Reply #7: They make sure this kind of info doesn't get covered in the media. 1,100 ft from an elementary

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School! Located on a flood plain!

Gore got blamed for this in 2000 but I believe this article speaks volumes:


Clinton Will Not Fight Toxic-Waste Incinerator
By KEITH SCHNEIDER,
Published: March 18, 1993

More than three months after Vice President-elect Al Gore vowed to block the opening of the nation's newest hazardous-waste incinerator, the Clinton Administration said today that it would not oppose the owner's plan to begin commercial operation of the plant, probably next month.

The decision, which was disclosed today by top officials at the Environmental Protection Agency, came a day after a Federal appellate court in Cincinnati cleared the way for the incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio, to begin accepting tons of toxic wastes.

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But legal experts and a top official of the Environmental Protection Agency said the Federal hazardous-waste law gave the E.P.A. the authority to bar the incinerator from operating and could have halted a test burn that the incinerator's owner, Von Roll Inc., needed before it could begin commercial operation.

The Administration's decision represents a setback for Mr. Gore, who has made a specialty of environmental issues. The Vice President campaigned in the Ohio River Valley with Mr. Clinton last year and twice promised to investigate how one of the country's largest toxic-waste incinerators was built near the center of a densely populated community, where its emissions could blow onto a school, hundreds of homes and several churches.

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