Submitted to Shelton Blog by Bob Lynette Mason County Progressive
IMPORTANT!
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DO THIS!
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO DO THIS!
Our Department of Ecology is proposing changes to our air pollution laws that would have a chilling impact on our regulations, Federal oversight, and our rights to pursue legal action. We all need to send DOE comments on this matter – now!
Numbers of comments really matter. Please take the time today to submit your comments on this - it is super important to our Peninsula. If you have already commented on this, it was likely to object to DOE’s proposal to not regulate greenhouse gasses and to limit Washington State’s Implementation Plan (SIP) to only a handful of pollutants that the state is required to regulate under federal law. But please ask DOE to include these additional comments from you.
You can just copy the following into your email:
Re: Proposed changes to Washington's Clean Air Regulations: Proposed changes to Chapter 173-400 WAC, and proposal to submit portions of the rule proposal (WAC 173-400-020 and 173-400-030(3)) to EPA for inclusion in the SIP.Please include these comments from me on the subject proposals:
1. Do not remove from federal enforceability -- including citizens’ rights to a citizen suit, the more than 150 carcinogenic Toxic Air Pollutants (Class A TAPs) and over 400 non-carcinogenic Toxic Air Pollutants (Class B TAPs) regulated under the state clean air program (WAC 173-460). With federal enforceability, the citizens retain some control over Ecology through EPA oversight and enforcement. We do not want to lose this! I want the State's clean air regulations (WAC 173-460) to remain under the SIP.
2. I oppose weakening the definition of BACT.
3. I oppose all changes to WAC 173-400 that in any way would result in making our state laws’ regulations less stringent .
4. I oppose granting Ecology authority to manage the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program.Sincerely,
(Your name and address)
Send your comments to:
Linda Whitcher:
Linda.Whitcher@ecy.wa.gov
Please forward this to everyone that you believe might help.
Thanks,
Bob Lynette
Thank you for the post and the link. I copied the numbered points provided and then talked about living and working in Shelton, in the plumes of Simpson Timber Co. and Olympic Panel Co.
ReplyDeleteI hope that lots of our air-breathers will do the same: copy the numbered items into your email, and then tell your Mason County air stories. We've all got some.
How is the plume on John's Prairie these days at the pellet factory?