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Copper Sampling Kits Available

Aug 27

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As you know Dr. Serwicz has completed extensive study on the effects of H2S on the depletion of metals in our body, especially copper. You can read some of his information about this further down on posts to this web page. He has offered as a service to the community to coordinate hair sampling analysis to determine what if any effects may have occurred to your body due to exposure to the air from the DeKalb County Landfill. Please read the information below for how you can have your hair or your child’s hair annualized for only $15. He will do this for you regardless of where you live in the county. I hope you take advantage of this service he is providing to the citizens of our county.

Copper Hair Analysis removes one less health worry.

It’s simple. It’s easy. It’s painless.

1. Collect a 1/2 oz lock of hair from the nape of the neck

2. Fill out the coded identity label.

Initials ( X Y Z ), Birth numbers ( 0x 0x __xx) Gender M/F

3. Put hair sample in plastic bag.

4. Write a check for $15 to Hair Sample, SMD, Hair Test

5. Enclose sample bag and check in envelope and mail to SMD Test, P.O. Box 363, Dekalb 60115.

In 2 weeks you may pick up the results at the NBT bank, 155 N 3rd St.  by identifying the report with the coded identity number. You will also receive a complimentary copy of  THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF COPPER by Earl Frieden. All data is confidential.

Follow our Appeal Case

Aug 8

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You can follow our appeal case with the Illinois Pollution control Board by clicking on the site below. Also they have received only one written public comment thus far. Please put your concerns about the expansion in writing and send them in during this time for written public comment. The Pollution control Board needs to hear from the citizens.

Send your comments to:

IPCB
James Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Suite 11-500
Chicago IL 60601
Put the case number on your letter: PCB2010-103

http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/COOL/external/CaseView.aspx?case=13895

Thank You,
Dan Kenney
Chair of the
Stop the Mega-Dump
citizens’ group

Notify IEPA of Landfill Gas Odor problem

Aug 4

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If you notice odors from the DeKalb County Landfill please report them to the IEPA by phone at (815) 987-7760 or online at www.epa.state.il.us/pollution-complaint/.

Also call the DeKalb County Landfill 815-758-6906.

When reporting the odors, please note: 1) Date; 2) Time; 3) Location; and 4) Severity, impact on your quality of life.

Also keep a record of your call. Please call when you notice any odors, if no one calls when there are odors the county and the IEPA will think there are no problems.

A Landfill Postscript – Letter to the Editor of the Daily Chronicle

Jul 5

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In this letter to the Editor of the Daily Chronicle, Ralph Boesche, DeKalb County Soil and Water Conservation District, Director writes to express his concerns.

You can read the letter here at the Daily-Chronicle.

Waste Management Asks for More Time

Jul 1

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Tentative Date Set for ILPCB Public Hearing

On June 29th during a status conference Waste Management Inc of Illinois requested more time to prepare for the appeal case filed by a group of DeKalb citizens. Thus the public hearing on the case has been set tentatively for October 18th thru October 20th. The decision will then be handed down by the Illinois Pollution Control Board by December 16th.

The public hearing will be held at a DeKalb County location yet to be named by the ILPCB. During the hearing witnesses will be called and testimony given regarding the fundamental unfairness on the part of DeKalb County Board members and administration in their handling of the process of WMI application for expansion of the existing landfill. The appeal by the Stop the Mega-Dump citizens’ group states that members of the county board were biased, that ex parte contacts were made and citizens did not have ready access to WMI application.

“We want the citizens of DeKalb County to know that this expansion is not a done deal.” Dan Kenney, Chair of the citizens’ group said. “A large majority of the county citizens missed an opportunity to voice their concerns about the proposed landfill expansion at the 1st public hearing in March. In fact most citizens didn’t know about the expansion plan until after the hearing and many are under the false understanding that it is over because the county board voted yes 16 to 8 for the expansion. We want citizens to mark their calendars and plan to attend this hearing. It will be an opportunity for them to voice their frustration with the way the county went about this expansion process and to express their concerns about the planned expansion.”

Appeal Filed against Proposed Landfill Expansion

Jun 28

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Now is the time for everyone to write and let the Illinois Pollution Control Board know what you think about the landfill expansion. Specifically your concerns about the hydrogen sulfide, the traffic related issues, the earthquake impact concerns, all that were not adequately addressed in the Waste Management Application. Also let them know if you had an experience related to the first public hearing by the County Board that you feel was not fair, and let them know about any exchanges you had with a county board member about this issue. This can still be stopped. We have an excellent chance of beating this on appeal. We need everyone’s support. Visit our website for the address for sending donations.

