UPDATE: Be sure to also see Carrie Ann Knauer's article - See also: http://www.carrollcountyti
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The 3-minute interview: Robin Davidov
Matthew Santoni, The Examiner 2008-04-21
Why have Carroll and Harford had such different reactions to plans for new waste-to-energy plants?
The difference, I think, is that
How does waste-to-energy compare to increased recycling, which is being discussed as an alternative in Carroll?
Our first steps are to reduce, reuse and recycle. But not everything can be recycled. To those who say, “Let’s recycle more instead of burning it for energy,” it’s not an either/or.
How do you respond to citizens’ worries about the facilities producing greenhouse gases and pollutants such as dioxins?
Waste-to-energy plants actually emit less greenhouse gas than trucking and landfilling garbage because landfills produce methane, which is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Dioxins are really pervasive. We’re pretty sure — not 100 percent — but pretty sure they’re destroyed at really high temperatures.
Examiner
Members of environmental panel quit over incinerator vote
Limo group: Unlicensed drivers ‘everywhere’ during prom season
3-year-old boy critically injured in lawnmower accident.
NAACP calls for statewide rally to protest killings by police
Public safety positions funded
The 3-minute interview: John B. Townsend II
The 3-minute interview: Esther Johnson
The 3-minute interview: Sandra Quel
The 3-minute interview: James Williams
The 3-minute interview: Vaughn Bennett
The 3-minute interview: Barry Levinson
The 3-minute interview: Greg Hamm
The 3-minute interview: George Jones
The 3-minute interview: Natalie Eddington
The 3-minute interview: Ann Compton
State Hispanic population growing; officials rethink outreach programs
Hispanic population in Md., Va.
Public pressure prompts change in natural gas project
Sewage sludge critics urge ban on spreading
Madame Tussauds cuts ticket prices, citing economic factors
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Links to related materials on Carroll County Maryland’s future solid waste management decisions… Related to: 20080331 Future of Solid Waste Public Hearing Dates Released
20080317 Recent columns on the future of Solid Waste Management in Carroll and Frederick Counties
20080309 The Sunday Carroll Eagle: “History will know us by our trash”
April 16, 2008
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Tomorrow the Carroll County Board of Commissioners will deliberate in open session and – hopefully – make a decision regarding the offer from
In The Tentacle:
March 6, 2008
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The February 26th joint meeting between
March 5, 2008
Making Trash Go Away – Part One
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On February 26, the
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Related: Environmentalism Solid Waste Management or
Environmentalism Solid Waste Management Recycling or
Environmentalism Solid Waste Management Waste to Energy
And:
19880900 To Burn or Not to Burn an interview with Neil Seldman
19960900 The Five Most Dangerous Myths About Recycling
“Pay as you throw” By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer Sunday, August 12, 2007
20070912 Carroll County EAC votes to promote recycling by Carrie Ann Knauer
20071112 Frederick County seeks Carroll participation in trash incinerator
Carroll County Times editorial from November 14, 2007: “Talk some trash with the county”
20080318 Frederick News Post Tourism Council opposes incinerator by Karen Gardner
20080331 Future of Solid Waste Public Hearing Dates Released
http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/pubworks/sw-future/default.asp
Board of
Future of Solid Waste Dates Released
Commissioner Discussion on WTE Shared Facility March 28, 2008
Future of Solid Waste Options March 10, 2008, public discussion
Future of Solid Waste Options March 5, 2008, public discussion
Joint meeting with Frederick County Board of County Commissioners
February 26, 2008
Presentation on home composting February 28, 2008
Economics of a shared Waste-to-Energy facility February 21, 2008
Presentation of recycling policy February 14, 2008
Discussion of integrated materials management strategy November 19, 2007
Report on recycling and update on solid waste August 14, 2007
Environmental Advisory Council Meetings
County's electronic recycling March 11, 2008
Food waste composting January 8, 2008
Council priorities review December 11, 2007
Presentation on composting November 13, 2007
Resource assessment, continuation of EAC discussion on waste management October 9, 2007
EAC discussion on waste management September 11, 2007
Pay per throw, Recycling August 14, 2007
Municipal waste options July 10, 2007
Waste To Energy Option for Carroll County
U.S. Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration
Waste to Energy: Investment/Expense/Income
Environmental Advisory Council Recommendations on Addressing
Solid Waste in Carroll County
Environmental Advisory Council Recommendations (DPW's presentation)
Multiple Pathway Health Risk Assessment
Municipal Waste Combustion Ash, Soil, and Leachate Characterization
Carroll County Waste Reduction, Recycling and Buy Recycled Policy
Resource Assessment (Richard Anthony report)
Integrated Materials (Waste) Management System
Carroll County, Maryland Solid Waste Management Options (R.W. Beck report)
The 3-minute interview: Robin Davidov
Matthew Santoni, The Examiner 2008-04-21
Why have Carroll and Harford had such different reactions to plans for new waste-to-energy plants?
