[Green] Fwd: Ohio Cracker Plastics Plant Action Needed

Tue Jan 18 13:30:49 CST 2022

Dawn,
Thank you for drawing our attention to this matter.  I just sent out my
emails as well.

On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:41 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> FYI. I will be writing to officials in opposition to the proposed Belmont
> County cracker plant today. I hope you will consider doing so, too, by
> Wednesday.  —dawn
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *"Concerned Ohio River Residents via ActionNetwork.org" <
> general at concernedohioriverresidents.org>
> *Subject: **Ohio Cracker Plastics Plant Action Needed*
> *Date: *January 17, 2022 at 11:49:22 AM EST
> *To: *hewitt at earth-maker.com
> *Reply-To: *general at concernedohioriverresidents.org
>
>
> Hello members and supporters of CORR,
>
> As we are all weathering the winter storm and (hopefully) enjoying the
> snow, we ask that you take a couple actions to help protect the Ohio River
> today. The PTT Global Chemical ethane cracker/plastics plant proposed for
> Belmont County, OH (just 5 miles south of Shadyside) is still on indefinite
> hold. They still have not announced a Final Investment Decision, and have
> been stringing along residents and decision makers for far too long -* almost
> 7 years*. Despite the fact that the future is still uncertain for this
> major polluting facility, they still applied to renew their water pollution
> discharge permit with the state of Ohio - a move that does not necessarily
> indicate the project is moving forward.
>
> We need you to take action* today *to help us tell the state of Ohio that *enough
> is enough. *
>
> The Ohio River serves as a drinking water source for 5 million people with
> 23 water supply intakes located downstream from the proposed facility,
> including the drinking water intake for the city of Cincinnati. The closest
> water supply intake to the site of the proposed PTTGCA facility is in
> Sistersville, WV only approximately 30 river miles downstream. Recent
> research has found that existing petrochemical facilities are already
> permitted to pollute *500,000 pounds of toxic discharge *into the Ohio
> River. The PTTGCA plant would further exacerbate this problem. The Ohio EPA
> did not do an antidegradation review before issuing the permit the first
> time - something they should have done to see how the extra load of toxins
> would impact the River.
>
> Additionally, the Ohio EPA put out the public notice for this water
> discharge permit renewal on December 20th - during the holidays - a time
> when people are not paying attention to these kinds of things, therefor we
> also need to ask for an extension to the comment period and for a public
> hearing.
>
> Comments are due by this Wednesday. *Please submit your comment today. *Click
> this link
> <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/CMxF4nARlf6wAFa1PSfv0pxLN8zuXd485gHNRhmg2sYwmG1D1cvrOFQeiyS6PGr7lNPALu8711xOjLwqxew40tdl6RF3lxhHTiAR6pmw3IY_-yf4BvViNO9wylmytifaEsB3QdtWi7UVHPMPemmGOKaZqV41o_SK-zEDsjy4tzZ1puOvzckow1_gsFk7z5sK7jVQrfJ1EKzSnTJsoqPLv4iaU7giNdPBC0r-SZohS7Gprsn8Kt4k_C_GP-kpI8T5uJqLdPKtIwL0NbwTSyQQu_Fctngd8ZyDn8IP7lkhPRNDj1_CCYRa7bzoj4pbiABmQkjW0Jwg3GOL7ENGw4U0foaPG3OSYspAyKP9ctI5EBunj7JHG3b_rjts_qI0x-xhqDnpujJOWhqUw2w7YdWpTA/3is/WaVDnNWkQ1Sr5bQdmDhUpA/h0/250Yfwrjfn1kio-QwI81e2zTW5fcqtyvqmyCCQtSaCA>
>  to open a document with a full comment that you can copy/paste into an
> email to the Ohio EPA. Please insert your own unique comments as they carry
> even more weight than just submitting the generic comment. But, if you
> don't have the time, just sending this language is helpful! Tell them your
> story about living along the Ohio River or why you care.
