Bear supports community on landfill issues

The Black Bear of NEPA was quoted this week saying "GRRRR...ROAR....GRRRR" and demonstrated his community support this week for the Alliance Landfill Task Force. When translated the Black Bear stated " I support the Alliance Landfill Task Force and I will no longer eat from Waste Management dumpsters".

Wildlife and bear expert Curry Oates has confirmed the translation.

Well.....have a great weekend everyone and our battle for the community resumes on Monday.

I can't hear you (hands on ears)

The Alliance Landfill Task Force for the past year has been trying to make contact with several of our local state and federal legislators to discuss several issues concerning Alliance Landfill.

It seems that a few of our elected legislative representatives have decided to remove their hands from their ears and respond to our group. The Alliance Landfill Task Force has been invited to sit and meet with both state and federal legislative officials. One meeting has been confirmed and the other meeting is waiting confirmation.

Please continue to view the blog for updates...Thank You!

Environmental Protection Agency - An Important Statement To Remember!

Does the absence of violations mean a facility is in full compliance with the law?The ECHO Web site presents what is known to the government based upon the most recently available information for more than 800,000 regulated facilities. EPA and states inspect a percentage of facilities each year, but many facilities, particularly smaller ones, may not have received a recent inspection. It is possible that facilities do have violations that have not yet been discovered, thus are shown as compliant in the system. EPA cannot positively state that facilities without violations shown in ECHO are necessarily fully compliant with environmental laws. Additionally, some violations at smaller facilities do not need to be reported from the states to EPA. If ECHO shows a recent inspection and the facility is shown with no violations, users of the ECHO site can be more confident that the facility is in compliance with the programs included in this Web site. The compliance status of smaller facilities that have not had recent inspections or review by EPA or the states may be unknown or only available via state data systems.

Please click on the EPA Echo under website links to view the current information on Alliance Landfill.

Congressman Paul Kanjorski Scandal

Congressman Paul Kanjorski was elected to office to help the residents of Northeastern PA.

Congressman Paul Kanjorski is well aware of our communities needs for proper ambient air monitoring. However, Congressman Paul Kanjorski has done nothing to help the Alliance Landfill Task Force in our efforts to have the recommended ambient air montoring suggested by the ATSDR for our communities.

Please view the "YouTube-Video" to the right of the screen and watch the FoxNews Report on Congressman Paul Kanjorski.

To view the the "YouTube-Video" simply click on the video and it will automatically begin playing.

Waste Management Garbage Truck and Train Crash

In Jackson, Mississippi a Waste Management garbage truck crashed with an Amtrack train this week on Tuesday, May 27. According to reports in Mississippi, The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating the incident.

Deputy Sheriff Tony Hemphill stated "Its possible that once the investigation is completed, that a citation could be issued for the party at fault".

Spread the word...No Landfill Expansion!

In an effort to stop Waste Management from continuing to expand landfills across the United States of America our group has begun to sell the baseball cap shown to the left.

The baseball caps can be purchased at a price of $12.99 each. Four dollars of the sale from each cap will be used towards the advertising of a campaign to point out the negatives in landfilling. The remaining funds will be used for the production of the cap.

To order your cap please send a check payable to:

Alliance Landfill Task Force

Alliance Landfill Task Force

P.O. Box 301

Taylor, PA. 18517

*Please allow 7 business days for your cap to arrive.

The ATSDR has categorized the Alliance Landfill (which is owned and operated by Waste Management) as an Indeterminate Public Health Hazard. Waste Management for the past four years still has not agreed to a community air monitoring plan.

INDETERMINATE PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD

According to the Agency For Toxic Substances And Disease Registry...

Alliance Sanitary Landfill is a "INDETERMINATE PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD".

An "INDETERMINATE PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD" is the category used in the ATSDR's public health assessment documents when a professional judgment about the level of a health hazard cannot be made because information critical to such a decision is lacking.

Do you feel safe as a resident living near a facility that the federal government feels needs more critical information in order to determine whether it is safe for public health?

The ATSDR and the PA DOH have be calling on Waste Management and Alliance Landfill to do more air monitoring for over four years.

Why is Alliance Landfill not meeting the request of the ATSDR to increase air monitoring in our communities? Is their a problem with Alliance Landfill and the gases that go in to the air we breathe daily?

We have a right to clean air, We demand full enforcement of Pennsylvania Department of Health and the ATSDR's recommendations for air monitoring at ALLIANCE LANDFILL in TAYLOR, PA.


Show your support for this enforcement by writing to:

Kathleen A. McGinty, Secretary

PA Department of Environmental Protection

Rachel Carson State Office Building

400 Market Street

Harrisburg, PA. 17105