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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Boston, MA - Portland, ME - Montpelier, VT - Amherst, MA - Hartford, CT - Concord, NH - Providence, RI <br /> toxicsaction@toxicsaction.org w .toxicsaction.org <br /> DIRTY DOZEN AWARDS 2005 <br /> <br /> Wheelabrator Technologies - Concord, NH <br /> In New Hampshire, Wheelabrator Technologies operates two trash <br /> incinerators: a 250-ton per day municipal solid <br /> waste (MSW) facility in Claremont (winner of a 2004 Dirty Dozen <br /> <br /> award) and a 500-ton per day site in Concord. <br /> Toxic air emissions, including particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon <br /> monoxide, dioxins/furans, volatile organic <br /> <br /> compounds (VOCs), and heavy metals from the incinerators pose a <br /> substantial health risk to residents. Snapshot <br /> testing carried out by Wheelabrator showed that between 2000 <br /> <br /> and 2003, emissions of lead from the Penacook <br /> facility rose 967% to 119 pounds per year, putting the <br /> Wheelabrator Penacook site in the top five of the state's lead <br /> sources. Emissions of mercury nearly doubled to 24 pounds <br /> <br /> between 2000 and 2003. The plant's Title V air permit <br /> is also expired, and under current review for renewal by the New <br /> Hampshire Department of Environmental <br /> <br /> Services. Mink Hills Center for Sustainability and Citizens <br /> Leading for Environmental Action and <br /> Responsibility (C.L.E.A.R.) are citizen-based groups working to <br /> protect New Hampshire's public health and <br /> <br /> environment from threats posed by incineration. <br /> <br /> SUBMITTED BY: <br /> Harold M. Ching, Independent Associate o <br /> Pre-paid Legal Services, Inc.& Subsidiaries ;i cn <br /> 15-1454 Keaau Pahoa Road ors _Y <br /> : aS <br /> Keaau, HI 96749 <br /> PH. 960-3535 Cell <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Comm. No. 0 v t' • 3~ <br /> MN <br /> Ref. To <br /> Ref. Date noo 2 A 90 <br />