Clean
Air: Recent Postings
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BREDL comments to EPA regarding
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units.
Aug. 23, 2010: [Excerpt] The impact of incinerators on human
health is obvious. We support continuous emissions monitoring and
a more transparent reporting system that better informs the
surrounding community. We find that very often communities and
public officials are unaware of the impacts from incinerators.
Readily available data and reports would be a valuable tool.
Continuous emissions monitoring is an essential step toward
making that a reality.
View BREDL
Comments | Link to EPA supporting documents and comments
submitted
League Files Unprecedented
Air Pollution Challenge at Plant Vogtle
Aug. 12, 2010: This week in a bold move, the Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League filed a legal challenge to the
proposed air pollution permit at Plant Vogtle. The August 10th
filing was one of the first in the nation under the federal Clean
Air Act challenging excessive radionuclide emissions from nuclear
power. In a petition to the US Environmental Protection Agency,
the League called for rejection of the permit issued by the State
of Georgia because it failed to limit radioactive air pollution,
failed to protect public health and failed to prevent
environmental injustice.
BREDL Press Release
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Petition
Alamance County Commissioners’
Meeting regarding Stericycle
Commissioners' Meeting
Monday July 19
7:00 p.m.
County Office Building
124 W. Elm St.
Commissioners Meeting Room, 2nd Floor
More Info: Meeting
Flyer | FAQ | Stericycle Awareness
Campaign
Haw River, NC Town Meeting regarding
Stericycle
Town Meeting
Tuesday July 13
6:30 p.m.
Haw River Civic Center
110 Stone Street
Behind Town Hall & Fire Department
More Info: Meeting Flyer | Stericycle Awareness
Campaign
Mecklenburg County passes
resolutions to request
early implementation of new EPA rules by
Oct. 6, 2012.
April 22, 2010: The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners
have given county residents a fitting Earth Day gift. In an
effort to help protect Matthews-area residents from exposure to
toxic air emissions from the BMWNC medical waste incinerator,
located on the border of Matthews and Stallings, commissioners
unanimously approved two resolutions at their April 20 meeting,
requesting early implementation of the new 2014 EPA guidelines on
medical waste incinerator Title V permits in Mecklenburg County.
The county wants to shave two years off the four years allowed
under the new EPA rules for medical waste incinerators to come
into compliance with the new rules.
Read Citizens for a Healthy
Environment Press Release
View Mecklenburg County Resolution
BMWNC medical waste incinerator is
operating on expired permit
League calls on MCAQ to re-issue permit under new, more
protective EPA rules
April 6, 2010: The Blue Ridge
Environmental Defense League has confirmed that the BMWNC medical
waste in incinerator in Matthews, NC, has been operating without
a valid permit since March of 2009. The information was submitted
to the Mecklenburg County Air Quality in comments concerning the
incinerator’s application for a permit renewal. By law, a
medical waste incinerator cannot operate without a valid Title V
air quality permit, and an application for renewal must be
submitted to the governing agency nine months prior to the
expiration date. Read BREDL Press Release
April 1, 2010: BREDL Comments and Recommendations to Mecklenburg County Department Air Quality concerning renewal of BMWNC Title V Permit renewal for the BMWNC medical waste incinerator, located in Matthews, NC.
Morton Trucking, Inc. Asphalt Plant
Jacksonville, North Carolina
February 23, 2010: Testimony
of BREDL's Louis A. Zeller before the Onslow County Board of
Adjustment regarding Special Use Permit for asphalt plant
proposed by Morton Trucking, Inc.
Jan. 31, 2010: BREDL Factsheet: Pollution of the Air, Soil and Water by South Atlantic Galvanizing
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