Green Bay and River PCB Cleanup
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An Independent
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Green Bay and River PCB Cleanup |
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The public is invited to get a second opinion, ask questions,
and prepare for making written comments on the proposed $307 million cleanup
of the PCB contamination of the Fox River, which flows into southern Green
Bay.
A key shortcoming of the plan: no cleanup is proposed for the southern Bay hotspots, which dooms the overall Bay to continuing serious PCB contamination and fish-eating warnings for more than a century into the future. This impacts communities far north of the Fox River region. Wednesday, Dec. 12
Room M117, University of Wisconsin,
Marinette
Our guest speaker will be Dr. Jeffrey Foran, Toxicologist and Adjunct Professor at the School of Allied Health, UW Milwaukee, and President/CEO of Citizens for a Better Environment. He has had 20 years of experience in the field of human health and ecological toxicology. He has been hired by a coalition of local and regional citizen groups, using an EPA Superfund Technical Assistance Grant (TAG), to review the Fox River plan details, with a focus on health protection. Dr. Foran's presentation will be an independent overview of the PCB contamination problem and proposed cleanup plan, in everyday terms, including concerns about the plan's weaknesses. He will also answer questions from the public. Additional background materials will be provided by Clean Water Action Council, including materials two other independent TAG experts: Donna Boreck, a geologist hired to review the physical aspects of PCB sediment management and the remediation methods chosen in the plan, and William Acker, an engineer reviewing the costs and feasibility analysis. Co-sponsored by: Clean Water Action Council, Lawrence University Geology Department and Environmental Studies Program, Greenfire, Citizens for a Better Environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Great Lakes United, Twin Cities Rod & Gun Club, Door County Environmental Council, Brown County Conservation Alliance (includes 16 hunting, fishing, boating and other outdoors groups), Chappee Rapids Audubon Society (Marinette), and the Northeast Wisconsin Student Environmental Network.
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CONTENT BY: Rebecca Katers WEB DESIGN BY: DataScouts WEB HOSTING BY: Doteasy |
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