The difference, I think, is that
How does waste-to-energy compare to increased recycling, which is being discussed as an alternative in Carroll?
Our first steps are to reduce, reuse and recycle. But not everything can be recycled. To those who say, “Let’s recycle more instead of burning it for energy,” it’s not an either/or.
How do you respond to citizens’ worries about the facilities producing greenhouse gases and pollutants such as dioxins?
Waste-to-energy plants actually emit less greenhouse gas than trucking and landfilling garbage because landfills produce methane, which is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Dioxins are really pervasive. We’re pretty sure — not 100 percent — but pretty sure they’re destroyed at really high temperatures.
Examiner
Members of environmental panel quit over incinerator vote
Limo group: Unlicensed drivers ‘everywhere’ during prom season
3-year-old boy critically injured in lawnmower accident.
NAACP calls for statewide rally to protest killings by police
Public safety positions funded
The 3-minute interview: John B. Townsend II
The 3-minute interview: Esther Johnson
The 3-minute interview: Sandra Quel
The 3-minute interview: James Williams
The 3-minute interview: Vaughn Bennett
The 3-minute interview: Barry Levinson
The 3-minute interview: Greg Hamm
The 3-minute interview: George Jones
The 3-minute interview: Natalie Eddington
The 3-minute interview: Ann Compton
State Hispanic population growing; officials rethink outreach programs
Hispanic population in Md., Va.
Public pressure prompts change in natural gas project
Sewage sludge critics urge ban on spreading
Madame Tussauds cuts ticket prices, citing economic factors
_____
Links to related materials on Carroll County Maryland’s future solid waste management decisions… Related to: 20080331 Future of Solid Waste Public Hearing Dates Released
20080317 Recent columns on the future of Solid Waste Management in Carroll and Frederick Counties
20080309 The Sunday Carroll Eagle: “History will know us by our trash”
April 16, 2008
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Tomorrow the Carroll County Board of Commissioners will deliberate in open session and – hopefully – make a decision regarding the offer from
In The Tentacle:
March 6, 2008
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The February 26th joint meeting between
March 5, 2008
Making Trash Go Away – Part One
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On February 26, the
*****
Related: Environmentalism Solid Waste Management or
Environmentalism Solid Waste Management Recycling or
Environmentalism Solid Waste Management Waste to Energy
And:
19880900 To Burn or Not to Burn an interview with Neil Seldman
19960900 The Five Most Dangerous Myths About Recycling
“Pay as you throw” By Carrie Ann Knauer, Times Staff Writer Sunday, August 12, 2007
20070912 Carroll County EAC votes to promote recycling by Carrie Ann Knauer
20071112 Frederick County seeks Carroll participation in trash incinerator
Carroll County Times editorial from November 14, 2007: “Talk some trash with the county”
20080318 Frederick News Post Tourism Council opposes incinerator by Karen Gardner
20080331 Future of Solid Waste Public Hearing Dates Released
http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/pubworks/sw-future/default.asp
Board of
Future of Solid Waste Dates Released
Commissioner Discussion on WTE Shared Facility March 28, 2008
Future of Solid Waste Options March 10, 2008, public discussion
Future of Solid Waste Options March 5, 2008, public discussion
Joint meeting with Frederick County Board of County Commissioners
February 26, 2008
Presentation on home composting February 28, 2008
Economics of a shared Waste-to-Energy facility February 21, 2008
Presentation of recycling policy February 14, 2008
Discussion of integrated materials management strategy November 19, 2007
Report on recycling and update on solid waste August 14, 2007
Environmental Advisory Council Meetings
County's electronic recycling March 11, 2008
Food waste composting January 8, 2008
Council priorities review December 11, 2007
Presentation on composting November 13, 2007
Resource assessment, continuation of EAC discussion on waste management October 9, 2007
EAC discussion on waste management September 11, 2007
Pay per throw, Recycling August 14, 2007
Municipal waste options July 10, 2007
Waste To Energy Option for Carroll County
U.S. Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration
Waste to Energy: Investment/Expense/Income
Environmental Advisory Council Recommendations on Addressing
Solid Waste in Carroll County
Environmental Advisory Council Recommendations (DPW's presentation)
Multiple Pathway Health Risk Assessment
Municipal Waste Combustion Ash, Soil, and Leachate Characterization
Carroll County Waste Reduction, Recycling and Buy Recycled Policy
Resource Assessment (Richard Anthony report)
Integrated Materials (Waste) Management System
Carroll County, Maryland Solid Waste Management Options (R.W. Beck report)
This week in The Tentacle
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Tomorrow the Carroll County Board of Commissioners will deliberate in open session and – hopefully – make a decision regarding the offer from
In recent separate interviews with Carroll County Public Works Director Mike Evans, and Carroll County Commissioners Mike Zimmer and Dean Minnich, the conversation quickly turned away from the actual choice to the intellectual, critical criteria necessary in order to make such a legacy decision.
Both commissioners bristled over the political threats and emotional advocacy and pleaded for more scientific information.
