The Agency of Natural Resources has scheduled a public meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Springfield High School to hear comments on the air pollution control permit for the proposed biomass plant.
Is a biomass incinerator in North Springfield's future? The proposed Winstanley wood-fueled boiler electric generating plant is seeking a permit for air pollution control. According to the project summary (one of the documents available at www.anr.state.vt.us/air/Permitting/htm/OperatePermits.htm, at the bottom of the page), the plant will, at full capacity, "be a 'major' source of nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and greenhouse gases (GHGs) and considered 'significant' for particulate matter (PM) and sulfur dioxide (SO2)." Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide react with water molecules in the atmosphere to create acid rain. While the new permit request addresses the company's desire to switch from the original water-based cooling system plan to a less-efficient air-based plan, the new permit does not address the many other concerns raised by residents of North Springfield, Springfield, Weathersfield, Perkinsville, Chester, and other nearby towns that have the potential to feel the impacts of the plant.
The Agency of Natural Resources has scheduled a public meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 7 pm in the Springfield High School to hear comments on the permit. The public comment period ends on September 10, 2012; people unable to attend the meeting on the 29th may contact Steven Snook, Environmental Engineer, VT Air Pollution Control Division at (802) 583-7121 or steven.snook@state.vt.us.
Anyone wishing to be added to the permit notification list for a specific facility should email Doug Elliott doug.elliott@ state.vt.us the following information: full name, company affiliation (optional), either mailing address or email address, and telephone number (optional), as well as the name of the facility -- the North Springfield Sustainable Energy Project, LLC.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Short notice and first day of school for some with the next day being the start of high school. Also the date is right in front of Labor Day Weekend. Probably about the best day you could pick if you wanted no one to attend. This appears to be yet another way to rubber stamp the dirty biomess plant against the public's wishes and health. Nothing new in how big business gets to railroad the approval process. Where are the financial projections showing all of the public funding that is involved in the building and running of this polluting plant and how much money the out of state owners expect to reap from this plant?
ReplyDeleteDone by design.
DeleteFinancial Vampires
What a ridiculous theory! I am coming don't you worry!
DeleteWhere are the financial projections showing all of the public funding that is involved in the building and running of this polluting plant and how much money the out of state owners expect to reap from this plant?
ReplyDeleteI applaud the questioner above. What is the real financial incentive for Winstanley and how much money is coming from taxpayer subsidies?
Yea! SHOW US THE MONEY! While we are at it I would also like to see the financial projections of the new Perkins Deli that just opened in downtown and how their renovations were paid for and how much money they expect to reap from that restuarant.
Delete#hilarious @3:12!
DeleteThe perkins deli's pizza is polluting my stomach, but it is sooooo darn good.
DeleteComing soon to an industrial park near you!
ReplyDeleteIf you build it I will come.
DeleteIf you come, I will grow.
DeleteThis sounds like a bad porno movie's
DeleteTitle, Tag line, and script...
what's a little acid rain, soot, particulates, CO and some nox? if you catch a fish in vt waters it will have mercury from ohio,penn coal burning. if you take the ski lift to the top of stowe the evergreen trees are dead from acid rain. I have witnessed the regeneration of eagles on the ct river exactly due east of this proposed smelting plant site. why in gods name do we want the fishing birds on the river to eat mercury contaminated fish and now add the insult of habitat reduction, noise, acid rain, nox and co's. Vermonters will be giving up a piece of their sole when they let this project fly. The only thing I smell is class action lawsuit and damage awards.
ReplyDeleteYea, Burlington is a barren waste land after 30 years of their biomass plant. Burlington residents sold their sole 30 years ago and have nothing to show for it now.
DeleteDon't the schools already heat with biomass? Such a shame, with a biomass plant we could wind up like Burlington. Oh wait...like Burlington? Really? Could we get two biomass plants please!
DeleteThe Schools DO NOT use biomass electrical generators of the likes planned for N. Springfield.
DeleteStop making things sound so trivial.
45 public schools in Vermont, Green Mountain College, and Middlebury College use biomass to reduce their energy costs.
Delete@ 8:52 AM
DeleteOh ??? please answer ... ???
How many use "biomass" to create electricity ....
I am waiting for the #.
The Middlebury College and Green Mountain College Biomass system both are used to create electricity.
DeleteThe GMC system provides the campus with 85% of its heating needs and 20% of its electricity needs.
http://www.greenmtn.edu/news_events/new_releases/biomass-facility-opening.aspx
The Midd College system also produces 20% of their campus electricity needs.
http://www.addisonindependent.com/node/1913
I dont know about you, but i am so sick of these liberal colleges trying to reduce their carbon footprint and protect our environment as well as supporting local businesses by using dirty fuels like wood.
so the answer to how many schools is 2 ??
