ORCAA ADAGE Comment Period Ends 1/31/11

5 SAMPLE ORCAA ADAGE PERMIT COMMENT LETTERS

Submitted to Shelton Blog by Fran Prescott Mason County Progressive

ORCAA
2940-B Limited Lane NW
Olympia, WA 98502

RE: ORCAA Air Permit for
ADAGE MASON LLC Biomass Incinerator Plant

This letter is to request that ORCAA take into account the following concerns when considering the public comments for the Air Permit for the proposed ADAGE MASON LLC Biomass Incinerator Plant that is currently under consideration for our community. Although I have many concerns, one critical area that I believe should receive careful scrutiny is how will ORCAA take into consideration new information discovered during the SEPA process.

I was very disappointed that ORCAA decided to recommend approval of ADAGE Mason's Air Permit without the benefit of having the information of an completed SEPA process or from an Environmental Impact Statement.

After the SEPA and /or EIS processes are complete will the ORCAA Air Permit review process be reopened? Will the SEPA and /or EIS information be ignored?

What recourse does the public have if we consider that the ORCAA Air Permitting process was incomplete because all of the information was not included in ORCAA's analysis?

How long after the SEPA process is completed will the public have to determine the impact it would have on ORCAA's decision and ask ORCAA to consider our concerns?

We appreciate your department’s careful consideration of all of the important environmental questions raised by a project of this type and size. It is our hope that your department will hold ADAGE LLC to the highest possible standards during the Air Permitting process and that you will do your utmost to protect the health, safety and quality of life that Mason County residents look to you to safeguard.

Sincerely,

_____________________


SHELTON BLOG NOTE:

• Link to ORCAA Letter SEPA.doc (above letter)
• Link to ORCAA Letter CO2 and Other Emissions-1.doc
• Link to ORCAA Letter Emissions-1.doc
• Link to ORCAA Letter Plant Size & Emissions.doc
• Link to ORCAA Letter Tailoring Rule.doc

ORCAA Comment Period for the ADAGE Permit ends January 31st.
Comments or hearing requests must be submitted in writing by this date.
By Mail: ORCAA, 2940-B Limited Lane NW, Olympia, WA 98502
By Fax: (360) 491-6308
By Email: gordon.lance@orcaa.org

ORCAA Public Hearings will be held Monday, Jan. 31st, at 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm
in the Main Room of the Shelton Civic Center, 525 West Cota Street, Shelton.

Link to ORCAA Staff Recommendation Documents:
http://www.orcaa.org/public-involvement/staff-recommendations/

Above mentioned and additional documents can be found in "Reference Documents" on the tab bar of Shelton Blog.