" I agree with bermudezfamily. I too reviewed the PMC EIR for the ethanol facility to be placed near Calipat and found the same thing to be true.

Also, we must look at not only local but global environmental consequences/adverse affects. About a year ago when I submitted my comments in regards to the environmental and health concerns of this proposed plant, I recall this newspaper insinuating that my comments and those similar to I were just scare tactics/ red herrings as well and against growth/economic development. Well, as my good friend says..."cancer is a growth too, but it is a growth we don't want for our body. The same is true with the body of our community. We want healthy economic growth."

In the words of a teacher, here are a few sites you can check out to start your first homework assignment to help you with your paper...it's not too late to turn in your assignments or to change your opinions!>>

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18800996
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18784732
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/april18/ethanol-041807.html "

" “Red herrings”…..no sir, I’ve done my homework. I agree, the EIR is an important document to complete; however, the project description as stated on the Liberty Energy permit application is falsified. It states that it is a biomass power plant. However, that is far from the truth. First, the main thing that will be incinerated at the proposed plant is biosolids [which is very different than biomass]. Moreover, it is not a power plant it is an incinerator and therefore needs to jump through different “hoops” and an EIR will have to address a whole host of other issues. Liberty Energy was caught in the act of lying in Ontario, Canada.

“An Ontario government decision last month forced Liberty Energy to re-start the environmental assessment of the company’s proposed Strathearne Avenue incinerator, leading the company to issue a formal “notice of commencement” for the new environmental process last week, and bitterly note the Ontario government’s requirement that “the entire environmental screening process must be performed again”. In 2005, the provincial environment ministry had allowed the company to define its incinerator as an electricity project because Liberty expects up to 10 megawatts will be produced for sale to the Ontario grid. This classification was hotly disputed by opponents who argued that the real purpose of the project is to collect lucrative fees from municipalities trying to dispose of their sewage sludge.” http://hamiltoncatch.org/view_article.php?id=148

Such is the case with the Liberty XX proposal. Therefore, the EIR process needs to start all over again if it is to be done correctly and adequately scientifically review the TRUE nature of the project.

But what’s the big deal? Why would Liberty want to market it as a power plant/ renewable energy? Hmmm…let’s see…because there is great money is to be made by the company and its investors [you know who you are….and I’ll find out soon enough] in carbon offset credits [emission reduction credits]. The CA Attorney General, Brown, has called for a warning against companies trying to make money in this program by committing fraud by marketing their projects as renewable energy and or having the capabilities to be used as a facility to offset carbon. http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1520

It is time for the Attorney General to take a look at this project because the facility is an incinerator and needs to be environmentally evaluated as such.
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" PMC who is doing the EIR is in business to "push" projects through...
From their website..PMCWORLD
"Whatever an agency’s consulting needs may be, PMC operates as an extension of staff to effectively identify strategies for resolving project challenges. From comprehensive development services, general plans and resource management planning, to housing and development, municipal financing, public affairs, and environmental services, PMC ensures our clients achieve their desired result."
They go on to brag...
"PMC forms teams that provide the best results based on local knowledge, agency contacts, and resource- specific expertise."
BIAS? I took the PMC Pacific Ethanol EIR apart, I found flaws in their scientific findings. Although the DATA showed significant impacts, the final CONCLUSION was that the project would NOT have any significant impact on the surrounding community- daycares and schools included. IVP chastised my analysis. Interestingly, now numerous prestigious universities including Stanford have completed evidence-based research showing just how harmful ethanol production really IS. CNN has even been reporting about it. Despite govt. subsidies, the ethanol industry is a bust because of its detrimental impact across several markets. High prices on corn mean higher prices for the beef industry as well as for human beings who use corn for everything; tortillas included. "

" Who needs Hitler? we have Liberty Energy! "

" It ain't going to happen...The people have spoken...Supes or potential Supes do not like to lose elections. "

" 200 + - trucks a day congesting our traffic system and tearing up our old roads. And the emissions from these trucks polluting our air and our neighbors air during their route. This sludge should be dealt with in LA where it originates. Dont they need the electrical power, especialy with this so called green power requirement more than we do? We have an abundance of green power (geothermal) and proposed solar fields, lets develop those not dierty, ugly, disguting sludge. Incinerate it in your own backyard, a law should be passed. "

" Rosie & Monique:
Have you checked if Liberty Energy described themselves as “Power Plant” for the EIR? They must be scrutinized as “Incinerator Plant” which in fact has more stringent environmental limits than a Power Plant permit.
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" With aspects of Economic Development such as parks, schools, homes, sludge plants ect.. system should be designed in concert with the communities they are supposed to serve(Elected Officials).The people in Imperial County have spoken. Two-thirds of all air pollitants in California results from vehicle emissions its not only a matter of the Sludge Plant... Lets serve the public interest and reach a consensus that we dont wanted the sludge plant here in our county... POWER TO THE PEOPLE.... "

" Just let the County Supervisors push the sludge plant. The voters have been looking for any reason to recall those self-serving rascals.
The sludgies keep saying that feedlot manure will be burned at Liberty, but I need that manure for my crops. Why do we need to compete for our fertilizer? "