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Hunt Harris asked the water board representatives to consider Tier III status first. He said allowing the plant to be built in that location would be “irresponsible with respect to all residents of this bio-region, human and non-human.”
He read a letter from Sharon Saari of “Hazel Environmental and Legal I Protection” opposing the plant. The f letter notes that rare species of dragonflies, damsel flies and mussels are found in and along the river. It notes that four other discharge permits are proposed for the Rappahannock River system above Fredericksburg and calls on the DEQ to “stop this piecemeal consideration of projects one by one, and consider the ‘bigger picture” of the effects of all these new discharges into a limited water supply.”
The letter concludes that the Hazel Environmental and Legal Protection organization will join the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in asking the federal EPA to remove DEQ’s authority to issue discharge permits “unless you start to take into account these issues, and look at the whole system, not just one permit at a time.”
Chris Moyles said, “It frankly scares me that we have boards that regulate the amount of pollution we put in our water...All watersheds are intrinsically linked.”
Richard Abell said, “1 hope my son and my grandchildren will be able to see where a pristine river commences and follow it to the Rappahannock. There are few unspoiled streams...The land is being gobbled up by development. The Hazel is one of the rare rivers whose freshness and wildness can still be preserved."
Janet Kerig said, “It is an abomination that the American SecurityCouncil Foundation would consider ruining a pristine river.”
The State Water Control Board will take action on the permit later this month.
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