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Input for Wed. Meeting
by Duane330＠aol.com 07 Jan '09

07 Jan '09

Let me provide some information and make a few requests: 1. The MVCAC checking account balance as of 11/30/08 was $1555.58. [A check for $248.00 was payed earlier in November]. 2. If we take up a collection at each meeting of the MVCAC and document the individual contributors, then we can help to satisfy our IRS guidelines for our 501(c)3 status. I'll give Paula my check for $20. this week. 3. I make a motion that we renew our Post Office Box no. 4679 for another year under the provision that we will not renew for 2010 unless we double our membership (or active participants). 4. I make a motion that we renew our membership in the West Virginia Environmental Council, and ask Paula to send in our annual dues (unless this has already been done). 5. I suggest that we invite a representative of the Group Against Smog & Pollution [GASP] from Pittsburgh to our next meeting, with the intention to consider a joint (co-operative) agreement with GASP for a one-year trial period. [[GASP has a portable meter for PM 2.5 that could be demonstrated.] [I would be willing to make the contact, or defer to others.] 6. Now we know that the water quality of the Monongahela River influences the air quality in the Monongahela River valley and beyond, given that those powerplants using river water in their evaporative cooling towers have been experiencing problems from the high levels of total dissolved solids (TDS) in the river water. Therefore, we can raise this issue in the public press and before the state agencies. 7. The third meeting on the quality of the Mon River will be held this Friday at 10 am in the Airport Annex (lower level). The Director of the Water and Wastewater Division of the WV-DEP will be there to discuss the TDS problem(s). The meeting host is the Upper Mon River Association. [See _www.uppermon.org_ (http://www.uppermon.org) ] 8. I propose that we take a position of continued opposition to the TrAIL power line as well as the proposed PATH line. These lines are not "smart gird" lines, they were not designed to optimize the delivery of electricity from alternative energy sources, they encourage and support power plants that produce high levels of carbon dioxide, and given the need for energy conservation in the nation--these transmission lines are not needed. 9. I move that we take a position in opposition to proposed coal gasification plants, whether for electricity generation or coal- derived hydrocarbon liquids, because these proposed plants have no demonstrated means for carbon dioxide control or containment. One such plant has been proposed for Mingo County in southern West Virginia and another is under consideration for Marshall Co. in the northern panhandle by CONSOL Energy. We're off to the viewing and funeral for my step-father. Duane **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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Re: [MVCAC] Meeting Wednesday, January 7
by William Wonderlin 05 Jan '09

05 Jan '09

The location of the MVCAC meeting this Wednesday will be at the WVU Health Sciences Center in Room 3122-A (the George H. Wirtz Library). Enter through the new learning center and proceed to the main hallway at the North end of the building (the left end of the building as you are facing the Learning Center). Take the elevator (or stairs) to the 3rd floor. Room 3122-A is at the far end of the hallway. I will put up some signs. If you have any problem finding the room, call me at 288-1210. Thanks, Bill Bill Wonderlin Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry West Virginia University (304) 293-3159 -----Original Message----- From: Linda Shuster [mailto:lshuster@wvu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:22 PM To: <mvcac(a)cheat.org> Subject: [MVCAC] Meeting Wednesday, January 7 There will be an MVCAC meeting on Wednesday, January 7 at the 7:00 pm. The location will be announced shortly. _______________________________________________ MVCAC mailing list MVCAC(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/mvcac

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SCIENCE January 2 2009, 323 (5910)
by Duane330＠aol.com 03 Jan '09

03 Jan '09

Adding Injury to Insult Coral reefs worldwide are under terrible pressure from rising sea-surface temperatures, pollution, and overexploitation. Another emerging threat to their health is ocean acidification--the declining pH of surface seawater layers caused by the absorption of increasing amounts of atmospheric CO2. Many studies have demonstrated recent declines in the coverage and numbers of live coral reefs, as well as reduced coral diversity, but few have examined how rates of coral calcification have been affected. De'ath et al. (p. _116_ (http://www.info-aaas.org/util/link.jsp?e=6isk9LxiL1JpBWJFMOUpopDoX0ApMAI2N-… kzhshCCEbx2ZWaYsxaR&s=6iHgiXdLbFDmU3lMydtcxPg..A&v=7FCw5FaSomjQElJWjQltRJw..A) ; see the news story by _Pennisi_ (http://www.info-aaas.org/util/link.jsp?e=47YNycyl_p6XJlMxZ4G3rDzMZ3cAhKChnS….. A&v=7FCw5FaSomjQElJWjQltRJw..A) ) examined growth patterns of 328 massive Porites corals from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and found that their rates of calcification have declined by nearly 15% since 1990, to values lower than any seen for the past 400 years. The main causes of this continuing decline appear to be increasing water temperatures and ocean acidification. **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)

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Meeting Wednesday, January 7
by Linda Shuster 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

There will be an MVCAC meeting on Wednesday, January 7 at the 7:00 pm. The location will be announced shortly.