Deleteand for no more than 20% .... ?
I think that shows the difference pretty well.
Do you want to know how many homes in vermont have a wood stove .....
Let's admit it.
The following items should not be compared to a "biomass" incinerator for commercial electrical production.
1.The School's heating systems
2.The Perkin's Deli
3.and my wood stove....
I want to know why they would like our name address and telephone number if we are going to attend?
ReplyDeleteThey are creating a red and a blue list.
DeleteThe blue list will be burned in the biomass generator and the red list will be made into laughingstocks of the town but will be allowed to go on paying taxes.
The McNeil biomass plant near Burlington, and touted by biomass proponents, is the number one air-pollution source in the entire state of Vermont and emits 79 pollutants including dioxin.
ReplyDeleteThe particulate emissions from wood burning data above are 7 times worse than oil, 14 times worse than natural gas and 25 times worse than propane. Even if better pollution controls are used, the wood emission profile remains worse than other fuels that use similar pollution control technologies.
The American Heart Association: says “Short-term exposure to particulate matter air pollution contributes
to acute cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and exposure to elevated particulate levels over the long
term can reduce life expectancy by a few years.
The American Lung Association opposes biomass: “The American Lung Association does not support biomass
combustion for electricity production, a category that includes wood, wood products, agricultural residues or
forest wastes, and potentially highly toxic feed-stocks, such as construction and demolition waste”. “The
American Lung Association recognizes that pollution from the combustion of wood and other biomass sources
poses a significant threat to human health, and supports measures to transition away from using these
products for heat production.”
Thank you for your honesty.
DeleteThe biomass plant is not near Burlington, VT; IT IS PRACTICALLY IN ITS DOWNTOWN.
DeleteI am having a hard time understanding if burning wood for electricty is soooo bad for your health and Burlington is burning a lot of wood at Mcneil, then why does it (the city of Burlington) keep being named as one of the healthiest places to live, or one of the best places to raise a family, or one of the best places to retire? Surely, Fobers, the CDC, Outside Magazine, Men's Health, the United Health Foundation, et al, would listen to the American Lung Associations poor depiction of the city's harmful biomass plant.
http://www.vermont.org/About_Burlington/accolades.aspx
Who wants to be like Burlington anyway? Booming and sprawling community AND a great place for business??? Make it two plants! #IBMallover
DeleteMove to Burlington then.
DeleteGo work for IBM too.
I don't want to live in a place like Burlington and I don't want to work for IBM
yes, who would want to live in one of America's best small cities? #crazytalk
DeleteThinking that if you put in a biomass generator... It's going to turn N. Springfield into Burlington is #crazytalk
DeleteThinking that protesting development and industry in an INDUSTRIAL PARK hinders the growth and prosperity of an entire town is #100% correct.
DeleteAm not sure about this biomass plant, if it would make us like Burlington then my daughter might find a job and who would keep me an my hone company. Plus if it became like Burlington there would be all those elitest people with jobs, etc. walking around with their noses in the air. Hm? How is it that all those elitest people don't smell the biomass plant there?
Delete@ 8:57...
DeleteIt doesn't benefit the growth and prosperity of an entire town.. It benefits the growth and prosperity of Winstanley.
It will cost an entire town and everything in it as an initial expense and from there on, you will no longer have North Springfield. If it wasn't this way, they wouldn't need everyone's permission.
the culture WILL change and never again be the same.
we need a culture change in this town. #allforchange
DeleteI like the culture here, except my daughter would like to find a man without a prison record. She has slimmed way down to 225lbs in her stocking feet, and they are beautiful feet. But, don't think I want any of those high falutin people who finished high school moving here because of jobs, and I thought those industrial parks were for growing wildflowers, my hone likes to look for wildflowers over there.
Deleteone can not compare the schools heating with biomass to an electrical generating plant --one is LT 1MW the other is 35 MW and is only 35% efficient. Heating and Electrical generation are very different--as is the size. This is no small matter!
ReplyDeletethank you for your honesty
DeleteAll NOSAG members attending tonight's meeting must wear a white armband at least 4 inches wide with a large red-eye symbol on the right sleeve of their inner and outer garments to allow them to be properly identified. Also they may only speak when directed to do so. Violations will be punished.
ReplyDeletemust control the truth!!!
DeleteCough, cough, cough, achoo, cough, cough ........ Won't that be fun and make your day?
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