SOBE Concerned Citizens & Dorothy Day will hold Public Townhall on the proposed SOBE incinerator in
the heart of downtown Youngstown.
WHEN: Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:00pm – 7:30pm
WHERE: Dorothy Day House - Youngstown, 620 Belmont Ave, Youngstown, OH 44502
Guest
speaker Sil Caggiano, a HazMat expert, will discuss the Norfolk Southern train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio and similar possible air emissions
from the SOBE incinerator project, including the similarity of the toxic chemicals released at the East Palestine
controlled burn after the train derailment.
Presentation of the US EPA EJ[Environmental Justice] Screen and tutorial on how to use it.
Refreshments will be served
MORE INFO: 330-333-1264
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| 6 PM March 30, 2023 SOBE Concerned Citizens & Dorothy Day Public Townhall on proposed SOBE incinerator in heart of downtown Youngstown, Ohio |
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“SOBE NO WAY!” Billboard unveiling at Belmont and Burlington, Youngstown, Ohio! ### SOBE Concerned Citizens Public Town Hall Meeting “Preventing Toxic Air Pollution In Youngstown and Lowellville, Ohio Thursday March 30, 2023 6:00 p.m.– 7:30 p.m. The Dorothy Day House, 620 Belmont Ave., Youngstown, OH 44502 Free to public, pizza and refreshments served FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2023 Contact: Lynn Anderson: Sustainable Youngstown sustainableyoungstown@gmail.com 330-333-1264 Susie Beiersdorfer, OHCRN, yogayoungstown@gmail.com 330-881-1050 YOUNGSTOWN- On Thursday, March 30 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. concerned citizens will gather to discuss information gathered and actions being taken by the community to stop a facility that will superheat tires to create fossil fuel synthetic gas to sell and to burn for producing steam heat, next to downtown Youngstown. Sil Caggiano, retired Youngstown Fire Dept. battalion chief and HazMat expert, will speak about the toxic chemicals released from the East Palestine train derailment controlled burn and similarities to a pyrolysis plant accident that would release the same type of toxic air emissions. See website: www.stop-sobe.com In November of 2021, PUCO granted a permit to purchase the defunct Youngstown Thermal, LLC that provided steam heat to downtown buildings to SOBE Energy Solutions of Dublin, Ohio. It has come to light that SOBE misrepresented their business plan, submitting their application as SOBE Thermal, a heating and cooling company. The CEO, David Ferro, has said in two public meetings before Youngstown citizens that his business will make money by super-heating chopped up tires, recycled plastics and computer waste to produce synthetic gas (syngas), new plastic, and carbon black for sale, plus sell electricity to a subcontractor to mine cryptocurrency. He said they would also provide steam heat to Youngstown buildings. Residents questioned the SOBE CEO due to concerns that their permit from PUCO is only for a steam heating/cooling plant, not an industrial plant producing these products for profit. SOBE Concerned Citizens is informing and uniting Youngtown residents in protecting our community from toxic air pollution. We are demanding that this business produce steam heat only as they applied to do with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). We are telling the US EPA to codify into law "Interim Environmental Justice and Civil Rights in Permitting” policy and take immediate action to stop granting permits to these type of “advanced recycling” businesses. We stand with the 48 Congress people and Senators who wrote to the US EPA: ”As our transportation, energy, and industrial sectors transition to clean energy, the oil and gas industry is doubling down on petrochemicals and plastics, with plans to substantially expand production in the United States. These new facilities will release toxic pollutants that will disproportionately impact the communities living in and around the facility and produce additional greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.” February 9, 2023 Letter to US EPA from Congress and Senate: https://www.booker.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_epa_on_plastic_crisis_actions1.pdf SOBE Concerned Citizens and Sustainable Youngstown’s phone number: 330-333-1264 Website: www.stop-sobe.com #### |
