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“I’m not an environmental engineer” –Brad Lofton

He’s responding to Dr. Sammons’ email. Hm, maybe VLCIA should get an environmental engineer on staff.
-jsq

Date: Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:11 PM

From: Brad Lofton <blofton@industrialauthority.com>

Dr. Sammons:

I’m not an environmental engineer, so I would refer you to the hundreds
of environmental groups supporting our project, the federal EPA, the state
EPD
(not sure how it works in Mass, but these are the groups in GA that are
given legal authority to permit and regulate power plants, and after a
lengthy review, they have approved this project enthusiastically and
certified its safety for GA), all the federal agencies, the FL Dept of
Health, Dr. Chris Teaf, an expert toxicologist, and others. It’s not my
opinion that counts regarding the absence of =93TONS=94 of dioxin and mercury
emissions you claim in your attempt to scare our community as you duck in
and out. I’m actually quoting experts. Dr. Teaf’s testimony is on our
site, plus the EPD permit, Golder analysis, etc. There’s plenty of
additional info there as well for your enjoyment. You are welcome to
continue e-mailing my staff, but rest assured, we are moving forward at this
time.

Have a nice day,

BL

*Brad Lofton*

Executive Director

Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority

2110 N. Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA

229-259-9972 local

877-259-9972 toll free

229-300-3179 cell

Visit us online @
www.IndustrialAuthority.com

“I also would like specific documentation” –Dr. Sammons

Dr. Sammons is referring to
the radio interview the Mayor of Valdosta called in to.
LAKE already posted links to

the VLCIA’s own videos and FAQ;
see if you think they answer Dr. Sammons’ question.

-jsq



From: Bill

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:35 PM

To: blofton@industrialauthority.com; aricketts@industrialauthority.com

Cc: mgnoll@valdosta.edu; leigh.touchton@gmail.com

Subject: Radio interview

Hi

I just listened to Mr. Lofton’s radio interview. It seemed that he was
indicating there was substantiating documentation on the IA webpage to
support biomass combustion. I could not find it. The videos of the meeting
do not constitute valid information.

Could you send me the url[s] where the information is presented on the web
page please.

I also would like specific documentation that the plant will not produce
dioxin as he asserts in the interview.

Thank you

Bill Sammons

Europe has clean incinerators; why can’t we?



Elisabeth Rosenthal write in the NY Times about

Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags:

Far cleaner than conventional incinerators, this new type of plant converts local trash into heat and electricity. Dozens of filters catch pollutants, from mercury to dioxin, that would have emerged from its smokestack only a decade ago.

Here’s the catch:

Denmark now has 29 such plants, serving 98 municipalities in a country of 5.5 million people, and 10 more are planned or under construction. Across Europe, there are about 400 plants, with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands leading the pack in expanding them and building new ones.

By contrast, no new waste-to-energy plants are being planned or built in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency says — even though the federal government and 24 states now classify waste that is burned this way for energy as a renewable fuel, in many cases eligible for subsidies. There are only 87 trash-burning power plants in the United States, a country of more than 300 million people, and almost all were built at least 15 years ago.

That means

the biomass plant proposed for Valdosta is not that
kind of clean incinerator.