MVCAC February 2008

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Indoor Air Quality
by Paula Hunt 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Hi Everyone, If indoor air quality is a concern of yours, you may be interested to know (or you probably already know) that Monongalia County is considering a smoking ban that would extend to bars and restaurants. The text of the proposed regulation is here: http://www.monchd.org/download/ProposedMonongaliaCountyCleanIndoorAirRegula… An very informative site is Smoke Free Mon County: http://www.smokefreemonc.org/involved.html The Board of Health is taking comment from the public on this until March 16, 2008. **** "Comments must be submitted in writing. All comments must include name, address, telephone number and email must include a verifiable e-mail address. Email comments to info(a)monchd.org or mail them to: Monongalia County Board of Health; Re: Smoking Regulation; 453 Van Voorhis Road, Morgantown, WV 26505" They seem to like e mail ( info(a)monchd.org ). I received a prompt response when I sent my message. - paula hunt

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News from EPA, Region 3, 2/15/08
by Duane330＠aol.com 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

CLEAN AIR CONFERENCE TACKLES GLOBAL WARMING EPA staff attended the National Association of Clean Air Agencies conference in Crystal City, Va. to define the role states and localities can play in the development of effective federal global warming legislation. Four key issues were discussed: Preserving the right of states and localities to set more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements; the role they can play in implementing a federal GHG reduction program; the role they can play in a federal allowance program and in determining how funding is distributed and; their role in data management under a federal climate change program. For more information, go to _http://www.4cleanair.org/documents/GWConferenceMaterials.pdf_ (http://www.4cleanair.org/documents/GWConferenceMaterials.pdf) **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-du… 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)

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proposed CLEAN INDOOR AIR REGULATION
by duane330＠aol.com 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Proposed Clean Indoor Air Regulation - The Monongalia County Clean Indoor Air Regulation proposing to eliminate smoking in all public establishments and places of employment is open for public comment for 45 days.? The Clean Indoor Air Regulation will be posted at the Monongalia County Health Department, the Monongalia County Court House and public libraries. The proposed Clean Indoor Air Regulation will also ?be available at www.monchd.org. The public comment period will be February 1, 2008 through March 16, 2008. Comments must be submitted in writing and the preferred method for submission would be e-mail at info(a)monchd.org. All e-mails must include Name, Address, Telephone Number, and a Verifiable E-mail Address. The Wellness Program is proud to support the protection of citizens and workers through passage of a comprehensive smoke free air regulation in Monongalia County. Learn more at www.smokefreemonc.org ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

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EPA Air Quality Designations
by Duane330＠aol.com 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

EnviroBytes, a Summary of Issues and Events for Week Ending February 8, 2008, from U.S. EPA, Region 3, Philadelphia, PA.............. REVISED STANDARDS PROMPT NEW AIR QUALITY DESIGNATIONS EPA is reviewing the mid-Atlantic states’ recommendations as to which areas are not meeting EPA air quality standards and should be designated as nonattainment under a revised, national air quality standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). EPA will make a final determination by Dec. 18, after which citizens will be provided with critical information about air pollution levels in their communities. Particulate matter are minute particles (2.5 micrometers in size or smaller) mixed with droplets in the air that are of great risk to public health and the environment. To learn more about PM2.5 and the revised standards, go to: _http://www.epa.gov/oar/particlepollution/naaqsrev2006.html_ (http://www.epa.gov/oar/particlepollution/naaqsrev2006.html) **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

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partners with WVEC
by Duane330＠aol.com 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

We Need You....To Come to Charleston. By Chuck Wyrostok, WV Environmental Council Outreach Crew, www.wvecouncil.org Our full-time staff lobbyists, Don Garvin, Vickie Wolfe and John Christensen, are currently putting in some long days pounding the marble hallways at the Capitol in Charleston, in our annual attempt to get the Legislature to protect the environment for all the citizens of West Virginia. And they sure would love some help from you, because there is nothing quite like a constituent from a legislator’s home district showing up at the capitol to “cheer” them on in the right direction. They listen to voters from home. An army of citizen lobbyists descending on the Capitol would delight our lobby team and lend a lot of clout to their efforts. Showing up to speak directly to your Senators or Delegate is grassroots lobbying at its best. They might appreciate hearing that you’ll be taking their views on the planet’s health back home to your neighbors, and they may like to hear that you might be writing a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. It will be important for you to emphasize that you sacrificed your day to come to Charleston to express your views and that you want action and results and that people in their home district will hear about it. The Session is more than halfway through its two-month run. The battle of clean streams vs. dirty streams (Tier 2.5) is revving up. The Bottle Bill got a big boost last week when the CEO of a California company met with Gov. Manchin and legislators to propose a facility here employing over two hundred people (Flash, Joe! Recycling pays). There are stellar Delegates and Senators to congratulate and encourage, like Sen. Jon Blair Hunter, who delivered an impassioned speech to a hushed Senate Chamber deploring mountaintop removal mining. Del. Barbara Fleischauer and House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster are championing a series of solid ‘green’ energy bills. There’s even a bill that would require retail establishments to phase out the use of plastic bags by 2011! Please check _http://www.wvecouncil.org/legisupdate/2008/02_08.html_ (http://www.wvecouncil.org/legisupdate/2008/02_08.html) for a compilation of the bills WVEC is tracking. We’ll send you an email “packet” with helpful tips and on your arrival Don, Vickie or John will brief you on the status of specific bills being considered and guide you to your legislators’ offices. Tuesday is the optimum day for your visit, but Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays work as well (Fridays, legislators are leaving for the weekend). If you live far from Charleston, try to recruit some local fellow greens and carpool. We’ll try to arrange overnight lodging if you need it (Charleston area folks, please let me know if out-of-town travelers can stay overnight at your home). Or you could save gas by getting a small group together and inviting your legislator to breakfast or lunch right in your home district over a weekend. Oh, one last thing. Friday, February 22nd is E-Day at the Capitol, an excellent day for citizen lobbying, as well as networking in person with WVEC’s member groups and having fun together that evening at our benefit reception. We ’ll present our 2008 Environmental Awards, listen to cool, live music by the Blue Notes and enjoy a buffet dinner. I’ll hook you up with the Green Team under the Gold Dome. _wyro(a)appalight.com_ (mailto:wyro@appalight.com) or 304 927-2978. **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