Commissioner Minnich immediately identified science and long-term safety as a decision driver. Commissioner Zimmer also identified science; and both commissioners agreed that a thorough public education and discussion process was critical.
And what an education process it has been so far. In a series of recent conversations with a few old-timers, all agreed that we have never witnessed such an exhaustive and open public discussion and education process on any public policy decision or environmental issue.
Bear in mind, a review of my files indicates that this is my fourth go-round regarding what to do with trash in
Read the entire column here: How to Make Trash Go Away
Tom McLaughlin
Viva
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Roy Meachum
After the cardinals' votes are counted, a white plume from the Sistine Chapel tells St. Peter's Square and the world "We have a pope!" "Havemus Papam," in Latin, once the customary language within the
Nick Diaz
As your son or daughter and their friends were moving from elementary school to middle school, you may have noticed that a number of them did not want to be identified as “smart kids” – even though they had always done rather well during their elementary years. Some of them were afraid that they would be picked on by other students if it were known that they were bright. Others just wanted to fit in.
Monday, April 14, 2008
General Assembly Journal 2008 – Volume 9
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
It never ceases to amaze. The Maryland General Assembly Session is 90 days long, as defined in the state constitution. Legislators are summoned to
Steven R. Berryman
I would never pretend to write a biography or obituary for Charlton Heston, and certainly have nothing first hand to offer as does The Tentacle’s Roy Meachum, but I have been affected by his life and his death. And his work.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Roy Meachum
Lurking in newspapers' back pages, correspondents report there are riots along the
Roy Meachum
Much to my surprise, "Smokey Joe's Cafe" enchanted and George Clooney's new flick did not.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Chris Cavey
This week the General Assembly was dismissed from
An Open Letter to the Commissioners
Joan McIntyre
I want to thank you in advance of the adoption of next year’s budget. I do this primarily because I know this may well be the most difficult budget year in many of your careers. There will be very little thanks in this particular portion of your job.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Wendi Peters – Mount Airy’s Steel Magnolia
Kevin E. Dayhoff
People were delighted to see former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., last Friday when he came to
Tom McLaughlin
I have trouble equating human life with money. It’s like combining an apple and an orange to make a new fruit. Shakespeare and algebra simply will not go together in a publishable book.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Bemoaning Rick Weldon's Farewell
Roy Meachum
The legislative process, state or federal, frequently invokes the image of grass growing; it is generally long and tedious, unmemorable. The real trick for a journalist comes from watching out for "moles," the bills that work slightly undercover, like the fuzzy critters.
How to Avoid Getting Run Over…
Farrell Keough
Sometimes you are the bug and sometimes you are the windshield. It seems that recently we taxpaying residents of
Monday, April 7, 2008
Steven R. Berryman
Enabling legislation passed by our Maryland General Assembly will allow
The Yin and the Yang of Annapolis
Richard B. Weldon Jr.
This place is really odd. There is just no more appropriate one-word definition. We begin our legislative session in middle of winter’s icy grip, and we end it in all of spring’s emerging glory.
Roy Meachum
Charlton Heston and I met a couple of times in
Timeline to date on the
April 15, 2008
March 2005 -
October 2005 - R.W. Beck presented their report on long term waste disposal options indicating that WTE may be the lowest cost waste disposal option.
January 19, 2006 – Carroll County Commissioners adopted resolution 658-06, which among other things directed the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NMWDA) to conduct a procurement for waste-to-energy facilities, as detailed in the R.W. Beck Report.
May 3, 2006 - Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was advertised in Waste News (the most widely read solid waste weekly periodical with a circulation of over 50,000. The RFQ was posted on the NMWDA’s website along with all addenda.
August 1, 2006 - The NMWDA received 12 responses from the RFQ (9) technologies/vendors were deemed qualified to submit.
October 6, 2006 – Request for Proposals (RFP) were released to prequalified vendors.
December 2006 -
March 26, through April 1, 2007 - Staff from
April 20, 2007 - NMWDA receives three WTE proposals from pre-qualified vendors.
July 14, 2007 -
September 29, 2007 – DPW staff and Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) held a workshop on solid waste disposal.
October 9, 2007 -
October, 2007- Based on a recommendation of the EAC,
November 15, 2007 - The EAC presented their recommendation on solid waste option to the Carroll County Commissioners.
November 19, 2007 - DPW Staff with the assistance of the NMWDA presented their recommendation to the Carroll County Commissioners
December 13, 2007 - DPW Staff, NMWDA, EAC and the Carroll County Commissioners had a panel discussion on solid waste disposal.
February 14, 2008 – Carroll County Commissioners adopted a
February 21, 2008 - DPW staff presented information on the economics of a WTE facility to the Carroll County Commissioners
February 26, 2008 - The
March 5 and 10, 2008 – DPW hosts public information meetings to explain the integrated materials management strategy for handling all of
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Room 003 of the
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 - Public Hearing: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in Room 003 of the
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 - The Carroll County Board of Commissioners will deliberate and make a decision regarding the