Dear Saugus River Watershed Council Board Members & Friends
MA Department of Environmental Protection is having a series of meetings
to review the state's solid waste master plan. They are again raising the
question about whether the moratorium on new or expanded waste
incinerators is needed. We need to ensure that the moratorium stays in
place and that our position is heard loud and clear at the outset of this
process. As you know, keeping the moratorium in place is vital to
protecting public health, protecting the natural resources of the Rumney
Marshes Area of Critical Environmental Concern, promoting recycling, and
promoting clean energy policies needed to combat climate change.
PLEASE FORWARD THE ATTACHED HEARING NOTICES TO YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND THE HEARING,
CALL DEP, AND SEND WRITTEN COMMENTS TO DEP COMMISSIONER,
LAURIE BURT -- CALLING UPON DEP TO KEEP THE STATEWIDE
MORATORIUM ON NEW OR EXPANDED WASTE INCINERATORS IN PLACE.
See the attached public hearing notice and schedule - Click here
I plan to attend both the Boston (Dec 9) and Wilmington (Dec 16) hearings.
The following question is buried as the second to last bullet in a series
of issues that should be considered as part of the solid waste master plan
for "thinking outside of the box"."How effective is the waste incinerator
moratorium at meeting our goals of increasing recycling, enhancing
environmental performance and spurring new technologies?"
Please forward to all those interested in ensuring that the existing statewide
moratorium on new or expanded waste incinerators remains in place.
Thank you in advance for your efforts, JoanLeBlanc Executive Director SaugusRiver Watershed Council
978-866-7284 (cell)
For more information, please contact the Saugus River Watershed
Council at
or (781) 233-5046.
2008 Board of Directors Debra Panetta (Co-President)
Frank Ricciardi (Co-President)
Doug Heath (Vice President)
Dan Scotina (Treasurer)
Pam Burgess
Denise Butler
David Eatough
Ann Farrell
