We, the undersigned, residents and/or landowners of Washington State, oppose Hi Test silicon smelter planned for the Newport, WA/Oldtown, ID area. Hi Test Sand land parcels, including #453125000005, #463130010001, #463130020001, #463130500001 are all located in a dense rural residential area and within approximately 1.5 miles of 9 schools (a total of 1600 students), a hospital, clinic, senior care facility and 2 municipalities. Any spills, contaminated liquids or wind transported contaminants carrying potential exposure to silica dust, will adversely affect human health, property values and our rural quality of life. This proposed Smelter site directly borders residential properties which is a serious concern for their property values and quality of their local neighborhood. Heavy industry such as a silicon smelter is inconsistent with the current land uses in our area and therefore should be located at a pre-existing industrial site.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
September 17, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
December 4, 2017
December 3, 2017
We are currently formatting our formal objection letter to be presented to the county commissioners. Hitting the one hundred signature mark today will provide the necessary leverage to finalize the meeting agenda with the planning department.
238 Comments
This is not the place for a potentially polluting, heavy industry installation to be. Newport is just recently waking up, new businesses coming in. This does not fit with the kind of expansion and growth we're looking for. Too toxic, too risky.
For all stated reasons, and because the drainage from this proposed project will negatively impact the Pend Oreille River as it flows downstream past my property. Only our health, our air and our water are at stake, only these most important concerns.
Lived here all my life. Our beautiful scenery, clean air (except for fire season) keeps our tourist season alive. I already have serious lung issues. I am a non-smoker. NO SMELTER! Location is right in a neighborhood in a RESIDENTIAL AREA. Build it in CANADA!
I live east of Newport in the beautiful North Idaho Panhandle. Whatever happens in Newport happens here. Please don't allow this smelter to be built. It will damage air and water quality thus quality of life in both NE Washington and NW Idaho.
I bought land on the river because it was remote and natural and clean I feel this smelter would change all of that as well as lower my property value. I would not want my children fishing and playing that close to a smelter
This will damage the tourism industry. Also the environment. Mount Spokane employs hundreds of people, and serves over 150k of skiers and families learning how to ski every year. Also Washington State Park is the largest park in Washington and a pristine wilderness park. There are other ski resorts that will also be affected by this. My question is why this is not being done in the Seattle industrial areas already zoned for this sort of thing. Also why does Canada want to build it here instead of in Canada? Perhaps it has to do with Iceland shutting their facility down because of environmental toxicity. We the people of Eastern Washington will only gain 150 of so called 'good paying' jobs while the thousands of other employees in the tourism industry and not to mention tourists are not considered. This is a pristine area, not an industrial one, like Niagara Falls. Build it where there is already industrial infrastructure in place. Not here. The tribe doesn't want it. The people don't want it.
Renita ~ Pend Oreille County Commissioners have demonstrated a consistent disregard for truth, honesty, disclosure and respect for the residents of the county. How many times have they lied to us? Deceived us? Misrepresented their intentions? It's become so bad that every single one of these officials needs to be recalled, asap. It's clear as day they have repeatedly sought to make a end-run around laws, procedures, requirements and public input. Rather then working for us (which is what they are being paid to do), we find ourselves constantly battling them. Everyone needs to pay particular attention to their actions and words now.
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We, the undersigned, residents and/or landowners of Washington State, oppose Hi Test silicon smelter planned for the Newport, WA/Oldtown, ID area. Hi Test Sand land parcels, including #453125000005, #463130010001, #463130020001, #463130500001 are all located in a dense rural residential area and within approximately 1.5 miles of 9 schools (a total of 1600 students), a hospital, clinic, senior care facility and 2 municipalities. Any spills, contaminated liquids or wind transported contaminants carrying potential exposure to silica dust, will adversely affect human health, property values and our rural quality of life. This proposed Smelter site directly borders residential properties which is a serious concern for their property values and quality of their local neighborhood. Heavy industry such as a silicon smelter is inconsistent with the current land uses in our area and therefore should be located at a pre-existing industrial site.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
September 17, 2018
Reached 100 supporters
December 4, 2017
December 3, 2017
We are currently formatting our formal objection letter to be presented to the county commissioners. Hitting the one hundred signature mark today will provide the necessary leverage to finalize the meeting agenda with the planning department.
238 Comments
I have lived in Newport since 1972 and d find the smelter plant a sham. There is no way the PUD should be able to rezone that property and subject the whole region to the inevitable health risks that are sure to follow if it gets built. I VOTE NO ON THE SMELTER!
This is not the place for a potentially polluting, heavy industry installation to be. Newport is just recently waking up, new businesses coming in. This does not fit with the kind of expansion and growth we're looking for. Too toxic, too risky.
For all stated reasons, and because the drainage from this proposed project will negatively impact the Pend Oreille River as it flows downstream past my property. Only our health, our air and our water are at stake, only these most important concerns.
Lived here all my life. Our beautiful scenery, clean air (except for fire season) keeps our tourist season alive. I already have serious lung issues. I am a non-smoker. NO SMELTER! Location is right in a neighborhood in a RESIDENTIAL AREA. Build it in CANADA!
I live east of Newport in the beautiful North Idaho Panhandle. Whatever happens in Newport happens here. Please don't allow this smelter to be built. It will damage air and water quality thus quality of life in both NE Washington and NW Idaho.
I bought land on the river because it was remote and natural and clean I feel this smelter would change all of that as well as lower my property value. I would not want my children fishing and playing that close to a smelter
This will damage the tourism industry. Also the environment. Mount Spokane employs hundreds of people, and serves over 150k of skiers and families learning how to ski every year. Also Washington State Park is the largest park in Washington and a pristine wilderness park. There are other ski resorts that will also be affected by this. My question is why this is not being done in the Seattle industrial areas already zoned for this sort of thing. Also why does Canada want to build it here instead of in Canada? Perhaps it has to do with Iceland shutting their facility down because of environmental toxicity. We the people of Eastern Washington will only gain 150 of so called 'good paying' jobs while the thousands of other employees in the tourism industry and not to mention tourists are not considered. This is a pristine area, not an industrial one, like Niagara Falls. Build it where there is already industrial infrastructure in place. Not here. The tribe doesn't want it. The people don't want it.
Renita ~ Pend Oreille County Commissioners have demonstrated a consistent disregard for truth, honesty, disclosure and respect for the residents of the county. How many times have they lied to us? Deceived us? Misrepresented their intentions? It's become so bad that every single one of these officials needs to be recalled, asap. It's clear as day they have repeatedly sought to make a end-run around laws, procedures, requirements and public input. Rather then working for us (which is what they are being paid to do), we find ourselves constantly battling them. Everyone needs to pay particular attention to their actions and words now.
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I have lived in Newport since 1972 and d find the smelter plant a sham. There is no way the PUD should be able to rezone that property and subject the whole region to the inevitable health risks that are sure to follow if it gets built. I VOTE NO ON THE SMELTER!