Sunday, July 15, 2012

Was Erving Responsible? By Pete Farrell


     Templeton residents interested in the history of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) contract may enjoy the meeting of 4/19/95.  EPA User Charge Coordinator Mark Malone was up to explain the User Charge System after contract operator Northeast Waste Services a subsidiary of American Tissues of Mass. was accused of bringing in hazardous waste materials and sickening citizens of the Town of Templeton.  

     This meeting occurred on the very same day as the Oklahoma City Bombing and Mr. Malone a Federal employee was somewhat shaken by events as were the rest of us.  
    Readers should note that Baldwinville Products is never mentioned in the meeting minutes and that Erving Paper appears to be the responsible party concerning the WWTP contract and the Town of Templeton. 
     A look at the sign-in sheet finds a representative from Congressman John Olver’s office as well as Selectman Dana Putnam in attendance.  Also in attendance was Mr. Fred Bennet current select board member Jeffrey Bennet’s father.
     The point of the meeting minutes on 4/19/95 is to show until Kopelman and Paige took over the litigation there was no question that Erving was the responsible party to the WWTP contract.
     There is other evidence that shows Erving being the responsible party to the contract but that will be the subject of a future blog.
      It is hoped some in town will take the time to investigate how badly Kopelman and Paige may have treated this town in regards to the almost fraudulent behavior involving case 02-2424C heard before Judge Cornetta of the Worcester Superior Court.
        

4 comments:

  1. Thanks for the info, Pete. Its sad, but good for us to know.

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  2. Anonymous -
    It is much more than sad. I believe it is criminal.
    The acrylonitrile -acrylonitrile /ˌakrɪlə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪtrʌɪl/
    ▶noun
    Chemistry a pungent, toxic liquid used in making artificial fibres and other polymers.
    'acrylonitrile' also found in these Oxford entries:
    ABS
    caused many people to get sick. The acrylonitrile was traced to Pioneer Plastics of Auburn ME. Here is a link to a profile of the toxic effects of acrylonitrile:
    http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp125.pdf

    In my opinion, this is more criminal than sad.

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  3. we former employee's of american tissue were told by the staff and chemists that the blueberry smell was cleaning agents from pioneer plastics from maine also called glycol ethiers? knowing they had me dig a hole in the back lot at 2am for drums to bury makes me think that maybe they we all full of shit, working in the yard area outside was the job of jobs,but at what cost to our health.breathing in the toxic ?? liquid dumpings from where ever they came from. and lets not forget the barrels from new york plants of american tissue mills that were not on manifests,we use to unload and bring out back and pump into our effluent well to dilute to a safe amount?
    unmarked barrels of dies/cleaning agents/your average industrial whatever? all in the nose of the trailer,surprise
    then they stole our retirement fund after the bank got robbed! none of this opinion and all of it facts!Erving sold our pensions why would they care about Templeton's environmental problems? any other old mill employees care to step up and validate my posting? theres nothing to loose now,and only your town to save!

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    1. I have heard stories about a pipe going into the river from the mill. Seems if they had a hot load,[ what I understood, was anything they did not want to show up in testing] they dumped it into the river. No one would be the wiser. I do not know if this was true? It may have been a long time ago. I know I always felt the number of people from Otter River who died at unusually young ages, was because of the toxic chemicals the paper mills used. I can't prove anything, just my opinions. Bev.

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