tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post3362377989588668569..comments2023-05-20T06:45:28.421-07:00Comments on ALABAMA CONFIDENTIAL: "EPA Promoted the Use of Coal Ash Products With Incomplete Risk Information" OIG Report March 2011Max Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462265300417588171noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-1136141212805520432011-03-27T07:45:55.589-07:002011-03-27T07:45:55.589-07:00Alabama Press is asleep on this report. Wonder why...Alabama Press is asleep on this report. Wonder why?<br /><br />Only ABC 33/40 picked up the AP story:<br /><br />http://www.abc3340.com/Global/story.asp?S=14317486<br /><br />"We have many decades of beneficial use of these products with no damage cases that have resulted from this beneficial use," said Thomas Adams, executive director of the American Coal Ash Association, in Aurora, becauseIsaidsonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-82584670646790304632011-03-25T20:58:30.330-07:002011-03-25T20:58:30.330-07:00Big Coal laughs at us and uses us as it toys.
What...Big Coal laughs at us and uses us as it toys.<br />What the EPA did with this was use us all as test subjects without our consent.<br />I am not happy.leftemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-67641140542811932772011-03-25T20:34:41.359-07:002011-03-25T20:34:41.359-07:00One of these days these so called elected official...One of these days these so called elected officials are going to screw up and the damage is going to be so bad we can charge them as terrorists cause they made weapons of mass destruction. <br /><br />Perhaps the President will continue to keep Gitmo open. I hear the rent is cheap down Cuba way.Professor Pithynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-33875907745400457382011-03-25T13:34:29.917-07:002011-03-25T13:34:29.917-07:00This was reckless as hell. EPA should be ashamed o...This was reckless as hell. EPA should be ashamed of what they have done. Is this the way all recycling goes? Let the producers of the toxic mess decide what the rules should be?<br />Are freakin' kidding me?WaterLilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-7888780645140611592011-03-25T08:46:30.131-07:002011-03-25T08:46:30.131-07:00That kind of puts the nail in the coffin now doesn...That kind of puts the nail in the coffin now doesn't it?<br />There is nothing about this report that shows the supposed first priority of this agency, protecting the public health, what it does reveal is that industry lobbyists wrote the plan.<br />Damning is a mild way of putting it.<br />We should all thank the OIG for having the wherewithal to do this.Baxternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-59102050866902317462011-03-25T08:27:38.806-07:002011-03-25T08:27:38.806-07:00Oh sure, the Alabama Legislature is transparent--y...Oh sure, the Alabama Legislature is transparent--you can see right through them.<br /><br />These guys have their heads in the sand when it comes to acknowledging that coal ash is hazardous.No Quarry in Vincentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-58092415875640031842011-03-25T07:47:31.300-07:002011-03-25T07:47:31.300-07:00Coal fly ash dumped into pits in Gambrills has con...Coal fly ash dumped into pits in Gambrills has contaminated nearby water supplies and the air as well.<br /><br />"We don't know how much exposure there is ... but what we do know is that all of this was preventable," said Brad Heavner, director of Environment Maryland, which had dust samples tested for fly ash.<br /><br />Fly ash causes respiratory inflammation, and it can enter coalwatchernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-13871842817782117892011-03-25T04:50:18.361-07:002011-03-25T04:50:18.361-07:00Oopsy....Oopsy....5Pointsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-48044884777357258152011-03-25T01:59:16.918-07:002011-03-25T01:59:16.918-07:00Amazing. I did not see this coming.Amazing. I did not see this coming.Goat Hill Goatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-35892460194001080902011-03-25T01:56:13.829-07:002011-03-25T01:56:13.829-07:00Even with 26 lobbyists, AP could not stop this.
F...Even with 26 lobbyists, AP could not stop this.<br /><br />From my initial summation I think it's a real good possibility EPA's delay doing that coal ash definition and announcing it would be making a decision about the regulation in 2012, was just a filler announcement. Delay tactic. They had to say something. Surely you didn't think it was going to be the truth. <br /><br />Perhaps Pookienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-82782291207661329252011-03-25T01:09:17.582-07:002011-03-25T01:09:17.582-07:00How disappointing it will be for Mr. Marsh and Mr....How disappointing it will be for Mr. Marsh and Mr. Canfield once they realize how they were played by ADEM. And how disappointing is it going to be for Phil Davis and Vernon Barnett, McCrary and all the others who were counting on this bill to 'fix' so many of their problems and to 'save' them so much money and at the same time get a little bonus land money for the worthy.<br /><Uncle Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-88040978038787831922011-03-25T00:32:11.537-07:002011-03-25T00:32:11.537-07:00What a bombshell! And I hope it is in time to conv...What a bombshell! And I hope it is in time to convince the Senate Commerce, Transportation and Utilities Committee not to pass this bill (SB80) out of their committee. It should have been dead on arrival. Mr. Canfield and Mr. Marsh could have said NO. ADEM would have searched for another pair to tote their water. As sad as this may sound, there are dumber representatives in Montgomery than Annette in Alabamanoreply@blogger.com