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Re: [MVCAC] USA Today's Smokestack Website worth a peek
by Dfvet＠aol.com 30 Dec '08

30 Dec '08

Given the headline in today's DP, perhaps it is advisable to meet sooner rather than later. It would be good to piggyback on the DP front page story ( EPA flunks Mon County Air) with some press of our own. I will do my best to meet the week of the 4th if we can get enough heads together then. We have nays on Tuesday and Thursday, so how is Wednesday of that week for everyone? Who schedules a meeting room? Deb **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…)

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Re: [MVCAC] USA Today's Smokestack Website worth a peek
by James Kotcon 28 Dec '08

28 Dec '08

This is some really cool information. Combined with the recent nonattainment desigantion,prehaps we ought to work this up nto some kind of publicity to better inform local officials. This ought to be an issue for the School Board. The data suggest that Easton Elementary and Mylan park Elementary have the owrst air quality of all schools in the County. While these represent outdoor air quality, they should certainly inform the need for and deplyment of additional air quality monitors. It is worth noting that all schools in mon Coiunty are in the bottom third in the nation in terms of air quality. Thanks Deb. JBK >>> <Dfvet(a)aol.com> 12/27/08 11:17 AM >>> Recently USA Today published results of its investigation into air quality in relation to schools. The first story focused primarily on the cancer hotspots and the link between air quality and disease in our youths. A second Special Report published December 22 described why children are physiologically more vulnerable than adults to the negative effects of air pollution. According to the website _www.smokestack.usatoday.com_ (http://www.smokestack.usatoday.com) , of the 128,000 schools listed, Mon County's 27 public schools ranged in the 22nd to 31st percentile in national rankings. For example, Mylan Park Elementary ranks in the 22nd percentile. The air is worse at 32,000 of the 128,000 USA schools. You can see a complete list of the rankings of Mon County Schools at this site:http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/search/… USA Today special report takes the EPA to task for not attending to environmental health. Hope to see y'all soon. deb **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…)

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USA Today's Smokestack Website worth a peek
by Dfvet＠aol.com 27 Dec '08

27 Dec '08

Recently USA Today published results of its investigation into air quality in relation to schools. The first story focused primarily on the cancer hotspots and the link between air quality and disease in our youths. A second Special Report published December 22 described why children are physiologically more vulnerable than adults to the negative effects of air pollution. According to the website _www.smokestack.usatoday.com_ (http://www.smokestack.usatoday.com) , of the 128,000 schools listed, Mon County's 27 public schools ranged in the 22nd to 31st percentile in national rankings. For example, Mylan Park Elementary ranks in the 22nd percentile. The air is worse at 32,000 of the 128,000 USA schools. You can see a complete list of the rankings of Mon County Schools at this site:http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/search/… USA Today special report takes the EPA to task for not attending to environmental health. Hope to see y'all soon. deb **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…)

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Re: [MVCAC] US EPA Designated Monongalia County [PM 2.5]
by Dfvet＠aol.com 26 Dec '08

26 Dec '08

Time for a MVCAC meeting? Jim has some great suggestions. Thank you, Jim. Deb **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…)

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Re: [MVCAC] US EPA Designated Monongalia County [PM 2.5]
by James Kotcon 25 Dec '08

