I sent this information to Matt Holloway and he is a big supporter of this idea. Didn't hear squat from Stevie, Gail said she would share it with the other members and only Bob Culver bothered to call me to discuss. And he said he's not in favor of it. Tricky Ricky never called me back.
1.The proposed WTE Incinerator plans are based on financial, technological, and environmental assumptions that are inaccurate, out of date, misleading, or false.
2.The Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (Authority) plans to borrow approximately $500 million to construct the plant. Repayment is guaranteed by your system benefit charge (SBC) on your property tax bill.
3.The plant will cost millions to operate which are guaranteed by contract to increase approximately 3% per year and will be billed to county taxpayers via System Benefit Charge.
4.Frederick County long hauled 157,000 tons of trash in 2011. Frederick as host County will have to dispose of 151,000 tons of ash resulting from trash imported from other jurisdictions. Frederick County will still need a landfill to bury the ash either in county or long haul it to another landfill.
5.The Authority assumes annual income from electricity sales of $33.2 million based on selling the power at $87.38 per megawatt hour (MWh). Currently the wholesale price of electricity is less than half that amount and decreasing (Wall Street Journal April 10, 2012). Revenue shortfalls will increase the Service Benefit Charge on your property tax bill.
6.Frederick County has not announced even one county signed up to provide trash to the incinerator and appears to be losing Carroll County as a partner. Since all revenue assumptions are based on a plant at full capacity, volume shortages will cause the net cost to increase which taxpayers will pay for via System Benefit Charges.
7.The incinerator contractor is seeking permits to burn up to 40 million pounds of tires per year, emit up to 90 pounds of mercury per year, and discharge 400,000 gallons of contaminated waste water per day into the Potomac River. This pollution will continue every year for thirty years.
8.At full capacity, the incinerator will emit 10 million pounds of particulate matter per year, including mercury, lead and dioxin. These emissions are in very small particles that can lead to serious health problems and environmental damage as they accumulate and persist in the air, water, land and our bodies.
9.The incinerator will be located within 3 miles of 7 schools and 4 daycare facilities exposing thousands of children to the emissions noted above.
10.Alternatives are available for solid waste disposal that cost less than incineration and are better for the environment. These alternatives include recycling, reuse, and composting.
It appears to me that our leaders are depending on others to do the research needed to approve projects.
ReplyDeleteWe , as you know , have elected incompetent people to lead us.
Of course you also know , this goes to the top , your president.
WE are using $$$$$ to solve problems and not our brain.
I might add that , the leaders that used to use their brain , have just thrown in the towel.
I really believe that this type of leadership has had a contagious effect , also from the president on down.
What happened to "set the example" Oh I know , let's play golf , go on vacation every other week , take your family to China , and on and on and on. Just keep spending!! The solution to pollution.
look up wheelabrator up in new England. They had numerous towns under contract to send them their waste. When the towns balked and said they could do it cheaper elsewhere. wheelabrator said that's ok we'll just bring in trash from other areas! So you folks won't mind if they start trucking trash in here from say Baltimore DC or NYC will ya?
ReplyDeleteOh and by the way whether it's an incinerator or an anerobic digester the result are the same! you pay they get rich and your environment goes to sh!t!
Would be interesting to see how many of your readers that are living in, or paying taxes in Wicomico County, do the same as this person. Changes can be made by numbers.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really bad idea. we don't need anything resembling this anywhere near us or the Bay. Think of what your Bay cleanup fees will go to with this pollution generator in place.
ReplyDeleteThis "SBC" will not be paid by this county resident. They can pound sand.
ReplyDeleteRick won't talk about this before the election, then, if elected, will shove it down our throats. We need to make sure he gets pushed away from the tax trough.
Correct me if I am wrong,but aren't we already trucking waste from outside our community in trade for $ ?
ReplyDelete"Rick won't talk about this before the election, then, if elected, will shove it down our throats. We need to make sure he gets pushed away from the tax trough"
ReplyDeleteYep, you hit the nail directly on it's head 8:49. This is how democrats operate. They are deceitful and dishonest and you can guarantee everything that does come out of their mouths is most likely a lie.
What do you expect from the slower lower. Decades behind in everything especially technology.
ReplyDeleteEverything you chose to do, has already been done and abandoned by other communities.
You would think you would learn from others mistakes... I guess not, because you born here's know it all.
How can you accept these points as fact without knowing from where they come? Anonymous poster could be anyone who can google a blog. It might all be true, but it might not be. Who can know?
ReplyDeleteRick tried to do the same thing in Somerset County--many moons ago. After he got ECI for his rich landlord pals there.
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