Wednesday night, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Homer City Redevelopment held a public hearing to address the public’s concerns about the proposed air quality treatment plan for the proposed natural gas-fired power plant in Center Township.
Members of the community were able to have a back-and-forth style discussion with representatives from both organizations. That was follow by a testimony session, during which people expressed their displeasure with the project, with great concern about what specific contaminants would be monitored, how the data gathered would be reported back to the public, and how these chemicals would affect the health of the elderly and the very young.
CEO of Homer City Redevelopment Corey Hessen said that they will do everything they can to ensure that they are well within regulations.
Another concern that was raised was how jobs would be filled. President of the Building Trades Sean Steffey said that there are plenty of Pennsylvanians willing and ready to work.
Those who still wish to submit public comment can still send it to the DEP. Address your comments to:
M. Koehle
Department of Environmental Protection
Northwest Regional Office
230 Chestnut Street
Meadville, PA 16335
Each written comment must contain the name, address, and telephone number of the person submitting the comments, identification of the proposed permit (specify draft air quality plan approval No. 32-00457A), and a concise statement regarding the relevancy of the information or objections to issuance of this plan approval.
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