 PM
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
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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. <mailto:Beverly.Thompson at durhamnc.gov>
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-fa
lls.html
Here is the H-S's recent editorial:
http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/7883378/article-The--1-5-billio
n-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_INST
ANCE_pFx2/38364/1011392
Here is the web official notice for July 1, 2010:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/event-calendar/-/journal_content/56_INST
ANCE_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
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:55:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Durham INC] Graham/Haw River Stericycle Chapter Meeting
Thursday 6/24 6pm Graham Library
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FYI. Sounds scary. See below.
Melissa (Rooney)
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To: mmr121570 at yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, June 22, 2010 8:20:18 PM
Subject: Stericycle Chapter Meeting Thursday 6/24 6pm Graham Library
Stericycle Chapter Meeting
Stericycle medical waste
incinerator
NEXT STEPS
Thursday, June 24 - 6:30 p.m.
Graham Public Library, 211 South
Main, Graham, NC
Dear Friends
and Neighbors:
We are
planning our next meeting on Thursday, June 24 at 6:30 p.m. concerning our next
action steps for reducing levels of toxic air pollutants from the Stericycle
medical waste incinerator, located in Graham/Haw River, and getting rid of
incineration of medical waste altogether in Alamance County. At our
last meeting we voted to form a chapter group under BREDL (Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League - www.BREDL.org) to add strength to
our actions. All are welcome to attend the meeting and help whether you
decide to formally join the group or not. Only a payment of $20 annual
dues is needed to formally become a member of the group.
We have
reserved a room for the meeting at the Graham Public Library located at 211
South Main Street, Graham, located next to the historic Alamance Arts Council
building. Telephone: (336) 570-6730. Please come!
Heather
Bjork will lead our next steps discussion. They include, but are not
limited to:
Reaching
out to others to send comments to the state regarding the proposed permit
renewal for the incinerator. There were many powerful statements were
given by each of you at the hearing, and it was clear that the overwhelming
majority of those who attended were in favor of clean air and no incineration.
Because of our requests, the Division of Air Quality has decided to extend the
written comment period on the Stericycle permit until June 30, 2010. To see the
state's press release and where to send your comments: http://www.ncair.org/news/pr/2010/stericycle_05282010.shtml
Telling
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) how we feel about giving incinerators
4 years to come into compliance with the new and more protective rules.
Attending
meetings with the Alamance County Commissioners - as well as the city and town
councils of Mebane, Haw River, Green Level and Hillsborough - to ask for their
help in adopting the resolution calling for medical waste incinerators to come
into early compliance with the new EPA rules to provide further protections for
children.
Meeting
with hospitals to ask for their help in making the switch to cleaner, more
environmentally-friendly methods of dealing with medical waste.
Scheduling
a meeting with a state expert who has offered to meet with us to talk about
what can and can't be incinerated - and discuss state-approved greener
alternatives that exist for disposal of medical waste.
Please come
with your ideas to share!
Sincerely,
Debbie Cook and Healther Wallace,
co-chairs
Questions: dblondiedancer at aol.com
UPDATE:
Just back from a very long day yesterday, a press conference
(concerning sludge spreading in critical watersheds in NC counties, one of
which is Alamance County) at state
legislature followed by the Alamance County Commissioners' meeting - which
turned out to be a big disappointment, but not a surprise given the
commissioners' "pro-industry" agenda.
Those who spoke during the public comment period Monday included
Beverly Kerr, and Heather Bjork and her husband, Dave. Carolyn Rhode and her
young daughter came to the meeting but did not speak That's it. If we are to
work successfully and as a chapter of BREDL we will need your help.
When I passed out the revised resolution to each of them
Commissioner Ann Vaughan said under
her breathe to me, "Call me." I knew then that their minds had been made up.
And that it was not good.
What is particularly disturbing is that there was not one question
from the commissioners about the impacts of emissions from Stericycle on
children's health and the environment - it was, as usual, all about MONEY.
Commissioners Linda Massey and Bill Lashley were the two most outspoken about
being fair to Stericycle. Commissioner Massey even made a statement that she
did not know whether what I (we) were telling her about Stericycle was true.
Lashley made a statement that industry always gets beat on by the public - or
something to that extent. After I was dismissed from the pedestal Commissioner
Boswell said, "Don't give up."
Before they heard our request there was a "Public Hearing" whereby
they approved an expansion request by Lab Corp in Burlington, calling them a "good corporate
citizen." One of the guys from Lab Corp sat in back of us and said to us "we
aren't an incinerator like Stericycle." I asked him if he knew where their
pharmaceutical and medical waste went. He said he didn't know. I told him that
at least part of it is being used as fertilizer for farmlands in Alamance County. I handed him one of my cards and
he looked at it like it had cooties. In addition to hospitals, we should
discuss what/where Lab Corp's medical waste gets incinerated and come up with a
plan to educate them about the need for more environmentally-friendly
alternatives for medical waste.
We will be having a Stericycle chapter meeting this Thurs at 6 p.m.
at the Graham Public Library. We have a working agenda, but we welcome new
people to come with their ideas and thoughts. Please join us.
Sue (336) 525-2003
Sue Dayton
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
North CarolinaHealthy Communities Program
POBOX 44
Saxapahaw, NC 27340
(336) 525-2003
sdayton at swcp.com
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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:09:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Durham INC] Fw: Falls Lake Update - Public Hearing Dates
To: inc-list at rtpnet.org, durhamenviro at yahoogroups.com
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See below. It's worth passing on to all Durham citizens.
You should have received the notice regarding the Durham City Council's increase in your stormwater utilities fees this year -- to cover clean up costs of the lake(s). New rates (with a 9.3 % increase) are effective July 1, 2010.
Note that the fee is based on the square feet of IMPERVIOUS surface of the property.
This is direct evidence against anyone who says that citizens aren't paying for the costs of irresponsible development practices (while developers are avoiding these costs and reaping the profits).
I don't mind paying to clean up our water sources, but it's only fair to start holding developers responsible for the contribution of their developments to the stormwater runoff problems.
Melissa Rooney (don't forget to see below wrt Falls Lake Public hearings)
-----Original Message-----
From: Huisman, John [mailto:john.huisman at ncdenr.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 12:31 PM
To: Huisman, John
Subject: Falls Lake Update - Public Hearing Dates
Falls Lake Stakeholders,
I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with an update on the
Falls rulemaking process and notify you that DWQ has received approval
to publish the proposed Falls Lake rules in the June 15th NC Register.
In the meantime, you can also view the proposed temporary rules posted
on the OAH
<http://www.oah.state.nc.us/rules/proposedtemp/15ANCAC02BRules.doc>
website (the rule text is identical to the permanent rules that will be
published in the register on the 15th).
The official 60 day public comment period will begin on June 15, 2010
and end August 16, 2010. Two public hearings are scheduled. The dates
and locations of these meetings are provided below. Once the rules are
posted to the register I will send a follow-up email with additional
information next week. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the
meantime if you have any questions or concerns.
Falls Lake Rules - Public Hearing #1
Date: June 30, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Neal Middle School - 201 Baptist Church Road - Durham, NC
27704
Falls Lake Rules - Public Hearing #2
Date: July 1, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Campbell Lodge - Durant Nature Park - 3237 Spottswood Street
- Raleigh, NC 27615
Thank you,
John
John Huisman
Environmental Senior Specialist
NC Division of Water Quality
Nonpoint Source Planning Unit
Phone: 919.807.6436
Fax: 919.807.6497
email: john.huisman at ncdenr.gov <mailto:john.huisman at ncmail.net>
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