Rasco: Dover Planning Board Meeting, January 6, 2010; Board questions “primitive” plans for accidental petroleum contamination
January 6, 2010
Rasco appears before the Dover Planning Board to discuss the Application for Site Plan Approval. The Board members are surprised to find there are no provisions for a water and wastewater facility. What do Rasco employees do if they get oil on their face? on their hands? “Wipes,” is Rasco’s answer . What if they actually have to use water? Where does the petroleum contaminated water go? “The most sensitive environmental resource is the Great Swamp, which is not really adjacent to this and there should be zero impact. Since there is no water supply there should be only storm water.”
The Rasco Project is proposed for the same parcel as Cricket Valley Energy (CVE,) a 1000 megawatt power plant which is subject to full environmental review under SEQRA. CVE is addressing in detail the environmental impact on the Great Swamp. The Rasco operation next door will bring in and handle Petroleum Contaminated Soil over our singele source aquifer which supplies 20,000 Eastern Dutchess County residents with drinking water, and is not subject to full environmental review under SEQRA?
- Read Dover Planning Board Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2010
*Note: printed post date is for chronological clarity. Actual post date is August 13, 2010.
