Citizen's Hearings on Cliffside Coal-Burning Power Plant to be held, Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh, NC October 16, 18 and 23


The North Carolina Division of Air Quality has refused to hold public hearings in major urban areas around the state on the licensing of a new gigantic 800 megawatt coal-burning power plant on the Rutherford/Cleveland county border. The lone DAQ hearing was held the night of September 18, in remote Forest City, hours from densely populated regions that would bear the brunt of emissions from the plant.

In response, environmental and community groups are holding their own public hearings. Statements from the hearings will be submitted to the DAQ before the agency's deadline for written comments on October 31.

The Asheville Citizen's Hearing, on OCTOBER 18TH is being
co-sponsored by The Canary Coalition, Mountain Voices Alliance,
Western North Carolina Alliance, Interfaith Power and Light,
Appalachian Voices, Clean Water for North Carolina, Wenoca Sierra
Group, Environment and Conservation Organization of Hendersonville and the Sustainable Energy Council of Western North Carolina.


Charlotte Hearing
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 7 pm
Myers Park Baptist Church, Heaton Hall, 1931 Selwyn Avenue

ASHEVILLE HEARING
Thursday, Oct. 18, 6-10 pm
Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, Asheville Campus, Simpson Hall

Raleigh Hearing
Tues, Oct. 23, 6-10 pm Location to be announced


Please distribute this flyer far and wide ... http://www.canarycoalition.org/cliffside/cliffly.pdf

...and this petition http://www.canarycoalition.org/cliffside/cliffpet.doc

To review Duke Energy's permit application for the Cliffside Power
Plant visit

http://daq.state.nc.us/permits/psd/cliffside.shtml