RESEARCH AND BRIEFS
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Contacts.
Useful Addresses
Click on this item for a list of addresses of newspapers and public officials around our region.
Factsheets.
Tell the Truth, Stop the Plant
A full-page ad which appeared in The Register-Star, The Catskill Daily Mail, and Chatham Courier on January 24th and 25th, 2003.
Issues Overview
Seven-page summary of Air Quality, Scale/Setting, Track Record, Economic, and other issues raised by the Greenport proposal.
Jobs and Tax Impacts
Two-page summary of the lack of economic benefits from the SLC proposal.
Legal Documents.
April 2005 SLC Decision by DOS
The Coastal Consistency determination issued for the New York State Department of State Division of Coastal Resources by Secretary of State Randy Daniels on April 19th, 2005, which put a final stop to the St. Lawrence Cement proposal for Hudson and Greenport.
March 2005 Comments on Coastal Policies
Comments filed jointly by attorneys for Friends of Hudson and the Hudson Valley Preservation Coalition to the New York State Department of Statešs Division of Coastal Resources, regarding the applicability of the Statešs Coastal Policies to the St. Lawrence Cement Greenport proposal.
2003 Comments to Army Corps
Comments submitted to the U.S. Army Corps regarding the St. Lawrence Cement proposal in April 2003 by Young, Sommer..LLC, legal consultants to Friends of Hudson.
March 2nd 2002 Reply to SLC Appeals
Submitted by Young Sommer..LLC to NYS DEC Commissioner Erin Crotty in response to a lengthy appeal by St. Lawrence Cement of the ALJs' ruling
December 10th 2001 Issues Ruling
Decision by judges Helene Goldberger and Maria Villa granting Friends of Hudson party status and identifying issues which need to go to trial.
July 2nd 2001 Comments (Part I)
July 2nd 2001 Comments (Part II)
Submitted by Young, Sommer..LLC on behalf of Friends of Hudson to NYS DEC Administrative Law Judges as part of the State Environmental Quality Review of the Greenport proposal.
July 11th 2001 Petition for Party Status
Submitted by Young Sommer..LLC to NYS DEC Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) as part of the State Environmental Quality Review.
June 20, 2001 DEC Public Hearing
Comments made at Columbia-Greene Community College before Administrative Law Judges Helene Goldberger and Maria Villa
Miscellany.
Letter from Dr. Ira Marks
A letter from the retired chief of pediatrics at Columbia Memorial Hospital, rebutting St. Lawrence Cement's claims about air pollution (originally published in The Register-Star, June 30, 2002). This file is a scan in JPEG format.
Letter from Assemblyman John Faso
A letter from the then-Assemblyman from Kinderhook, John Faso, to a constituent, stating that "as a practical matter," the proposed Greenport plant design would not be allowed in SLC's parent company's home country, Switzerland.
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