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Canary News and Action
October 14, 2005
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- Another New EPA Proposal Would Gut NSR Provisions
- Mushroom Benefit for the Canary Coalition, Oct 19 at Lake Powatan
- Monthly membership meeting, Thursday, October 27, 7pm, Sylva
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Another New EPA Proposal Would Gut NSR Provisions EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson announced at a press conference on October 13 that "EPA is eliminating NSR as a national enforcement priority." The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new set of rule changes to the New Source Review (NSR) Provisions of the Clean Air Act that would have such a negative impact that apparently there is significant dissent within the agency itself. An internal memorandum from a top official in the Air Quality Enforcement Division of EPA , leaked to the Natural Resources Defense Council, calls the new rule changes "largely unenforceable and contrary to congressional intent." The new rule changes would remove annual emission standards and replace them with hourly standards for older power plants that are upgraded, renovated or expanded. This will enable expanded hourly operations of grandfathered facilities, without triggering the New Source Review process, despite greater annual emissions output. The effect of these changes will be to negate the purpose of the NSR provisions, meant to eventually phase out grandfather exemptions and to ratchet-down overall emissions over a period of time. The Canary Coalition has contacted NC Attorney General Cooper's office and urged him to aggressively oppose this new NSR revision that could have a profound negative effect on North Carolina's air quality. North Carolina is downwind from dozens of older power plants that will be allowed to expand operations and increase annual emissions if this new rule is allowed to be implemented. For more information about the EPA's draft proposal go to http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/050831a.asp Write or call NC Attorney General Roy Cooper and DENR Secretary Bill Ross and urge them to take action, along with other states, on behalf of the State of North Carolina against the EPA's new NSR revisions. Tell them you're a member of the Canary Coalition. NC Office of the Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602-0629 e-mail: agjus@mail.jus.state.nc.us Telephone: (919) 716-6400 Fax: (919) 716-6750
Secretary
Bill Ross email:
bill.ross@ncmail.net
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Mushroom Benefit
for the Canary Coalition, October 19 To register, call 828-279-2870 $40
requested donation
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Monthly membership meeting, Thursday, October 27, 7pm, Sylva This months membership meeting will be held at Soul Infusion Tea House, 628 E. Main Street, in Sylva, NC, October 27, 7pm. Map Board member Dr. Marsha Hammond will chair the meeting. Agenda items will include: 1) Action against EPA's new NSR proposal |
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If you have not already done so, please renew your annual membership with the CanaryCoalition and help keep the database updated with your most recent contact information. There is no annual membership fee, although all donations are gratefully accepted (and very much needed). All new and renewing members receive the interactive membership card, a business card-sized CD that works in your computer’s CDROM. The membership card is a powerful tool that aids its owner in being a clean-air activist. It contains a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation about air quality and the Canary Coalition that can be shown to friends, groups, classrooms, etc. Also on the membership card is a library of documents containing information on important air quality issues. There are also graphics for iron-on applications, printable membership forms and a link to the CC website. For donations of $25 or more tee-shirts are available upon request. Send contact information and donations to: Canary Coalition PO Box 653 Sylva, NC 28779
or you can donate online
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