NYSDEC to extend the i3 draft Permit Public Comment Period and Hold Hearings

Thanks Rachel! Yes this seems like a great first step. I talked to Mark Bacon and he was not so happy. He brought me back to earth. Here is our joint statement on behalf of CCoE:

Mark Bacon and Bill Huston,  steering committee for Concerned Citizens of Endicott make this statement:

"These trucks have been dumping 80,000 gallons of poison per day in Endicott since 2011. This waste was never allowed under i3 Electronics original SPDES permit, but allowed by NYS DEC under a secret pilot program, with no public notice, no hearings, no public participation, and worst off all,    NO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW under SEQRA(*). Still the trucks continue. This operator is the continuous progeny of IBM, which has left a toxic legacy here, dumping of massive amounts of dangerous chemicals in the ground and groundwater, due to neglect, incompetence, operator error, mechanical failure, and intentional illegal dumping. We will be happy when these trucks stop bringing poisons into a Village which is already a TCE contaminate Superfund site."

(* As far as we can tell so far. DEC has not yet answered all of our requests for records on this matter.)

-- Bill Huston, Mark Bacon; Concerned Citizens of Endicott


On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Rachel Treichler <rachel@ecobooks.com> wrote:
> Good news!
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> From: tim.digiulio@dec.ny.gov
> CC: reginald.parker@dec.ny.gov, sandra.lizlovs@dec.ny.gov
> Sent: 7/21/2016 3:02:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
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> All,
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> Due to the enhanced public interest in regards to the i3 draft Permit, NYSDEC will hold a Public Information Session and Legislative Hearing along with extending the public comment period.  The Department is working on scheduling a date and location but anticipates the Public Information Session and Hearing will be held in mid-September and the public comment period will be extended until the end part of September.  Please share this news with others who may not be on this distribution.  Once the details are finalized, a formal announcement will be made.
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> Timothy DiGiulio, P.E.
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