Dear friends.
You have a rare and limited opportunity to comment to the WV
Division of Air Quality regarding a proposed Cement Batch Plant on Bakers Ridge
Road, within about one-fourth mile of US 119 North (Pt. Marion
Road).
The dust to be discharged will likely be rich in silica, known to
cause silicosis which is
not unlike coal miners respiratory disease (pneumoconiosis).
There are also links to
lung cancer. A public meeting in Morgantown would be useful,
in my opinion.
If you can mail comments directly to the DAQ, address shown below
by Saturday noon, that should work OK. Or, you have two other
options: (a) you can FAX a letter on Monday to 304-926-0478, or (b)
you can send me your letter by email and I will enclose it in my overnight
packet which I will be mailing on Saturday at noon, or FAX one for you on
Monday.
See the following details.......... be sure to mention the
"Alcon Concrete Batch Plant"
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Notice 009661, April 8, 2005,
Morgantown Dominion Post.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the
general public that Alcon, LLC has submitted a General Permit request to the WV
DEP, Division of Air Quality, to construct a Concrete Batch Plant located near
Morgantown. This plant is expected to begin operation on or about the 1st
of August 2005.
This Plant is estimated to have the
potential to discharge 32.48 tons per year of particulate matter (PM) and 14.79
tons per year of particulate matter smaller than 10 microns
(PM-10).
All written comments must be
received by the DAQ within thirty (30) days, i.e. by May 8, 2005. In the
event this is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the comment period is
extended until 5 pm on the following regularly scheduled business day. The
Director may elect to hold a public meeting based upon the comments
received. Only those written comments relevant to air quality issues will
be considered.
WV DEP Division of Air
Quality
Permitting Section
601 57th Street
Charleston, WV
25304
Telephone: 304-926-0499, ext.
1227.
FAX: 304-926-0478
Note: Comments must be received by
mail or FAX by 5 pm on Monday, May
9th.