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Foes of Brockton power plant seek more pollution testing
Stop the Power, an anti-power plant group in Brockton, is seeking to meet with the state's secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, to secure additional testing for airborne pollution.
Ed Donga
The Enterprise
BROCKTON – Group asks state official to add another level of environmental monitoring
Power plant opponents are seeking a meeting with Richard Sullivan, the state's secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, in an attempt to bring further air pollution testing to Brockton.
In a letter addressed to Sullivan, Stop the Power, an anti-power plant group headed by entrepreneur Ed Byers, is asking to meet with the secretary to discuss bringing testing to the city for carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, Ozone-1 and volatile organic compounds.
The proposed power plant is on hold. Its developers, Brockton Power LLC, have sued the city for blocking its attempt to construct and operate the 350-megawatt plant that they want to build on the city's south side.
About six months ago, the group was able to bring testing for fine particulate matter to Brockton when a monitoring station was set up at the Gilmore School in Brockton after a similar meeting with Sullivan.
"It's the smallest pollution that you don't really see, but does the most havoc to your health," said Byers on the fine particulate matter.
In the letter, the group states that Brockton has a large at-risk population, including "high minority, poverty stricken, elderly and with high incidence of childhood asthma."
While Byers added that he is thankful for the testing that the city has already received, he said the additional testing would be able to provide residents with a more complete picture of the airborne pollution in Brockton.
"It would be like going to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor only checking your ears, but not your throat or blood pressure or sugar," said Byers of Brockton's current testing situation.
The data could also help resolve the ongoing debate over the proposed Brockton power plant, said Byers.
"If we had the technical data, this plant wouldn't have been dragged out over all of these years," Byers said. "Get the emotion out of it. We need to have the technical data."
Byers added that the additional testing would also be a more accurate measurement than the testing conducted at Logan Airport in Boston, which has previously been used to determine Brockton's suitability for the plant.< The group is seeking to have state Rep. Michael Brady facilitate the meeting after Brady aided in arranging the group's last meeting with Sullivan.
- See more at: http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20140205/NEWS/140207839/11669/NEWS#sthash.jaiNg1ME.dpuf
The Enterprise
BROCKTON – Group asks state official to add another level of environmental monitoring
Power plant opponents are seeking a meeting with Richard Sullivan, the state's secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, in an attempt to bring further air pollution testing to Brockton.
In a letter addressed to Sullivan, Stop the Power, an anti-power plant group headed by entrepreneur Ed Byers, is asking to meet with the secretary to discuss bringing testing to the city for carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, Ozone-1 and volatile organic compounds.
The proposed power plant is on hold. Its developers, Brockton Power LLC, have sued the city for blocking its attempt to construct and operate the 350-megawatt plant that they want to build on the city's south side.
About six months ago, the group was able to bring testing for fine particulate matter to Brockton when a monitoring station was set up at the Gilmore School in Brockton after a similar meeting with Sullivan.
"It's the smallest pollution that you don't really see, but does the most havoc to your health," said Byers on the fine particulate matter.
In the letter, the group states that Brockton has a large at-risk population, including "high minority, poverty stricken, elderly and with high incidence of childhood asthma."
While Byers added that he is thankful for the testing that the city has already received, he said the additional testing would be able to provide residents with a more complete picture of the airborne pollution in Brockton.
"It would be like going to the hospital for a check-up, and the doctor only checking your ears, but not your throat or blood pressure or sugar," said Byers of Brockton's current testing situation.
The data could also help resolve the ongoing debate over the proposed Brockton power plant, said Byers.
"If we had the technical data, this plant wouldn't have been dragged out over all of these years," Byers said. "Get the emotion out of it. We need to have the technical data."
Byers added that the additional testing would also be a more accurate measurement than the testing conducted at Logan Airport in Boston, which has previously been used to determine Brockton's suitability for the plant.< The group is seeking to have state Rep. Michael Brady facilitate the meeting after Brady aided in arranging the group's last meeting with Sullivan.
- See more at: http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20140205/NEWS/140207839/11669/NEWS#sthash.jaiNg1ME.dpuf
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