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Re: [MVCAC] Please Act! Photos of Cement Facility
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 07 May '05

07 May '05

Dennis and Marcia Groce wrote: > Friends - > > Thanks for the heads up, Jonathan. > > One point you may want to be aware of - I believe this is to be a > concrete batch plant. By my understanding (correct me if you know > otherwise) they won't be manufacturing cement, per se. This issue came up rather suddenly yesterday. Alcon, LLC is associated with Portland Cement. > You are correct in saying that cement manufacturing is a source of > CO2, but I don't think a concrete batch plant (i.e., they mix cement > with gravel, sand, and water to create concrete, which is then put in > trucks going to a construction site) is a special source of CO2 - > aside from the normal emissions associated with trucks. To > manufacture cement (aka portland cement) they use huge gas-fired kilns > to heat limestone to high temperatures. Lots of CO2 is produced in > that process. As I said, I could be wrong, but that's my understanding. > Thanks for bringing this to my attention, indeed, the manufacturing of cement or pre-cement referred to as clinker would represent the major source of CO2. However, 1). we really have limited details at this point about exactly what Alcon, LLC has planed for the site, and Alcon, LLC is associated with Portland Cement. 2). We have limited time to respond based on our limited knowledge of the situation. 3). We can assume that particulates from a batch cement plant represent a health issue if proper environmental controls aren't used, and we haven't been told what these will be. 4). According to the press release **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).* *5). This plant is being built literally right across the street from a future public school, at a distance still unconfirmed to us, and it is equally close to NAFTC and extremely close to a nursing home. I think in this matter, we really need the DEP DAQ to recognize the importance of initiating a meeting with the public or at the very least extending the comment period. How many people really knew about this issue until just yesterday? Jonathan > Dennis Groce > > > > At 08:57 PM 5/6/2005, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote: > >> This has been a very eventful day. I learned that two cyclists >> carrying the Scroll of the "Message of Peace, Health, and Justice" >> for the 2006 Olympics in Torino were making a stop at none other than >> the WVU National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium literally >> right around the corner from the pending batch cement plant. One of >> the main tenets of the scroll is that we must not be complacent about >> Global Warming, see http://www.slc2torino.com/pages/themessage.htm . >> Cement Plants are one of the worst offenders when it comes to CO2 output. >> >> I grabbed a camera and took pictures both of the sign and entrance >> road already built to the pending site. If you look at the sign >> Alcon, LLC is from Buckhannon not Bruceton Mills as I incorrectly >> reported early. I also took photos of the Olympic scroll event. >> This tradition started back with the 1994 Olympics. I even talked to >> the Mayor about the pending cement plant. When I got back I learned >> to my horror from Duane that public input to DEP's DAQ division must >> be in no later than this Monday at 5 p.m.! >> >> So please look at my photos at >> http://freesoftwarepc.com/Members/fspc/cement-plant and while doing >> so think of what is written in the scroll going to Torino, think >> about what kind of particulates and heavy metals people in the >> immediate area will be exposed to, this includes people in a nursing >> home, children in the new University High School, the workers at >> WVU's NAFTC, and recreational users. ACT FAST, VERY FAST to prevent >> this from becoming a reality! >> >> Send your comments to Duanne or write to >> >> *WV DEP Division of Air Quality >> Permitting Section >> 601 57th Street >> Charleston, WV 25304 >> * >> *Telephone: 304-926-0499, ext. 1227. >> FAX: 304-926-0478 >> * >> Thank-you very much, >> >> Jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> MVCAC mailing list >> MVCAC(a)cheat.org >> http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/mvcac > >

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Please Act! Photos of Cement Facility
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 06 May '05

06 May '05

This has been a very eventful day. I learned that two cyclists carrying the Scroll of the "Message of Peace, Health, and Justice" for the 2006 Olympics in Torino were making a stop at none other than the WVU National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium literally right around the corner from the pending batch cement plant. One of the main tenets of the scroll is that we must not be complacent about Global Warming, see http://www.slc2torino.com/pages/themessage.htm . Cement Plants are one of the worst offenders when it comes to CO2 output. I grabbed a camera and took pictures both of the sign and entrance road already built to the pending site. If you look at the sign Alcon, LLC is from Buckhannon not Bruceton Mills as I incorrectly reported early. I also took photos of the Olympic scroll event. This tradition started back with the 1994 Olympics. I even talked to the Mayor about the pending cement plant. When I got back I learned to my horror from Duane that public input to DEP's DAQ division must be in no later than this Monday at 5 p.m.! So please look at my photos at http://freesoftwarepc.com/Members/fspc/cement-plant and while doing so think of what is written in the scroll going to Torino, think about what kind of particulates and heavy metals people in the immediate area will be exposed to, this includes people in a nursing home, children in the new University High School, the workers at WVU's NAFTC, and recreational users. ACT FAST, VERY FAST to prevent this from becoming a reality! Send your comments to Duanne or write to *WV DEP Division of Air Quality Permitting Section 601 57th Street Charleston, WV 25304* *Telephone: 304-926-0499, ext. 1227. FAX: 304-926-0478* Thank-you very much, Jonathan

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Proposed Cement Plant at Bakers Ridge Road
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 06 May '05

06 May '05

In the upcoming meeting this agenda item is mentioned: 4. We proposed to question whether the proposed "batch cement plant" proposed for Bakers Ridge Road is a health hazard to the local nursing home, residents and the proposed University High School. I want to point out that there has already been a road built at the proposed site on the plateau above the nursing home and pretty close the WVU's new NAFTC 'National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium" building. The company that has built the road is called Alcon and is located in Bruceton Mills. A sign has been placed in front of the road explaining how interested public should contact the DEP for more information about the environmental impact of the construction site. At first I just assumed this was the beginnings of house construction in this area related to the future planned University High School, but the DEP sign and this recent agenda item come as great shock. The prospect of building a batch cement plant in this area is outrageous especially since it appears this company specializes in Portland cement. Will they be employing environmentally sound practices? Will people in the region be exposed to heavy metals and particulates? There are hiking/biking trails open to the public by the University right by the proposed batch cement site. This is ironic, I was worried about greenspace being lost to housing in this region, but now it appears more likely that people will not want to have homes (or schools) in this industrialized area. It would be many times better if this region was turned into a public park rather than a housing development or industrial park. Then there could be sane development around the public park with well planned roads, bikeways, and connector trails making it a very popular spot for all to enjoy, and it would become an area to remind everyone why WV is one of the best places in the world to live .. not the worst place. Jonathan

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New Mailing List for MVCAC
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 06 May '05

06 May '05

Hi everyone, Duane Nichols gave me the go ahead to add all existing emails to the new MVCAC email list. You can access the web interface for it at http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/mvcac and change your settings there if you desire. If your email address changes, just subscribe your new email address at the same location. Ask your friends to subscribe, too. This list is set-up to be interactive which means any email you send to mvcac(a)cheat.org will be received by all other email addresses on the list. I'm pretty excited about this format. Add your comments and wisdom to this list and participate in healthy discussions. If you miss a meeting, the list is a great place to present your ideas. Let's do what we can to prevent the earth from returning to the Cretaceous period when Crocodiles lived at the poles. Duane wants to remind everyone .. "Next meeting is this Monday evening at 7 PM. The location is the St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Patterson Drive. This is an urgent meeting, to complete the organizational and functional structure of the MonValley Clean Air Coalition." Thanks, Jonathan

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