[NV Greens] Fwd: Sempra Coal Plant BLM EIS Scoping Meetings

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>                NEVADA CLEAN ENERGY COALITION
>
>                          REMINDER!!!
>            GERLACH SEMPRA COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT
>                   EIS SCOPING MEETINGS
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>Monday, May 23,  Gerlach,Community Center, 410 Cottonwood St.
>Tuesday, May 24, Cedarville, Surprise Valley Senior Center,
>                  502 Main St.
>Wed,, May 25,    Susanville,BLM Eagle Lake Field office,
>       	         2950 Riverside Dr
>Thurs., May 26,  Reno, Nevada State Office of the BLM,
>                  1340 Financial Blvd
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>All meetings begin at 7 PM
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>Sempra Energy, a San Diego, California based energy business, is proposing
>to construct a 1,450 megawatt coal-fired power plant 10 miles Northwest of
>Gerlach (100 miles North of Reno) will release dangerous pollutants into
>our pristine Northern Nevada air, deplete our water supply, and prevent the
>development of clean, renewable energy resources 
>in order to generate electricity
>for Southern California. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding a
>series or meetings next week to determine the scope of the environmental
>impact review that it will conduct on the proposed coal plant project. If
>you care about the environment in Northern Nevada and believe that renewable
>energy development is a better alternative to the construction of polluting
>coal plants in our community please turn out to the BLM scoping meetings
>and make your views known.
>
>SUGGESTED POINTS TO BRING UP AT BLM SCOPING MEETINGS:
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	Insist that the BLM study all the cumulative impacts of
>         the proposed plant on air, land, noise, vegetation,
>         wildlife, and water quality and insist that the BLM
>         address the true availability of water for the water
>         consuming plant.
>
>
	Insist that the EIS respond to health issues that may
>         result from this dirty plant.
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>
	Insist BLM explain in simple terms how much pollution
>         and hazardous waste may be produced annually and daily
>         from the plant.
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	Insist the BLM provide comparative studies on
>         environmental and economic impacts between coal-fired
>         energy and renewable energy.
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	Ask the BLM to evaluate how the proposed coal plant
>         will impact future compliance with federal Clean Air
>         Act ambient air quality standards.
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	Ask the BLM to study whether mercury emissions from the
>         proposed coal plant will impact fisheries in Nevada.
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	Request that they do a land use compatibility study to
>         show that this plant will not impact surrounding land
>         users or the National Conservation Area.
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	Insist that the EIS study and determine that San Diego
>         and Los Angeles really need energy from dirty coal
>         rather than renewable energy.
>
>
	Remember! Be polite, be factual and speak from the
>         heart and head. Be sure to add some questions and
>         comments of your own.
>
>You may speak at a meeting or write comments. Written comments are due June
>21 in the Winnemucca BLM Field Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca
>NV 89445.
>
>For further information, please visit our website: www.nevadacleanenergy.org.
>You may also contact us at info at nevadacleanenergy.org


-- 
Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand