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Dorney, John
From: John Dorney [e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 5:16 PM
To: [e-mail]; Roger Edwards; Jon Risgaard
Subject: Re: Your immediate attention is needed regarding ALCOA
Thank you for your comments. I will enter these comments into the official record and forward
them to the Hearing Officers for their review.
georgiann(@kirico.com wrote:
> Mr. John Dorney
> NC Division of Water Quality, 401/Wetlands Unit
> 1650 Mail Service Center
> Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
> Dear Mr. Dorney,
> Please make ALCOA clean up the contamination it has left along
> the Yadkin River.
> People swim and fish in the Yadkin and are exposed to
> contaminants in it. It would be wrong to let ALCOA walk off with
> a valuable hydropower license while sticking the community with
> the burden of cleaning up the company's toxic wastes.
> Moreover, in the absence of careful studies of water, sediment,
> and fish contamination above and below the Baden Lake dam,
> there's no way to be sure the dam operations proposed in the
> license won't make the contamination problems worse. This risk
> needs thorough analysis; in the meantime, please do not issue
> the 401 water quality certification for ALCOA's hydropower
> license.
> I'm copying my state legislators so they can see my concern
> about this issue.
> Sincerely,
> Georgiann Kiricoples
> PO Box 24547
> Winston Salem, NC 27114
> cc:
> Senator Linda Garrou
> Representative Dale Folwell
John Dorney
Wetland Program Development Unit
1
Parkview Building
2321 Crabtree Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27604
(o) 919-733-9646
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