Here is a link to the IPCB web site

Here is the address for writing to the IPCB:
IPCB
James Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Suite 11-500
Chicago IL 60601

Put the case number on your letter: PCB2010-103

Today the appeal with the Illinois Pollution Control Board has been filed

Jun 11

Posted by DanK in DeKalb County Board, Public Comments, waste management | No Comments

Today the attorney for the Stop the Mega-Dump group filed an appeal with the Illinois Pollution Control Board.

Here is the link to read the appeal: http://www.ipcb.state.il.us/documents/dsweb/Get/Document-68969

Now is an opportunity for everyone to write with your concerns about this landfill expansion to the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Even if you are on record from the March public hearing, it is important to write again. We can beat this expansion on appeal. However, we will need everyone standing up and letting the Pollution Control board know how you feel. If you have concerns about Hydrogen Sulfide and the Cortland Elementary school let them know. If you have concerns about how the DeKalb County Board made it difficult for you to participate in the March public hearing let them know. If you had a problem talking with your county board representative, speak up, write to the Pollution Control Board. If they receive a hundred letters from DeKalb citizens worried about the hydrogen sulfide, and all the others issues they will sit up and take notice. Be part of defeating this expansion.

Send your letter to: Illinois Pollution Control Board
James R. Thompson Center
100 West Randolph Suite 11-500
Chicago IL 60601

Put the case number at the top of your letter: PCB 2010-103

Send a copy to me and we will post it on our website if you like.

Dkenney53@hotmail.com

Thanks. Together we can stop this expansion.

Dan Kenney

How to donate

May 11

Posted by DanK in Public Comments | 8 Comments

Many folks have been asking about how and to where they can make a donation to assist us in defraying the costs of signage, printing, etc.

Please make checks payable to: Stop The Mega-Dump

You can mail them to:
Stop the Mega-Dump
PO Box 363
DeKalb, IL 60115

Thank you to those who have already contributed!

Important Questions for the County Board members to consider

May 10

Posted by DanK in DeKalb County Board, Public Comments, waste management | No Comments

Below are some important questions for the DeKalb County Board members to consider before their vote on May 10, 2010. They have been adapted from questions proposed by the Revs Bill and Jane Ann Moore.

1. Have you personally as an elected county board member examined comparable landfill studies? What did you learn from the comparison?
2. Have you read air quality studies of dumps of comparable size and proximity to an elementary school? What penalties has the county board put into place if air monitors exceed acceptable limits? Will Waste Management Inc (WMI) pay all medical bills if serious illness results?
3. Will the county board reject this application by WMI until they revise their application to meet the requirements established by the most recent USGS earthquake impact zone report?
4. What studies have you personally read about the effects of the increased truck traffic, especially in regards to traffic accidents, cost of noise attenuation, road repairs, and cost of cleaning up increases in debris along the highways?
5. Has the county asked our tourism office to conduct studies or polling to estimate the possible negative effects of the image of the county if it is known as the “Dump Capitol of the Region?” Or studies by someone other than WMI or Patrick Engineering, who once worked for companies like WMI, about the possible effects on business and property values? Or how about the public reaction to receiving waste from 17 other counties as a reward for their own exceptional recycling efforts?
6. Why were the county board members not informed before the application was submitted by WMI on November 30th that they would not be allowed to speak to their constituents until after the vote? Do you feel such a ruling is fair to your constituents? If not why are you willing to go along with it?
7. Do you honestly feel that you have been provided enough reassurances that you can vote yes for this expansion without reservation or doubt? Do you truly believe that you can vote yes to this expansion and that there will be no risk to the health and safety of the citizens now or the citizens to come in the future generations?
8. What are the costs to the county if WMI demonstrates that they are not operating the landfill properly and their permit is not renewed?

Come to the Stop the Mega-Dump Rally Today

May 8

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Come out to the Stop the Mega-Dump Rally

SATURDAY MAY 8TH
2 to 4 PM
In the park on the corner of North 4th Street and Lincoln Hwy, DEKALB
(With the Gazebo and Fountain)

There will be music and information.

Help send a strong message to the County Board that the citizens of this county do not want a mega-dump. We want to be good stewards of the county for future generations not leave them with a mountain of
garbage and a potential environmental nightmare.

Bring your whole family and come out for music and information.

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