The Environmental Protection Agency Is Taking Notice Of Our Concern

Aloha,

I just recently received a response from the upper management of the EPA, and our "important environmental justice concern" is being forwarded to the Environmental Justice Liaison for Hawaii.  I will stay focused on this avenue, unless either WasteStream or New Moon decide to play by the rules, and respect the overwhelming rejection of their site selection, by the affected community.

The following is a partial quote from EPA's email to me.

"You raise important environmental justice concerns about the proposed facility and community.   I am taking the liberty of sharing your email with our Region 9  Environmental Justice Office.  Debbie Lowe is our Environmental Justice Liaison for Hawaii and can be reached at 415 947-4155.  She is familiar with the Executive Order 12898 and may be able to answer your questions about the order and the crucial community concerns you raise."

It is still not too late to write to the EPA yourself, and add your own voice to this issue.

Please write to Ms. Eileen Sheehan, USEPA REGION 9, at Sheehan.Ei​leen@epamai​l.epa.gov
From feedback , it is obvious only very few of you have done so already.  Come on Guys, this is all our fight, don't just watch what few of us are doing, get in on the action, now.

Some of the interested parties from the other side, have others spread rumors saying, we were told (by so and so...), it will never happen.  All this is designed to lull us into a false sense of security.  Remember, the "Main Players" with whom I have communicated in the past and with one in the recent past, in writing, have thus far refused to come out and say it themselves.  What does this tell us?  You are right, ... they are probably still cooking this mess, waiting to serve it to us, just a little later.

Just a short example of how  the NKCDPAC play their game, their June 10, 2010 meeting minutes clearly reflect the following:

"It is agreed that the public would not be invited to our meetings at this time ... we need to build a firm foundation and get down to business and then decide on when and how to involve the public."

And, this in total violation of Hawaii's Sunshine law (enacted over 10 years ago), which distinctly prohibits these kind of meetings, out of the sunlight.