Fumes And Debris From The RRRC Fire, Cobb County And SMRC Plant Not Financially Viable
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CMCOAG – Newsletter and Updates
Canning Melville Community Odour Action Group
1. SMRC Plant Not Financially Viable
2. Nahan calls for resignation of SMRC Chairman
Doug Thompson and CEO Stuart McAll
3. Residents Covered In Fumes From The RRRC Fire and Debris Concerns
4. Familiar Stench — Cobb County — Read this!
5. Take Action Today!
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Hi there!
1. SMRC Plant Not Financially Viable
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Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton said the end game was nigh for the SMRC’s composting plant in Bannister Road, Canning Vale. “It will be closed, not just for odour pollution but because of excessive costs,” said Dr Nahan.
Dr Nahan said the SMRC plant was modeled on a similar plant in Cobb County, Georgia USA. The SMRC sent representatives to the USA in 1996 to view that plant’s operations and based their decision to proceed with the plant in Canning Vale on Cobb County’s experience.
“The experience of the Cobb County plant has been eerily predictive of the problems that have overwhelmed the SMRC’s Canning Vale plant. The US plant has been plagued by fire, odour pollution, community protest, empty promises, poor management, no market for output, cost blow-outs, and rising debt,” said Dr Nahan.
“The SMRC composting plant can no longer be justified financially. Its business case has evaporated. Since 2004, its costs for processing a tonne of municipal solid waste have increased from $36 per tonne to $137 per tonne in 2009/10. That is an increase of 400% in the last five years.” — See graph below:
http://cmcoag.com/news-articles/SMRC%20Plant%20Not%20Financially%20Viable%20-%20Mike%20Nahan.pdf
2. Nahan calls for resignation of SMRC Chairman Doug Thompson and CEO Stuart McAll
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“A starting point for the renewal process must be the resignation of Chairman Doug Thompson and the CEO Stuart McAll,” said Dr Nahan.
Dr Mike Nahan, the Member for Riverton, said it is time to start over with the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council’s waste processing facility.
“The fire that destroyed the SMCR’s materials recycling plant this morning was a tragedy. The plant was losing money in the current environment and it will need to be replaced,” said Dr Nahan.
“A starting point for the renewal process must be the resignation of Chairman Doug Thompson and the CEO Stuart McAll,” said Dr Nahan. These two men have been responsible for the mismanagement of the SMRC, including… see here for more on Mike Nahan on SMRC and RRRC Fire:
http://cmcoag.com/news-articles/Time%20To%20Start%20Afresh%20With%20The%20SMRC%20-%20Mike%20Nahan.pdf
3. Residents Covered In Fumes From The RRRC Fire and Debris Concerns
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Residents have been finding debris in their yards from the RRRC fire. However residents have stated they “do not trust the SMRC and don’t want them coming around to their homes”, and so haven’t asked for help in regards to the clean-up.
Debris has also been found at the local Dundee St park right next to where children were playing on the lawn.
CMCOAG Press Release below…:
Residents Covered In Fumes From The RRRC Fire
After everything the innocent Leeming, Willeton and Canning Vale residents have been through over the years stating their genuine concerns of the ongoing risks of the RRRC WCF being built so close to them – this incident is an absolute disaster. And even worse, this isn’t the first fire that the RRRC has experienced.
Residents have been begging the State Govt and Local Councils for years to come to their aid and protect them from the SMRC’s RRRC WCF noxious emissions which has been proven by DEC to be impinging on residents lives.
The SMRC itself have blamed the problems with the facility on poor management. Creating a hazardous environment because they seemingly ignore environment management rules. Yet have continued to operate in this careless manner despite the residents ongoing suffering.
Not only are the residents copping the regular noxious emissions from the RRRC WCF but they are now are covered in the horrible toxic fumes from the RRRC fire. What else are the State Govt and Councils going to allow the poor residents to go through before something is done?
The residents rates have continually been raised to support the SMRC and the RRRC due to it’s never ending financial problems. Not only are residents putting up with noxious emissions and fires but now we may end up having to pay for the re-building of the RRRC via our rates.
This is a real tragedy for the residents, who always seem to end up being the collateral damage in this issue that no-one seems to want to address because it has become so large.
4. Familiar Stench — Cobb County — Read this!
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Looks like we’re not the only residents that have been exposed to a failing waste facility’s noxious emissions.
The folk of Cobb County, have been through it all, unfortunately for us the RRRC was modelled on the failing Cobb County facility:
http://cmcoag.com/news-articles/Familiar%20Stench%20-%20Cobb%20County%20-%20mdjonline.pdf
5. Take ACTION TODAY!
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Write To Your Councils And / Or Attend Council Meetings And Demand Answers For The Following:
Your Rates rising due to ongoing financial and environmental issues the RRRC is facing.
Councils continue to fork out for a facility – using your rates – that is having a negative impact on the lives of residents for which it was built so close too.
Remind the councils that the residents were here first – not the RRRC WCF.
Why should you foot the bill for a facility that is badly managed and operated?
Remember the councillors are supposed to represent and care for the rate payers — although it appears the City of Melville have turned their back on the residents.
Support the City of Canning Councillors that do care about us!
Support Mike Nahan and Joe Francis in their efforts to help the long-suffering residents.
6. Log the RRRC WCF odour!
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Log the odour online – putting it in writing is vital:
http://www.cmcoag.com/odour-log.htm
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Log the odour via phone using the Emergency Pollution Response Numbers Below:
Day Time – 6364 6501
After Hours – 1300 784 782
