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NEW CONTENT MOVED TO MIDDLEBORO REVIEW 2

Toyota

Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Thursday, July 30, 2009

Brockton's Dirty Air .....

won't stay in Brockton regardless of how insulated Middleboro pretends it is.


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Regarding the Brockton Power Plant, the Brockton Enterprise reports --
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A state energy board has signaled it may approve a construction permit for the 350-megawatt power plant at the meeting in Boston — the last step for the project at the state level.
But Brockton officials who oppose the plant still hope to change the board’s mind.
As part of this, they plan to highlight what the city Board of Health calls a high level of particulate matter in the city — which would rise with the estimated 85 tons of particulates to be emitted by the plant each year.

According to Dockery, many studies link health effects with particulate levels allowed by the EPA.
“I don’t think there’s any evidence that there is a ‘safe’ level” for particulate matter, he said. “It appears that each incremental increase in the particle levels has an associated incremental health effect.”
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Dirty Coal: On Coal River included --




FACT:


During normal operations there would be only three (3) to seven (7) workers
at the proposed plant.



CHECK:


The Energy Facilities Siting Board Memorandum (Page 41). READ NOW


If They Build It, It Will Bring:


109 Tons per year Carbon Monoxide
10 Tons per year Hazardous Air Pollutants
85 Tons per year Particulate Matter
7 Tons per year Sulfur Dioxide
31 Tons per year Volatile Organic Compounds
107 Tons per year Oxides of Nitrogen1,
134,000 Tons per year Carbon Dioxide



1,600,000 Gallons

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of Treated Sewage Water Mist



Into Our Air Everyday From cooling towers.


750,000 Gallons of diesel fuel will be stored at the plant, to replenish would require


37 Round Trips each day for 60 days by 10,000 gallon oil tankers delivering diesel.


Brockton is already ranked

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ninth (9th)

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on the list of

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environmentally overburdened

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New England communities.

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Gridlock! Anyone? Add 50,000 cars per day according to the calculations used by the Middleboro Casino Study Committee and maybe as many more to retain 100 employees at the Raynham Slot Parlor, along with the Brockton Power Plant that will employ 20 workers burning diesel fuel.

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