25 Dec '08

P.S. According to the EPA data, (available at: http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/rec/letters/03_WV_EPAMOD.pdf) the largest "uncontrolled sources" contributing to Mon County nonattainment are the Fort Martin, and Hatfields Ferry power plants. Once scrubbers are installed at these two plants, the next largest contributing sources are the power plants in Marshall County (Kammer and Mitchell) ad the vehicle traffic in Monongalia County. Completion of the scruber installation at Fort Martin, Mitchell and and Hatfields Ferry, plus scrubber installation at Kammer, and an overall reduction of "Vehicle Miles Traveled" in Monongalia County should be our primary objectives. JBK >>> "Bill Reger-Nash" <wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu> 12/24/08 5:53 PM >>> Duane et al, Thank you for disseminating this info. I would appreciate your lsuggestions about how and where to appropriately respond. Of course, local industries and many politicians will want to call the designation into question whereas we need to further publicize the health hazards associated with the conditons observed. Thoughts? Have a happy holiday all, and thank you for all you do on behalf of us all. Be well and continue to do good. Bill WV Walks - 30 minutes or more daily Feel the power of half an hour! Bill Reger-Nash, Ed.D Professor of Community Medicine West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown WV 26506-9190 Phone: 304/293-0763 Fax: 304/293-6685 Dept. web page: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed BRN's web page: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed/wreger/ >>> <Duane330(a)aol.com> 12/24/08 4:09 PM >>> West Virginia Charleston, WV Kanawha Putnam Kanawha Putnam Kanawha Putnam Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Cabell Mason (p) Wayne Cabell Mason (p) Wayne Morgantown, WV Monongalia Monongalia Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH Pleasants Wood Pleasants (p) Wood Pleasants (p) Wood Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Brooke Hancock Brooke Hancock Brooke Hancock See the following web site.............. _http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/regs.htm#3_ (http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/regs.htm#3) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…) _______________________________________________ MVCAC mailing list MVCAC(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/mvcac

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Re: [MVCAC] US EPA Designated Monongalia County [PM 2.5]
by Bill Reger-Nash 25 Dec '08

25 Dec '08

Jim, Your comments are quite helpful. Thank you. Bill WV Walks - 30 minutes or more daily Feel the power of half an hour! Bill Reger-Nash, Ed.D Professor of Community Medicine West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown WV 26506-9190 Phone: 304/293-0763 Fax: 304/293-6685 Dept. web page: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed BRN's web page: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed/wreger/ >>> "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu> 12/25/08 11:42 AM >>> The designation will require the WV-DEP to propose a revisioon to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) within 3 years. The SIP will require emissions rductions adequate to return the area to "attainment" of the EPA Health Standard. Ultimately, this will require reductions in emissions of fine particulates, and the implementation of these reductions is to occur by 2014. The major source will be the Fort Martin power plant, which has >80 % of Mon County's emissions. I suspect that the addition of scrubbers at Fort Martin (already under construction) will dramatically reduce emissions, and DEP may argue that this will return the area to attainment. Useful steps at this point would be to prepare letters to the editor to announce this designation (I have not seen it published yet) as well as urging local officials to do more to protect human health. This is also an opportunity to point out the contributions from the unwise land use development currently occurring in Monongalia County. Some will seek to blame the expanding student population at WVU, however, their contribution while measurable, is relatively trivial compared to all the shopping malls, housing devlopments, and other developments. We need to keep our officials focussd on the real problems, rather than to blame convenient scapegoats like "students" or "environmentalists". JBK >>> "Bill Reger-Nash" <wreger(a)hsc.wvu.edu> 12/24/08 5:53 PM >>> Duane et al, Thank you for disseminating this info. I would appreciate your lsuggestions about how and where to appropriately respond. Of course, local industries and many politicians will want to call the designation into question whereas we need to further publicize the health hazards associated with the conditons observed. Thoughts? Have a happy holiday all, and thank you for all you do on behalf of us all. Be well and continue to do good. Bill WV Walks - 30 minutes or more daily Feel the power of half an hour! Bill Reger-Nash, Ed.D Professor of Community Medicine West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown WV 26506-9190 Phone: 304/293-0763 Fax: 304/293-6685 Dept. web page: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed BRN's web page: http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed/wreger/ >>> <Duane330(a)aol.com> 12/24/08 4:09 PM >>> West Virginia Charleston, WV Kanawha Putnam Kanawha Putnam Kanawha Putnam Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Cabell Mason (p) Wayne Cabell Mason (p) Wayne Morgantown, WV Monongalia Monongalia Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH Pleasants Wood Pleasants (p) Wood Pleasants (p) Wood Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV Brooke Hancock Brooke Hancock Brooke Hancock See the following web site.............. _http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/regs.htm#3_ (http://www.epa.gov/pmdesignations/2006standards/regs.htm#3) **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000…) _______________________________________________ MVCAC mailing list MVCAC(a)cheat.org http://cheat.org/mailman/listinfo/mvcac

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