>
>
> Send comment to the following 3 email addresses:
>
> HClerk at epa.ohio.gov
>
> Nicholas.McGovern at epa.ohio.gov
>
> Ariel.Ruth at epa.ohio.gov
>
>
> Please insert the following text into the subject line of the email:
>
> *Re: PTTGCA Application No.: OH0144967 Public Comment*
>
> Please also bcc our group so we know how many comments were submitted! Our
> email is general at concernedohioriverresidents.org
>
> We will keep you updated as this situation evolves. *We will have an
> update *regarding the facility's air pollution permit - the other permit
> that they need to operate, but which expires in February, and the overall
> status of the project next month, so stay tuned. We will likely need your
> help at that point if the project finally dies.
> ------------------------------
> Martins Ferry O&G Radioactive Waste Facility
>
> You've probably read about the Austin Master facility in Martins Ferry
> that takes in and processes radioactive waste from the oil and gas industry
> - the facility that operates on *top of the drinking water aquifer *for
> over 10 thousand people. We need your help in our campaign to keep our
> drinking water safe. We've made a LOT of progress so far, but the saga
> continues and is far from over.
>
> Things you can do to help:
>
>    - Attend the virtual Zoom meeting *TODAY, Monday Jan. 17th at 6:00 pm*.
>    We will play a video presentation so you have all of the background info
>    and threats the facility poses. We will have a Q&A session with Chief
>    Silverio Caggiano after the video. He dealt with the Austin Master company
>    in Youngstown before they quickly decided to move to Ferry after he started
>    asking questions.
>    - *Register for the meeting at this link:* bit.ly/AMS_registration -
>    then Zoom will send you an email with the link to log on to the meeting.
>    See you tonight at 6pm! (If for some reason the meeting is cancelled due to
>    a power outage, we will reschedule it and will send out an email alert with
>    the rescheduled date and time.)
>    - *Watch this *Youtube video
>    <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDOJPR4Z5lDybbWIPhQSOR8FQOFjOJRW6FpW7vUu7qqf4IokWBpExaHcezuMag8G4LlL7zmwRqi3Ezphg2nTIX-1C3qvmTgzT255EgimMuyTefnTv_KP5sN_6opQjf3xkmK5ghT3lROhSXw_HmLR7OvhTrkqNiFaFaBcpmlOG_TeaUYuYWCo739_stRQwDkpWrWpV8GtWxWMkMOc4USbMdIQ8d9r51EG4dUz27oFMQkYOb2ZPSq6K-LDAeNkPyIw3p_ASLjhss2gVIW1xkCmXzB91HqvwV2VOmWUVt_9MinXc4w8ndTONB1Zz4MA3GdxM6A/3is/WaVDnNWkQ1Sr5bQdmDhUpA/h1/8QskFqKQTDxQEwT2plUGUN4G1Jlxg4j-DYk38A_Bn_g>
>     with all the info. on this facility. Chief Sil is also interviewed in
>    the video.
>    - *Donate *to our campaign at this link.
>    <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDK7b6Fqbor3bYFGUJCwWOAoZvwp2LRd8Prg-JP6nnaU6iMbxxBuoZ4-CNxujUSrhVN3Xl_MdMKPjT77fCCNLG4zeJ5aXnzAcAlZtSsbLyOO8456UR1JepX9Bl95jVYo3qmfjKlqQ6Olo7RzHNjv5goK6AFjIqqv0JrwD5y7vPKvy3xzN7NxREI9HRyUfhandF96WWlqY8AK_bvb034jG35Ym9s1jBfF7iqm_0GeQSHbaYwRLp5jvr0grEs-4T9t0Vin1qo0-kSisVL9fAWwdv--5z1n_jYZpMRPRY4Pw_Ls0IHtZDeuKmBD5K3gZJhgkz-1inQc4pCXwYEbZYn9ktxcOVgStZtNHvVzmwfjDYgnljZn6yWXPTHAdftDHGSl7iw/3is/WaVDnNWkQ1Sr5bQdmDhUpA/h2/zdMR8o6grzLr_BqzAaDva0kNMryyPCPEntI4rTAm3xQ>
>     We will use the funds to do things like hold more public meetings,
>    get in front of our elected officials, print materials, monitoring of the
>    soil, etc.
