Mr. Simpson has stated that the mill is up to date on air permits. What he did not say was that the mill's federal Title V permit is past due for renewal. They had been operating on a temporary permit to operate issued by the local Air Board. Their Title V permit should be renewed every 5 years. Normally, there would have been a set of hearings with public input at the end of their 5 years. This is past due. We will continue to look into the legality of this.
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snoopy
2/8/2010 05:30:36 am
I understand that the mill has to have permission to reopen from the Air Quality Mangaement District. Let's hope the Air Quality Managemet District does its job and makes it clear that the mill cannot reopen until certain things are done--and put the list in writing.. We don't need the mill to open and then have them try to enforce all the things they didn't do that they were supposed to.
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AuthorWe live here in West Eureka have been victims of Evergreen Pulp's pollution. Now Freshwater Pulp wants to start it up again. We would like to know your thoughts and experiences with this. Now that Freshwater is not going to reopen, we are concerned about the massive quantity of contaminants that have been dumped on the site. These sites usually leak into adjacent areas and people live 750 yards from the point of maximum impact, the most polluted point, a Hot spot. We are also concerned that the Marina center site be properly cleaned up and will continue to discuss other local issues here. However, we will not let the mill issue rest until we actually see the smokestacks go down and the site is cleaned up. Archives
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