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Dorney, John
From: John Dorney [e-mail]]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 9:02 AM
To: scott king; Roger Edwards; Jon Risgaard
Subject: Re: Alcoa 401 Water Quality Certification
Thank you for your comments. I will enter these comments into the official record and forward
them to the Hearing officers for their review.
scott king wrote:
> Dear Mr. Dorney,
> As a concerned citizen of North Carolina, I am urging the NC Division
> of Water Quality staff and the government of North Carolina to
> recognize their responsibility to protect public health and the
> environment. Please deny Alcoa's 401 Water Quality Certification at
> this time. Alcoa has acknowledged they have contaminated Badin Lake
> with carcinogenic PAH's (poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), PCB's
> (polychlorinated biphenyls) as well as heavy metals and other
> contaminants associated with their aluminum manufacturing.
> Recent fish testing data and sediment sampling conducted by the state
> in Badin Lake has not been completed. This critical information needs
> to be made available to the public and thoroughly reviewed before the
> permit request can be even considered. More importantly, NC has an
> obligation to require Alcoa to address all contamination issues, low
> dissolved oxygen levels and many other environmental and public health
> concerns for which Alcoa is responsible. I understand that Alcoa
> represents an important economic source in this difficult times, and I
> have no intent to see them ruined. I just believe that a company as
> large and profitable as Alcoa can afford to clean up the mess it
> makes. Doing so would also encourage more responsible behavior in the
> future. North Carolina is granting Alcoa the privilege of using our
> natural resources and we deserve better behavior on their part.
> Contamination of public trust waters, left to attenuate naturally,
> will inevitably allow pollution to migrate downstream passing through
> dams and effecting people, fish and the wildlife. There are numerous
> examples around the country on the James, the Hudson and Housatanic
> Rivers where upstream contamination continued to be a persistent
> environmental problem for many decades after its discovery, causing
> millions of dollars in economic and environmental damage. Alcoa has no
> right to pass on its toxic legacy to the citizens of NC. Please deny
> their 401 permit request and protect our public waters.
> Most sincerely,
> Scott King, LSS
> 303 N Boylan Ave
> Raleigh, NC 27603
> 919-834-9921
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John Dorney
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