>
> It was because of CORR (our group) that the US EPA is now investigating
> this site. The current owners of the property, 4K Industrial, LLC,
> purchased the property out of an auction after the old Wheeling-Pitt Steel
> went bankrupt. There is known contamination of hexavalent chromium (the *Erin
> Brockovich* movie chemical) in the groundwater in the area. The EPA has
> known about it since 2008, and they never did enough to monitor the site. *This
> is why community organizing and advocacy matters. *See this letter
> <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/BqA3LhzOFl92KwaVoz69N4R3VxGtnkgDkg38jA055Z2imqEosHMcpNFmqCOZ3jRZMCLb3m1_GlMfZY4MsZXXGCJevCc75UD4Z6xrRBHsMhz5-W0tEnNPUhgKcn_AIX9UjLkEM2dnFJwLXqvQniuy4vpa__h9KYe7pffs4fyJwQrdkHnWEm4Hq-uOlV20lRZ7t0m2NiW2bY_-9YJveJlYfEzCQitlntWlaI1Z0czvjKGRj6QNz3U8nq9-ZS6DbKq3agnLmMHww1lL10-tQufclgUAUhwsJb6pxWJo2QJqaRfk2CrTV0ItpFDvVRZZrrci8PJSCT5k5foHKsB4yfyO2eG1Ci7n9TLAOTKK_V5nD6gNsATEF0oZf0_ytDA-k20h9RjY1VrihXUYs3rqYzKhNwoE_CwZTZ1-UYJbKNy-BzR7k4C_1WY-ERU_jgkEcUon/3is/WaVDnNWkQ1Sr5bQdmDhUpA/h3/6JdQAbTblenJ63uhHlrg1xByTKaSRYwDrbauBTLWJm4>
>  that US EPA sent to the company requesting information. This is great
> news, as it means that communities like ours are being tended to.
>
> The Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) will hold a virtual meeting
> with residents due to our advocacy efforts and attention being forced upon
> these facilities. That meeting is this *Wednesday, Jan. 19th at 1:00pm. *If
> you want to attend that meeting email
> beverly at concernedohioriverresidents.org and we will send you the
> invitation to attend. This is where we can let the ODNR know that we are
> not happy with 1.) the fact that they permitted a radioactive waste handler
> on top of a drinking water source in the first place, and 2.) ask them
> questions about how they plan to protect us moving forward. See this exhaustive
> list
> <https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/BqA3LhzOFl92KwaVoz69N4R3VxGtnkgDkg38jA055Z1aj4luzNhaaDsjpRwXd0VluTB2i3QSMlHiJ1WxUg128JVWnucLJZp9R9rzDgONXb5Ca1azHNCriWrbXSFL_e1QcIOgUOBuIWEqU0pIJsg85sCDRU5EDUib79VHQRRGp3MzoLqZ1WgH47hcqbAVeKT7rpwJhls8CwR_a6y9pvue1HCH8zFn6QvPYwcusW6gG8GOtgbaSWm7bL4xhpztjbhpWh1ZCG1UfbuPtFLaDXv_LwNck256N1iRuvhRIsxvv0r2QPqu6Wo0OGCeRNjpgk9EvLLv8jtXserCuF9d89t6cWBlh2-oFaaSvxXkHo4mdbg7uenC8JgX60PGMRKI0ubnchiPOqDhJeAUZXM6xL98egMXb7akYTXaPlmNv85Upt_qFKokcDD86xj7JVf8KxoTAkHCbTzjbUXMVbiEOpY_ur96x4afeHDiA2DkdHvjnjo/3is/WaVDnNWkQ1Sr5bQdmDhUpA/h4/2jahWWpbflDagNz02mjxDFNgyvKWhaDCDNCoRVdKmag>
>  of comments, facts, and questions that CORR sent ODNR during their rule
> making process for these waste facilities.
>
> Martins Ferry city administration say they want to protect their water,
> but they are not doing enough. They need us to push them to take the
> strongest stance possible in this situation. They need to hear from people
> like *you. *They have an ordinance that was designed to protect the
> drinking water, however it hasn't been enforced. The city has not been
> keeping close tabs on the area. They weren't aware of the hexavalent
> chromium contamination on the site from the old steel mill, and they
> weren't aware of the true threats of the current waste facilities that
> operate just 2,500 ft from the high school football field and atop the
> aquifer. The city needs to hear from us if we want the most protections. *Call
> Mayor John Davies *at ‪(304) 215-0042‬. Ask him to enforce the Source
> Water Protection Ordinance. Again, please register for the meeting tonight
> at 6pm to learn more and to see how you can get plugged in!
>
>
>
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