Weekly Update 3/1/21

Lots happened at this week's meeting!

On the Aries gasification facility:

I appreciate the state legislative delegation expressing similar concerns about the project and look forward to having them in for a discussion regarding the project and solid waste issues in general.

I was not satisfied with the Law Department's attempted response to the CLF letter and the state delegation's letter. At the February 8th meeting, I asked if the City had engaged an independent expert in reviewing this project and the answer was no. The Law Department claims that the sources in the CLF letter are not relevant because they are not about the gasification of biosolids specifically, but the fact of the matter is that there is little to no literature on biosolids gasification. The Law Department's letter fails to cite any sources of its own that support the claim that this facility will not have any negative public health or environmental impacts. The public health of our community should not be subject to the uncertainty of this technology.