Sludge Watch ==> Massive sludge site - Nursery Products - comment now - buy t shirt

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Nursery Products LLC - a company that was court ordered to stop taking 
sludge due to the ghastly impacts on the neighbors in Adelanto Calif -
is making a concerted bid to start a huge open air static pile sludge site 
in the California desert near thebenighted town of Hinkley.  Hinkley 
residents
were made famous (infamous) in the film Erin Brokovich.  The groundwater was 
polluted with Chromium 6,


Now this waste company wants to try to site a sewage sludge facility 
there...and haul sludge and greenwaste into static piles in the desert.
The property has no water, no electricity, no plans to clean off the sludge 
trucks, no plans to turn the windrows the required 5 times, and seems
determined to continue the same practices that caused flies, odor, and trash 
problems in their Adelanto site.The City of Adelanto sued Nursery Products.
So did their Adelanto neighbor - Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power.

Here is the 'completed' Environmental Impact Report that is being rushed to 
completion.  Read it over and see if it makes any sense to you.  SEND IN 
YOUR COMMENTS!

http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/landuseservices/Public%20Notices/EIRs/EIRs.htm

The residents of Hinkley are raising funds selling t shirts..and asking for 
contributions toward legal fees to fight the sludge.  The County is making 
them pay $1850 just to file an appeal if the EIR is approved by the Planning 
Commission.  There is still time to send in your comments to Carrie Hyke at 
San Bernardino County planning
on this awful sludge proposal.  And now is the time to help the cause by 
buying a Help Hinkley t-shirt...with the bold 'no flies on Hinkley' 
logo....see attached photo.
The t shirts cost $25. All contributions to the Hinkley cause will be 
appreciated.

Contact Norm Diaz at 760 253 7945 or dnorm at earthlink.net
Send cheques for $25  to
 Norman Diaz
Hinkley California
 92347


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>From the Barstow Desert Dispatch Nov 13, 2006

Letter to the Editor

Community coming together to fight sludge

First I want to thank all of the people who have been working so hard to 
shed light on the proposed sludge dump in Hinkley. The City Council finally 
showed some leadership by passing a resolution against the facility. Our 
only local newspaper has been covering the issue. Our state representatives 
have become involved. The Barstow School Board has shown strong leadership 
against the proposal. The surrounding communities of Newberry, Yermo, and 
Barstow Heights have all passed resolutions against the facility. The 
Chamber of Commerce and new City Council member Mr. Silva has stood up in 
opposition. The people of these communities as well as the people of Barstow 
have stood up in opposition to this intrusion on our air quality, clean 
water and clean desert. The deadline for our comments is today Monday the 
13th to the County Land Use Services Dept. in San Bernardino.

It seems the only ones we have not convinced is the County Board of 
Supervisors and Bill Postmus. They are the ones who have blessed this 
project. They supported it in Adelanto, Newberry and now in Hinkley. They 
hold the final vote. It is now up to them to decide to force this waste on 
us over our overwhelming objections. The Planning Commission meeting on Nov. 
30th will be the next step. We as a community will have to be there to show 
them our feelings. We are organizing buses to travel to this meeting. If you 
cannot attend, please support the effort by donating some funds to help pay 
for these buses. I will be pulling my children out of school for this 
because I feel it is an important lesson to teach them about civic 
responsibility and how to stand up for our future.
You can still fax or e-mail comments today Nov. 13th by 5 p.m. to Carrie 
Hyke and Bill Postmus at: chyke at lusd.sbcounty.gov or fax (909) 387-3223
Thank you for all the support. We can and will stop this intrusion on our 
future and the future of our kids and grandkids.

Norman Diaz, www.helphinkley.org
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:ifxJX9ddhBIJ:www.desertdispatch.com/2006/116343087558824.html+norman+diaz+hinkley&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=4 
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