NCD980602163_19990812_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Email re Revised Draft Letter-OCR

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From: Jim McCleskey <[e-mail] >
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Subject: Revised ---PCB Detox Funds --Draft Letter from Local Committee
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 14:13:42 -0400
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Looks good to me -thanks Henry. Revised draft below UlCOfJX>rating
your suggestion.
-----Orit:!inal Messat:!e-----
From: Henry Lanc;,ter [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:20 PM
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Sherri Evans-Stanton@mail .ehnr .state.nc.us;
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[e-mail] Subject: Re: RE: RE: PCB Detox Funds
--Draft Letter from Local Committee
How ahout this as the second sentence of the first paragraph:
This is not only a critical project for the Warren County but it is
also the heilweather event in the nation's stntt:!t:!le to contend with
cleaning up its toxic communities. Consideral1le public and private
resources have come together to forge a mutually acceptable
resolution. We hope that ....
>>>Jim McCleskey <[e-mail]> 08/12 11 :30 AM > > >
Thanks Henry. Can you or Diane suggest language?
DRAFT
August , i 999
Dear Rep. Clayton / Rep. Price / Sen. Edwards:
We are writing to thank you for your support for designation of $7
million in the FY 2000 Environmental Protection Agency appropriations
to assist the State of North Carolina with detoxification of the
Warren County PCB landfill.
This is not only a critical project for Warren County; it is also the
hellweather event in the nation's stmggle to contend with cleaning up
its toxic communities. Considerable public and private resources have
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come together to forge a mutually acceptable resolution. We hope that
you will intensify your efforts as the Congress again takes up
consideration of the VA/HUD Independent Agencies appropriations bill
after the Lahor Day recess.
We are very pleased that Governor Hunt and the NC General Assembly
have now provided a total of $8 million in state funds for this
purpose in SFY 1999-2000, with $7 million of this total intended to
match federal funds that you are working to obtain through the EPA
appropriations process.·Combined with previous state appropriations
for this purpose totaling $3 million for assessment, final design, and
site preparation, North Carolina has now conunitted a total of $11
million to this effort.
In addition, the EPA has committed a total of $225,000 through the
Agency's Environmental Justice initiative to support our local
stakeholders' conunittee involvement in project development and
oversight --$75,000 each year for 3 years. We are working to train
local residents to be actively involved in the cleanup itself and take
a hands-on role in ridding our community of these wastes which were
illegally clumped in our State and which we do not want in our
community.
The proposed Congressional funding designation would therefore
result in federal support funding less than half of the projected
total cost of the detoxification project. We n~l $7 million from the
EPA to allow the State to proc~l with contracting for this project in
early Spring, 2000. We must reemphasize the import1mce this now places
on success in the final VA/HUD bill.
We understand that you have expresse<l support for this request to the
leadership of the VA/HUD subcommittee; and also understand that the
overall funding situation for this appropriations hill is currently in
question, We certainly hope we can count on your vigorous support for
inclusion of this funding in the final bill as the process moves
ahead.
Thank you for your continued efforts to meet this critical need.
Sincerely,