From: Sandra Fallon sfallon3@comcast.net
Date: October 9, 2023 at 10:27:25 AM EDT To: governor@wv.gov Subject: Re: information about Fairmont Brine Processing Plant radioactive waste
Hello Rachel,
Thanks again for your help. As a follow up to my first email to you on Oct. 5, I want to let you know about the Fairmont Times West Virginian newspaper article published on Saturday, 10/7/23, about the Fairmont Brine Processing Plant situation:
"Why hasn't toxic Fairmont Brine site been fenced off, residents wonder" https://www.timeswv.com/news/local_news/why-hasnt-toxic-fairmont-brine-site-...
Please share this article with Jason Williams, Director of Constituent Services, in the Governor's Office.
We urge immediate action to secure the Fairmont Brine site.
We hope to hear back from you or Mr. Williams about how the Governor's Office can help address the situation.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sandra Fallon Morgantown WV 304-692-3084 Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition
On 10/05/2023 1:21 PM EDT Sandra Fallon sfallon3@comcast.net wrote:
Hello Rachel.
Thanks for your help
The situation is that the defunct and unsecured Fairmont Brine Processing Plant, in Fairmont, WV, which used to process fracking wastewater, currently has radioactive waste on site and there is evidence of teenagers and others partying or spending time there and unknowingly being exposed to radioactive waste.
Please see the attached Truthdig article and the US EPA Pollution Report. EPA Region 3 knows about the problem and is working to address it, although the process is taking too long, especially making sure the site is secured along with notifying the public.
I represent the Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition. Our scientists say there is no threshold for nuclear radiation below which it does damage. The high energy gamma radiation causes impacts to surroundings at every level.
We urge immediate action to secure the site and notify the public.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sandra Fallon Morgantown WV 304-692-3084 Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition