To: Champaign Mayor Feinen, Champaign City Council, and Urbana Mayor Prussing
Protect Mahomet Aquifer from Clinton Landfill
Just Foreign Policy
We urge Champaign and Urbana to defer final action on the proposed “consent decree” with the Clinton landfill until concerns about disposal of “non-hazardous special wastes” have been publicly addressed.
Why is this important?
On Tuesday, September 1, the Champaign City Council is expected to vote [1] on an agreement ("consent decree") with the Clinton landfill, which lies over the Mahomet aquifer. The consent decree does some good things, but appears to allow the landfill to accept poisonous “non-hazardous special wastes” [2] - including coal ash, fracking brines, and mine wastes - without any public hearing on the matter.
The agreement has only recently been available for public review. (See last several pages of this link [3] to Urbana's council packet.) This agreement should be subject to more careful public review and debate before the governments of Champaign and Urbana commit to it.
Please urge Champaign and Urbana officials to defer final action on the proposed consent decree until concerns about disposal of “non-hazardous special wastes” have been publicly addressed by signing our petition.
P.S.: If you're in Champaign, please come to the next Council meeting:
Tuesday, September 1, 7pm
Champaign City Building
102 N. Neil St
References:
1. http://documents.ci.champaign.il.us/v/BwqebO6?hp=0B9AX7CNToF-5ODN0OU1mcnhiWE0%2C0B9AX7CNToF-5SFlmZFNJeGpGY2s%2C0B9AX7CNToF-5T1lxd18ybUZvLVk%2C0B5PBg5nhG-UJNzNUbXEyLV91cVU
2. http://www.epa.gov/wastes/nonhaz/industrial/special/index.htm
3. http://urbanaillinois.us/sites/default/files/attachments/resolution-2015-08-047r.pdf
The agreement has only recently been available for public review. (See last several pages of this link [3] to Urbana's council packet.) This agreement should be subject to more careful public review and debate before the governments of Champaign and Urbana commit to it.
Please urge Champaign and Urbana officials to defer final action on the proposed consent decree until concerns about disposal of “non-hazardous special wastes” have been publicly addressed by signing our petition.
P.S.: If you're in Champaign, please come to the next Council meeting:
Tuesday, September 1, 7pm
Champaign City Building
102 N. Neil St
References:
1. http://documents.ci.champaign.il.us/v/BwqebO6?hp=0B9AX7CNToF-5ODN0OU1mcnhiWE0%2C0B9AX7CNToF-5SFlmZFNJeGpGY2s%2C0B9AX7CNToF-5T1lxd18ybUZvLVk%2C0B5PBg5nhG-UJNzNUbXEyLV91cVU
2. http://www.epa.gov/wastes/nonhaz/industrial/special/index.htm
3. http://urbanaillinois.us/sites/default/files/attachments/resolution-2015-08-047r.pdf