[BCNnet] Correction: In-DEM public hearing

[Carolyn A. Marsh]

 The date is this Friday, March 14 not the 24! Sorry.

What:         Indiana Department of Environmental Management public hearing
on the BP Whiting Refinery air permit

When:       Friday, March 14, 20008

Time:         Informal question period at 5:30 p.m. and formal public
hearing at 6:30 p.m.

Where:      Hammond Civic Center, 5825 Sohl Ave., Hammond, IN (west of
Calumet Ave. at 158th)

Why:         BP expansion to refine tar sands oil from Alberta Canada will
increase air pollution and threatens the Boreal Forest and Boreal birds.

 

IDEM helps BP avoid soot reductions
(http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article)

March 9, 2008

By Gitte Laasby Post-Tribune staff writer 

WHITING -- Approval of an air permit for BP is moving along faster than
environmentalists would like -- and faster than IDEM's normal standards --
with BP standing to gain. 

Environmentalists say IDEM's rushing undermines the public's opportunity to
comment and that it happens at the expense of public health. 

"This time frame is extremely rushed. It really is not a meaningful
opportunity for public comment. Just to read the documents is more time than
they've given us," Ann Alexander, senior attorney with the Natural Resources
Defense Council, said. 

(http://www.post-trib.com/news/833243,bphurry.article)

 

Carolyn Marsh

 

 

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