#Bellingham #WA: Update. 2/15 Public Hearing. Comments accepted thru 2/22 RE: Engineering Design for proposed $9 million project

Good news. A public hearing will be held. Please click on one of the links below that go to the Cornwall Ave Landfill site at Washington State Department of Ecology and view the details. Please attend the 2/15 meeting which will be in the evening in Bellingham at the Ecology office. Comments may still be submitted online or via other means through 2/22. Thanks to all who are participating in trying to prevent harm to nature.

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1/19 POST

1963 photo of Cornwall Ave Landfill (by Phil Robbins)

I imagine there are many similar projects nationwide, such as former landfills and former logging transportation sites. It would be interesting to compare how other towns, counties and states have addressed such waste sites, are considering the problem, or are ignoring it.

A public comment notice was published and mailed by the Washington State Department of Ecology in December 2017 saying at least 10 comments from Bellingham area citizens calling for a public hearing would result in one being held. This is in regard to preliminary designs for a portion of contaminated coastal land and bay being cleaned up. Did you happen to see it?

December 2017 mailing from
WA State Dept. of Ecology

I imagine comments by any number of citizens beyond ten would be constructive. Comments may be submitted by individuals or organizations. In the past, extensive comments have been submitted for work being done at this site, but it seems to me that louder input by more people/associations would help a lot.

Please review the Cornwall Avenue Landfill Cleanup Site (which includes links to the Engineering Design Report and addresses of locations where you can review hard copies). Please submit a comment, whether one sentence or a scientific study. You can attach files too. Include your specific request for a public hearing if you agree this so warrants. In my comment, I asked that more than one opportunity be created for citizens to contribute their input.

Please note that Ecology is upgrading its website and I got some 404 errors when I was hopping around. Please make note of how the Department has set up the specific page URL for the moment: https://Bit.ly/CornwallAveLandfill

The page to submit comments is https://Bit.ly/Cornwall-EDR-Comments deadline to request a public hearing is January 31. 

Thank you!

P.S. I recommend the very informative background provided by North Sound Baykeeper in these two articles:

http://northsoundbaykeeper.blogspot.com/2011/12/bellinghams-cornwall-landfill-in-1960.html

http://northsoundbaykeeper.blogspot.com/2013/04/rds-road-to-mrf.html

USA: Federal Data Shows Firefighting Chemicals in U.S. Drinking Water Sources | KQED Science

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This is worrisome:
Federal Data Shows Firefighting Chemicals in U.S. Drinking Water Sources | KQED Science

USA & beyond: Fracking. Why Are Cows' Tails Dropping Off?

This important article originally appeared in The Nation, and is linked here from Truthout. We are poisoning ourselves, the planet, and the other animals by allowing the proliferation of pollutants, contaminants, and poisons by people in the gas business doing fracking.
Why Are Cows Tails Dropping Off?

Ranch cow that has lost tail, one of many ailments found in cattle following hydrofracturing of the Bakken Shale in North Dakota  (photo source: Jacki Schilke, Ranch owner who also suffers ailments)

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World: Fireworks - Cheap Thrills with Toxic Consequences

The following link is to a page at BackCountryAttitude - Outdoor Recreation Resources for Hikers a fantastic educational site provided by Chris Conway. There is no reason for modern society to continue with fireworks traditions when the hazards are so well known and substitutes such as laser shows are available.

Fireworks - Cheap Thrills with Toxic Consequences

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Duwamish

Pacific NW | Reclaiming the Duwamish River | Seattle Times Newspaper

Alumina

10/9/10: Calamity upon calamity: article from Associated Press


The following paragraph is from the October 7th UN Wire (click here for entire SmartBrief)

• Poisonous sludge reaches Danube Hungarians were working to stem a flow of toxic sludge that has begun to spill into the Danube in what Greenpeace is characterizing as "one of the top three environmental disasters in Europe in the last 20 or 30 years." The leak from a reservoir at an aluminum plant already has resulted in the deaths of four and injuries to hundreds, and notably has killed all the fish in the Marcal river. The New York Times (free registration) (10/7) , BBC (10/7)

10/7/10: The toxic sludge has reached the southern fork of the Danube River.  Hungary has opened a criminal investigation of the disaster.
The Wiki for this current event is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajka_alumina_plant_accident

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE6941MT20101005

"Oct 5 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Tuesday a sludge spill in western Hungary that killed four people may have been caused by human error and there was no sign of it being due to natural causes. Orban also told a news conference there was no threat of radiation in the area affected by the flood of red mud from the reservoir of an alumina factory, owned by MAL Zrt.
Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties earlier on Tuesday, the day after a torrent of toxic red sludge tore through local villages, killing four people and injuring about 120."