What I didn't know - not only did Stearns of FL put in this amendment - our very own District 1 Congressman McKinley did the same, inserting an amendment of his own to prevent any designation of coal ash as toxic or hazardous.

In my view this is an egregious insult to the people of his district - where leaking ash dumps, feared groundwater pollution from ash, and more are already real.

I have a call in with his scheduler to see when we can meet with him here in the district.

 
Jim Sconyers
jim_scon@yahoo.com
304.698.9628

Remember: Mother Nature bats last.


From: James Kotcon <jkotcon@wvu.edu>
To: CLEAR@cheat.org; pbmjwood@gmail.com; ec@osenergy.org
Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 1:34:58 PM
Subject: [EC] Fwd: URGENT: House vote could end coal ash safeguards TODAY - call your Congressional member

Please forward widely.  I sent my e-mail, please send yours today.

Jim Kotcon

>>> Lisa Graves-Marcucci <lgmarcucci@environmentalintegrity.org> 2/15/2011 1:11 PM >>>
Please Excuse Duplications
Please Distribute Widely

Dear Friend,
Unfortunately, Rep. Stearns of Florida has inserted the following amendment
into a House appropriations bill - currently on the House floor and likely
for vote today or tomorrow.  It would withhold funding from US EPA to
regulate coal combustion waste as hazardous, putting many Americans' health
at risk.

Please urge everyone to call their member of Congress today and ask them to:

*1.  Vote against this egregious amendment *
*2.  Let** the US EPA protect public health - without interference from
special interests and Congress*
*
*
*Locate your member of Congress using the link below - just insert your zip
code*
*http://www.contactingthecongress.org/*


AMENDMENT H.R. 1
OFFERED BY.:MR. STEARNS of FLORIDA
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert
the following:
1 SEC. . None of the funds made available by this
2 Act may be used to regulate or classify coal combustion
3 residuals as a hazardous waste or material.

*After all our hard work, it would be tragic to have public health
protections derailed by an appropriations amendment.  Please make these
important calls today.*

Many thanks,
Lisa Graves Marcucci
Sam Flenner

--
*
Lisa Graves Marcucci
Environmental Integrity Project
PA Coordinator, Community Outreach
lgmarcucci@environmentalintegrity.org
412-897-0569 (cell)
*

--
Samuel E. Flenner III
Outreach Coodinator
Environmental Integrity Project
www.environmentalintegrity.org
samf.environmentalintegrity@gmail.com
317.352.2339  c-317.850.0436


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