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WV Environmental Council reports.....
by duane330＠aol.com 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

The Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition is a member of the West Virginia Environmental Council (WVEC)..... See the recent report of the WVEC at the site below: http://www.wvecouncil.org/legisupdate/2008/02_08.html#ctl ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

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National Interest Transmission Corridor
by duane330＠aol.com 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

****National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Call to Action**** Please call Senator Rockefeller and Senator Byrd next week and ask them to sign onto a letter requesting oversight hearings on National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Designation (the letter is attached). The Department of Energy has designated 42 of 55 counties in West Virginia as part of the Mid-Atlantic NIETC. Within this area, an interstate transmission line applicant has access to federal eminent domain to site the line. NIETC could be used to site the TrAILCo/Dominion transmission line in West Virginia. Please ask your Senators to join Senators Casey, Whitehouse and Biden in asking the Energy & Natural Resources Committee to hold hearings on this flawed policy. Senator Rockefeller’s DC office: (202)224-6472 Senator Byrd’s DC office: (202)224-3954 For more information, please contact Liese Dart at (202)857-6982 or by email at ldart(a)pecva.org. What is NIETC Designation? Sec. 1221 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act provided the Department of Energy the discretion to designate National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) in areas of the United States that are found to be electrically congested. If a project lies within an NIETC, a utility may appeal an unfavorable state decision to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for use of federal eminent domain to site the project. Despite receiving over 2,000 comments against the designations, the Department of Energy designated two corridors on October 5, 2007. The first NIETC’s encompass portions of 10 states, 220 counties and impact more than 72 million people. The Department of Energy failed to conduct an alternatives analysis or to consult with the affected states prior to these designations, both requirements of Sec. 1221. Although this policy could be used to provide long distance transmission access to our nation’s developing wind and solar facilities, the Department of Energy has not designated areas of the country that are identified as having significant renewable resources. The Mid-Atlantic NIETC designation will increase transmission infrastructure to coal-fired generation built prior to the 1972 Clean Air Act, facilities that lie outside of the EPA’s non-attainment area for air quality. These investments in unnecessary interstate transmission will make cleaner alternatives such as efficiency and demand response technologies less economically viable. Eight of the ten states in the first NIETC designations have filed Petitions for Rehearing against the Department of Energy’s final decision. Liese Dart Special Projects Assistant Piedmont Environmental Council Phone: (202)857-7982 Cell: (202)431-8606 Fax: (540)349-9003 ldart(a)pecva.org www.pecva.org ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

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Act for OVEC in Coal's Boycott of Kroger
by duane330＠aol.com 02 Feb '08

02 Feb '08

?From the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy www.wvhighlands.org ? ????The WV Coal Association's Friends of Coal has denounced the Ohio Valley Environmental Council? (OVEC) as an extremist organization. They are boycotting Kroger for including OVEC in their gift card program. If you would like to show your support for the wonderful work OVEC is doing in their fight against mountain top removal strip ?mining you are?encouraged to purchase a Kroger gift card and write and /or email?Kroger and?encourage them to continue including?OVEC?in their gift card program.? ????Here is the process for buying an OVEC Kroger gift card-- Go to the OVEC website www.ohvec.org?and just down from the top of the homepage,in the center,is a link with full explanation and a printable pdf application to mail in. You the Kroger shopper buys a Kroger gift card from OVEC for $20, it is preloaded with $20; then as you shop at Kroger, pay for your purchase with the gift card,making sure you have it sufficiently recharged at the customer service desk before you check out. You can load the Kroger card with any amount up to $500 and spend it over time,?& OVEC get's 5% of whatever?you spend. If you normally pay for groceries with a credit card,you can just recharge your gift card with the same credit card, continuing to earn frequent-flier miles,bonus points,cash back,or whatever. ????Kroger has held up well and so far continues to include OVEC in the gift card program. ????You can email Kroger on line at http://services.kroger.com/comments/comments.aspx ????To write to Kroger and thank them for including OVEC use the address below. Please cc martinjul(a)aol.com? so we know how many have responded. ? Mr. Carl York Public Relations Manager Kroger P.O. Box 14002 Roanoke, VA? 24038? ? "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, things aren't going to get better, they're not!" From The Lorax by Dr. Suess For The Mountains Julian Martin Vice-President for State Affairs West Virginia Highlands Conservancy www.wvhighlands.org 1525 Hampton Road, Charleston, WV 25314 Contact me(martinjul(a)aol.com) for a trip to Kayford Mountain to see active and so-called reclaimed mountain top removal. Go to www.wvhighlands.org for I Love Mountains t-shirts, hats, I Heart Mountains and Friends Of The Mountains bumper stickers and for speakers, information and exhibits on environmental issues in West Virginia. . . Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com

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