Opinion: Governor Peter Shumlin is Polluting Vermont

Give Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin's administration an F- for providing an air pollution permit to a proposed BIOMASS Plant in a residential neighborhood of Springfield, Vermont.

Governor Peter Shumlin is Polluting Vermont! Apr. 20th, 2013 at 11:47 AM Give Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin's administration an F- for providing an air pollution permit to a proposed BIOMASS Plant in a residential neighborhood of Springfield, Vermont, a neighborhood of many low income Vermonters. This is abuse against low income Vemonters! Peter Shumlin's administration is trying to kill children in a city with many low income people with ASTHMA. The State of Vermont will LOSE MONEY over this plant, the cost of asthma cases will increase! Tourism will go DOWN! American Bald Ealges living next door to the plant's ten stories high tower spewing pollution nearby Stoughton Pond could die! Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin should be Impeached! The West, Texas FERTILIZER PLANT had a fire this past week, after the Boston Marathon bombings, and volunteer firemen went to put it out, but the fire caused the fertilizer plant to blow up killing many of the volunteer firemen, workers and citizens. (14 Dead so far, investigators are still searching the charred ruins for bodies.) The neighborhood was on fire for four blocks around, including a children's school. The first comment on the internet stated that it was clearly unwise to have a FERTILIZER PLANT in a residential neighborhood, but the commenter wasn't sure if the neighborhood grew up around the plant after it was built, being convenient to live next door, without understanding that any plant of this type is known to be able to blow up. I believe it is STUPID to allow the proposed BIOMASS PLANT in the residential neighborhood of Springfield, Vermont or any where in Vermont because of its low output efficiency of electricity generated per tree wiped off the face of the planet. Did you know that there are 24,000 homeless war Veterans in the United States? These trees in Vermont could be used to make log cabins for the homeless war Veterans to live in. The Constitution of the State of Vermont requires that prisoners work for the public in view of the public, and they could be building log cabins for homeless war Veterans, while Loggers safely take the trees down, providing them with just as much paid work. There is a huge Prison in Springfield, VT and they should be doing work for the public. Many low income families move to Springfield to be near their loved ones who are incarcerated. If marijuana was totally legal, like God intended it to be (Holy Bible, Genesis), then there would be no need for a Prison in Springfield, VT. The prisoners' families suffer from low self esteem. The children need all the programs they can get because many have a combined problem of living in a low income family and having the psychological trauma of a family member being caged like an animal in a zoo, minus the zoo swimming pool and raw steaks for the Bears. For each homeless war Veteran, moved into a log cabin in Vermont, within reach of Springfield Hospital for health care, their monthly Veterans paycheck would be spent locally in the community, and be of far greater benefit to the people of Springfield and surrounding towns than a filthy, stinking, polluting, asthma - causing biomass plant spewing into our air and making Stoughton Pond - N. Springfield Recreation Area American Bald Eagles wonder why the State of Vermont sold out to some rich guy named Adam Winstanley who lives in Massachusetts and won't be breathing his filthy Biomass Air Pollution himself. If 500 homeless war Veterans moved from the cardboard they sleep in on city sidewalks in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. and New York City, to Vermont, then 500 homeless war Veterans multiplied times about $900. disability check would mean $450,000. a month spent into the local community stores rather than polluting the air we breathe, plus their health care benefits would pay local doctors and pharmacies. There's no reason why White River Junction, 50 miles away from Springfield, Vermont, should have a monopoly on Veterans' Health Care. Maybe the federal government would give them "fuel assistance" benefits so the Loggers would have even more paid work taking trees and cutting them into firewood logs for the homeless war Veterans who are now freezing in the winter months, forgotten about after their servie to our Country. Please note that my perennial political campaign address has changed to http://indyVT.com Cris Ericson indyVT@aceweb.com I live four miles as the Hawks fly from the proposed Biomass Plant, and would be in view of the spewing pollution from the tower. The trucks coming and going from the proposed Biomass Plant would drive back and forth all day by my property ( Warranty Deed states I own 20 feet of Rte 103) and create noise, pollution and make my little house vibrate on its foundation. Governor Peter Shumlin's administration is trying to destroy the reasonable habitability of my home and the surrounding wildlife in a 12 mile radius. Cris Ericson 879 Church Street (corner of Rte 103) Chester, Vermont 05143 (802)875-4038 From: Snook, Steven [Steven.Snook@state.vt.us] Sent: 4/19/2013 2:49:20 PM To: Subject: 2013-04-19 - Air Pollution Control Permit issued to NSSEP - Noticeto Commenters Attachments: APCD Response Comments on NSSEP Draft Air Permit Documents.pdf (294.82 Kb) tap11038.pdf (402.39 Kb ) ap11038.pdf (293.68 Kb) You are receiving this email because you provided the Vermont Air Pollution Control Division (VT APCD) your email address and you either provided the VT APCD comments on the draft air permit for the North Springfield Sustainable Energy Project, LLC, or you attended the 9/29/2012 public meeting for the draft air permit. On August 9th, 2012, the VT APCD issued a draft Air Pollution Control Construction permit to North Springfield Sustainable Energy Project, LLC. During the public comment phase of the permit development process, the VT APCD received numerous comments on the draft permit and the technical support document. After a thorough review of all the comments received the VT APCD has developed responses to the written comments, and these responses have been compiled into a document along with a summary of the comments. Note that as a result of the comments there have been some changes made to the permit and technical support document. Today, April 19th, 2013, the VT APCD is issuing the final Air Pollution Control Permit to Construction to North Springfield Sustainable Energy Project, LLC. Copies of these documents are attached to this email. We will also be making electronic copies of the signed permit, technical support document and the Agency’s responses to the comments available online at: http://www.anr.state.vt.us/air/Permitting/htm/OperatePerm its.htm – there may be a delay of a few days before the documents are available on the website. Steven Snook Environmental Engineer Air Pollution Control Division Davis Building – 2nd Floor One National Life Drive Montpelier, VT 05620-3802