[BCNnet] Important Lake Cal news

Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:15:34 EDT

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I have been invited to (and will attend) a meeting reviewing the New Calumet=
=20
Study Committee proposal referred to in the Sun-Times article below. The=20
meeting will be held at 7pm tonight (Oct 26th) at the Zone Community Center=20=
at=20
Avenue O & 117th Street in Chicago.
I most certainly intend to discuss this proposal at the upcoming BCN meeting=
=20
on November 6th.

Walter Marcisz, Chicago, Cook Co.
WJMarcisz@aol.com

In a message dated 10/26/04 5:54:39 AM Central Daylight Time,=20
rbdoeker@yahoo.com writes:

> From today=E2=80=99s Sun Times

> Randi Doeker

> Chicago

>=20

> Onetime enemies now back landfill expansion=20
> October 26, 2004=20
> BY <A HREF=3D"mailto:gwisby@suntimes.com">GARY WISBY</A> Environment Repor=
ter=20
> Environmentalists and community groups long have opposed plans to expand t=
he=20
> CID landfill in the Southeast Side Calumet area.=20
> Now three activists, all former foes of the expansion, have crafted a=20
> proposal that would permit the move in exchange for millions of dollars of=
=20
> givebacks from the landfill's operator, Waste Management.=20
> "I used to call it the new Calumet mountain range," said Victor Crivello,=20=
an=20
> environmental consultant. Tonight he will unveil the plan at a community=20
> meeting along with Michael Boos, project director of the Wolf Lake Initiat=
ive,=20
> and Jim Landing, a bird expert and professor emeritus at the University of=
=20
> Illinois at Chicago.=20
> Community groups remain adamantly opposed to an expansion, which would add=
 6=20
> million tons of garbage to the facility. But Mayor Daley is in favor.=20
> Unanimous rejection 2 years ago=20
> "It seems like a win-win situation for everybody," said Lance Lewis of the=
=20
> mayor's press office.=20
> Lewis pointed to one of the promised benefits: When the landfill closes in=
=20
> about seven years, a 200-acre park built on top of it will be given to the=
=20
> city.=20
> Waste Management also has promised a $16 million endowment for environment=
al=20
> projects in Calumet, Crivello said. In addition, the endowment will receiv=
e=20
> 25 percent of the profit from selling gas generated by the closed landfill=
=20
> over the next 20 years. And Big Marsh, near the landfill and valued at $4=20
> million, will become part of the Calumet Open Space Reserve.=20
> "It's the largest cash value in the shortest time to ever go to a communit=
y=20
> from a landfill," Crivello said.=20
> A city moratorium on new or growing landfills has been in effect since 198=
7.=20
> But proponents think they can get around that because the expansion is in=20
> the original footprint, in the valley between two huge mounds of garbage.=20
> When Waste Management floated an expansion plan two years ago, Calumet's 1=
4=20
> community organizations unanimously rejected it.=20
> The landfill is incompatible with the host of green improvements coming to=
=20
> Calumet, said Marian Byrnes, an officer of the Southeast Environmental Tas=
k=20
> Force and veteran of decades of environmental battles.=20
> "To us, another landfill is destructive," Byrnes said. Community leaders a=
re=20
> exploring other waste disposal methods that would create little or no=20
> pollution, she said.=20
> "It's not 1987 anymore," Crivello said. He once fought Waste Management ou=
t=20
> of anger at its practices, "but it's time to put that anger behind and mov=
e=20
> forward."=20
> Copyright =C2=A9 The Sun-Times Company
>=20
>=20
>=20

