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.
Thanks for the info, Pete. Its sad, but good for us to know.
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ReplyDeleteIt 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.
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?
ReplyDeleteunmarked 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!
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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