Post by Admin on Feb 17, 2007 23:01:23 GMT -5
PLEASE FORWARD & POST THIS ASAP - IL people watch newspapers.
If this water contains unsafe levels of biological contaminants going intentionally unchecked is any water safe?
Contact 815 899-3625
Cell 815 2601722
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CITIZENS GROUP INTENDS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF DEKALB SANITARY DISTRICT’S QUESTIONABLE
ASSOCIATION WITH HORSE SLAUGHTERING PLANT
On Wednesday, February 21, 2007, the citizens of DeKalb, Illinois will finally have the opportunity to voice their opinions and ask serious questions as to why Cavel International, Inc. has received preferential treatment by the DeKalb Sanitary District and why it has been allowed to continue its operations despite years’ worth of mounting violations for illegal amounts of discharge into the city’s water treatment plant. The violations are as a result of the plant not adhering to its Industrial User Permit, issued by the DeKalb Sanitary District.
The meeting of the DeKalb Sanitary District Board of Trustees will take place at the DeKalb Sanitary District, 303 Hollister Avenue, DeKalb, Illinois, 12:00 noon. This matter is on the agenda and will be open for public participation.
For years, the people of DeKalb have been subjected to the dangers presented from highly toxic waste being dumped by Cavel International, Inc., while the Sanitary District has proceeded to issue violations, fines and threats of shut downs to the plant. To date, despite these attempts to compel the plant to abide by the terms of its permit, the DeKalb Sanitary District has yet to follow through on its threats to revoke the permit for noncompliance. To date, the illegal waste discharge continues while the plant still operates in its usual manner.
The citizens who are initiating this effort are concerned that the DeKalb Sanitary District has been intentionally putting the interests of this plant before the safety and welfare of the city’s residents. Residents are encouraged to attend this very important meeting. It is the consensus of those initiating this effort that the DeKalb Sanitary District has failed in its attempts to hold Cavel International, Inc. to the terms of its Industrial Use Permit, and that the plant must shut its doors until such time it is able to operate free and clear of any discharges that puts further strain on the city’s water treatment plant or poses any threat to the citizens of DeKalb and its surrounding communities..
“Public Safety must take precedence over the interests of big business”, says Dawn Mancina, a spokesperson for the citizen group. “Until the DeKalb Sanitary District takes responsibility for its own actions in regards to Cavel, the people will continue pressing for answers and action. The unanswered questions that have been floating in the air for a long time now have finally come to a head. It is our intent to see that the concerns of the people are attended to.”
Contact: groups.yahoo.com/group/SanitaryDeKalbIllinois/
If this water contains unsafe levels of biological contaminants going intentionally unchecked is any water safe?
Contact 815 899-3625
Cell 815 2601722
annabell81824@aol.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CITIZENS GROUP INTENDS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF DEKALB SANITARY DISTRICT’S QUESTIONABLE
ASSOCIATION WITH HORSE SLAUGHTERING PLANT
On Wednesday, February 21, 2007, the citizens of DeKalb, Illinois will finally have the opportunity to voice their opinions and ask serious questions as to why Cavel International, Inc. has received preferential treatment by the DeKalb Sanitary District and why it has been allowed to continue its operations despite years’ worth of mounting violations for illegal amounts of discharge into the city’s water treatment plant. The violations are as a result of the plant not adhering to its Industrial User Permit, issued by the DeKalb Sanitary District.
The meeting of the DeKalb Sanitary District Board of Trustees will take place at the DeKalb Sanitary District, 303 Hollister Avenue, DeKalb, Illinois, 12:00 noon. This matter is on the agenda and will be open for public participation.
For years, the people of DeKalb have been subjected to the dangers presented from highly toxic waste being dumped by Cavel International, Inc., while the Sanitary District has proceeded to issue violations, fines and threats of shut downs to the plant. To date, despite these attempts to compel the plant to abide by the terms of its permit, the DeKalb Sanitary District has yet to follow through on its threats to revoke the permit for noncompliance. To date, the illegal waste discharge continues while the plant still operates in its usual manner.
The citizens who are initiating this effort are concerned that the DeKalb Sanitary District has been intentionally putting the interests of this plant before the safety and welfare of the city’s residents. Residents are encouraged to attend this very important meeting. It is the consensus of those initiating this effort that the DeKalb Sanitary District has failed in its attempts to hold Cavel International, Inc. to the terms of its Industrial Use Permit, and that the plant must shut its doors until such time it is able to operate free and clear of any discharges that puts further strain on the city’s water treatment plant or poses any threat to the citizens of DeKalb and its surrounding communities..
“Public Safety must take precedence over the interests of big business”, says Dawn Mancina, a spokesperson for the citizen group. “Until the DeKalb Sanitary District takes responsibility for its own actions in regards to Cavel, the people will continue pressing for answers and action. The unanswered questions that have been floating in the air for a long time now have finally come to a head. It is our intent to see that the concerns of the people are attended to.”
Contact: groups.yahoo.com/group/SanitaryDeKalbIllinois/