In the comments made about the AES Power Plant there were no specific amounts of added pollutants and particulate matters that will be released into our already troubled polluted environment. In addition the representation that the power plant would not pose a public health threat is flawed logic. The AES representation does not state that the cumulative affects of the combined affects of the current air situation and the power plant will be beneficial to the health of the community.
The Power Plant is not a Zero Emissions Facility. The Power Plant is not without problems and the location next to the High School should raise concerns to all the regulators and it would be NICE if the School Board and City Council would Educate themselves prior to a preliminary decision so that they may contribute to that Preliminary Decision rather than trying to comment on a decision which has already been formed and begun to set. It may be to late to have an affect by then. This Procrastination by the Leadership of the CJUSD and Local City Councils is a Failure of Leadership and acting in the Interest of the Communities they are supposed to serve. It is time for them to at a minimum review the concerns and materials accumulated by Ms. Williams after hours of review of the AES Application. Form a decision of some sort and send that opinion forward prior to a Preliminary Report being issued.
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AES Highgrove project manager Julie Way said the state's safety rules are sufficient to prevent a new power plant from posing any dangers."Power plants are very tightly regulated," she said.The company's application to build the power plant reported that neither air pollution nor hazardous materials at the plant would pose a public-health threat to students or school employees. Construction of the new school is scheduled to begin in August.
This is not a Zero Emissions Power Plant:
This is not a PV Cell or Wind Generation Power Plant:
This is not a No Impact Situation:
When AES represents that they follow regulations, the don't mention that they have been sighted for violations at their other facilities. When the school site was approved the EIR was done without the thought of the AES Power Plant in its current planned configuration.