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<HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10>I have been i=
nvited to (and will attend) a meeting reviewing the New Calumet Study Commit=
tee proposal referred to in the Sun-Times article below. The meeting will be=
 held at 7pm tonight (Oct 26th) at the Zone Community Center at Avenue O &am=
p; 117th Street in Chicago.
<BR>I most certainly intend to discuss this proposal at the upcoming BCN mee=
ting on November 6th.
<BR>
<BR>Walter Marcisz, Chicago, Cook Co.
<BR>WJMarcisz@aol.com
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>In a message dated 10/26/04 5:54:39 AM Central Daylight Time, rbdoeker@y=
ahoo.com writes:
<BR>
<BR>
<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-=
LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">From today=E2=80=99s Sun Ti=
mes<BR>Randi Doeker<BR>Chicago<BR><BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D5 PTSIZE=3D16 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><B>Onetime enemies now back landfil=
l expansion </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGR=
OUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial=
" LANG=3D"0"></B>
<BR><I>October 26, 2004</I> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff"=
 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERI=
F" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0"><B>BY</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGR=
OUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial=
" LANG=3D"0"></B> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#0000ff" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"=
BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=
=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><B><A HREF=3D"mailto:gwisby@suntimes.com">GARY WISBY</=
A> Environment Reporter</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" styl=
e=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FA=
CE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B>=20
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Environmentalists and community groups long have opposed plans to exp=
and the</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-=
COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LAN=
G=3D"0"> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUN=
D-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" L=
ANG=3D"0">CID landfill in the Southeast Side Calumet area. </FONT><FONT  COL=
OR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3=
 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Now three activists, all former foes of the expansion, have crafted a=
 proposal that would permit the move in exchange for millions of dollars of=20=
givebacks from the landfill's operator, Waste Management. </FONT><FONT  COLO=
R=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3=20=
PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">"I used to call it the new Calumet mountain range," said Victor Crive=
llo, an environmental consultant. Tonight he will unveil the plan at a commu=
nity meeting along with Michael Boos, project director of the Wolf Lake Init=
iative, and Jim Landing, a bird expert and professor emeritus at the Univers=
ity of Illinois at Chicago. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff"=
 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERI=
F" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Community groups remain adamantly opposed to an expansion, which woul=
d add 6 million tons of garbage to the facility. But Mayor Daley is in favor=
.</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=
 #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0=
">=20
<BR><B>Unanimous rejection 2 years ago</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></B> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000=
" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12=20=
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">"It seems like a win-win situation for everybody," said Lance Lewis o=
f the mayor's press office. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff"=
 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERI=
F" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Lewis pointed to one of the promised benefits: When the landfill clos=
es in about seven years, a 200-acre park built on top of it will be given to=
 the city. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGRO=
UND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial"=
 LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Waste Management also has promised a $16 million endowment for enviro=
nmental projects in Calumet, Crivello said. In addition, the endowment will=20=
receive 25 percent of the profit from selling gas generated by the closed la=
ndfill over the next 20 years. And Big Marsh, near the landfill and valued a=
t $4 million, will become part of the Calumet Open Space Reserve. </FONT><FO=
NT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" S=
IZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">"It's the largest cash value in the shortest time to ever go to a com=
munity from a landfill," Crivello said. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">A city moratorium on new or growing landfills</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#=
000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=
=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=
=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 P=
TSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">has been in effect=
 since 1987. But proponents think they can get around that because the expan=
sion is in the original footprint, in the valley between two huge mounds of=20=
garbage. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUN=
D-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" L=
ANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">When Waste Management floated an expansion plan two years ago, Calume=
t's 14</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-C=
OLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0"> </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND=
-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LA=
NG=3D"0">community organizations unanimously rejected it. </FONT><FONT  COLO=
R=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3=20=
PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">The landfill is incompatible with the host of green improvements comi=
ng to Calumet, said Marian Byrnes, an officer of the Southeast Environmental=
 Task Force and veteran of decades of environmental battles. </FONT><FONT  C=
OLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=
=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">"To us, another landfill is destructive," Byrnes said. Community lead=
ers are exploring other waste disposal methods that would create little or n=
o pollution, she said. </FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" styl=
e=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FA=
CE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">"It's not 1987 anymore," Crivello said. He once fought Waste Manageme=
nt out of anger at its practices, "but it's time to put that anger behind an=
d move forward."</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BA=
CKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"A=
rial" LANG=3D"0">=20
<BR></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COL=
OR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D1 PTSIZE=3D8 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=
=3D"0">Copyright =C2=A9 The Sun-Times Company</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000"=
 BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 F=
AMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">
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