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It is herewith proposed that MVCAC submit testimony in opposition to the 5-year extension of the permit  for the Wellington gob burning power plant in Fayette County, PA,  just a few miles north of Morgantown.   Please let me know if you have comments.   . . . . . . .  Duane Nichols, MVCAC Spokesperson. 

 

Public Hearing on Plan to Construct

Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant in Greene County

 

 

On the evening of December 7th the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hear citizen testimony on Wellington Development LLC's proposal to build a 525 megawatt waste-coal-fired power plant in Nemacolin, Greene County, PA.   If constructed, this facility would serve as a massive new source of pollution for Greene County and our region as a whole, including the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Shenandoah National Park, the James River Face Wilderness Area, Dolly Sods, and Otter Creek Wilderness area.

 

Wellington first received a permit to build the facility in 2005. (Several years ago GASP joined the Sierra Club, the National Parks Conservation Association, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in an ultimately unsuccessful legal effort to invalidate the 2005 permit). Five years later the plant still has not been constructed. Wellington is now seeking a 5-year extension on their construction permit.  Our region is already out of attainment for fine particulates and ozone.  If built this project would impose an additional air pollution burden on our region for decades to come.

 

The PADEP hearing is scheduled for December 7th at

United Mine Workers Hall

92 Pershing Boulevard

Nemacolin PA, 15351 (map)

 

An informational meeting will start at 6:00 p.m., public testimony will start at 7:00 p.m.

 

Those wishing to present oral testimony during the hearing should contact Community Relations Coordinator Katherine Gresh, at (412) 442-4000, before December 7, 2010 to register. Commentators should provide three written copies of their remarks to aid in transcription. Each commenter's oral testimony shall be limited to 10 minutes.

 

More information on the project is available in the Pennsylvania Bulletin (search for Wellington)