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Dorney, John
From: John Dorney [e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 1:23 PM
To: RYAN CRAIG; Roger Edwards; Jon Risgaard
Subject: Re: Alcoa Permit Request
Thank you for your comments. I will enter these comments into the official record and forward
them to the Hearing officers for their review.
RYAN CRAIG wrote:
> Dear Mr. Dorney,
> As a concerned citizen, I am urging the NC Division of Water Quality
> staff and the state of North Carolina to recognize their
> responsibility to protect public health and the environment. Please
> deny Alcoa's 401 Water Quality Certification. 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.
> 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.
> Sincerely,
> Ryan Craig
> 8501 Southfield Place
> Raleigh, NC 27615
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