Jump to our Audio Feature or Make a Donation

Click here for meeting details...
 

The Cookbooks Have Arrived!
To order by mail, send your completed order form to:

PPC
PO Box 38
Clarence, PA 16829

Shopping the Dump Away through iGive.com • An Anytime Fundraiser
One of our supporters recommended this online resource for fundraising, so here it is!
Do you shop online? Click here for more details...

Donations accepted anytime by mail or through PayPal.

Help us spread the word now that we have reached this critical juncture that requires funding. Download our donation letter and ask friends, family and neighbors to donate to save this forest and "Stop the Landfill."

Click here for more details or Donate Now with a credit/debit card by clicking on the PayPal button below.

Dr. Paul Connett, world reknown expert on zero waste, talks about why citizens should take a stand against the current standards of dealing with trash and why you shouldn't want the RRLLC landfill to be constructed in your backyard— or anywhere else!

Take an hour from your hectic schedule (or do some busy work) while you listen to this interesting and informative interview.

To download the audio file, please go to Sam Ettaro's "The Green Wave". You will need Windows Media Player to listen.

Check back often— We plan to offer more interviews in the future. Many thanks to Sam Ettaro's "The Green Wave" for providing this resource.

• Hall's Market
• Snow Shoe Sandwich Shop
• Tussey Mountain Outfitters, Bellefonte
• Sunshine Imports, State College
• Moshannon Group, Sierra Club

More about our patrons...
 

Jump to: Update & Call to Action: PPC Petitions the Surface Transportation Board, Newsflash: Another Treatment Plant?, Thank You

Download our Feb 08 Newsletter, FAQs flyer, 100 Reasons flyer, When Pigs Fly: Part 1, When Pigs Fly: Part 2, When Pigs Fly: Part 3, When Pigs Fly: Part 4, and When Pigs Fly: Part 5 to share with family, friends and neighbors.

*** UPDATE & CALL TO ACTION ***
People Protecting Communities Petitions the Surface Transportation Board

People Protecting Communities filed a PETITION TO HOLD PROCEEDINGS IN ABEYANCE with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding the recent actions by the R.J. Corman Railroad to reactive rail service to the proposed Resource Recovery Landfill.

In May, R.J. Corman filed a series of notices with the STB including a notice to vacate the Certificate of Interim Trail Use for the section that encompasses the Snow Shoe Rail Trail. This means over 9 miles of the Snow Shoe Rail Trail, including the Peale Tunnel and the Viaduct Bridge, will no longer be available for rail-trail use if we cannot stop this proposal.

Read the PPC Petition and R.J. Corman filings in our STB and Rail-Trail "reading room."

Thank you to all who have written to the STB expressing your opposition to the rail reactivation. To read the letters that have been sent to the STB please go to the Freedom of Information Act page at the STB website on this application. Scroll down to FD-35166-0 and click on the arrow to view the letters.

People Protecting Communities wishes to thank you for your continued support in our battle to stop the Resource Recovery, LLC (RRLLC) landfill/interchange/industrial park proposals. Since RRLLC purchased the CLOG property earlier this year, we are being bombarded with news of numerous attempts to industrialize this rural recreation area in both Rush and Snow Shoe Townships. We are now faced with not only the threat of a landfill, interchange, quarry and bio-diesel plant, but reactivation of the railroad, a water treatment plant to treat 500,000 gallons of gas well wastewater per day, and a gas pipeline. A reactivation of the railroad will adversely affect residents and property owners from Wallaceton in Clearfield County to Gorton (Moshannon) in Centre County, and take away over 9 miles of the Snow Shoe Rail Trail.

Experienced and knowledgeable attorneys are expensive but necessary. To date we have spent over $15,000 on attorneys and consultants. PPC needs to recharge the coffers for the next round and once again we are counting on you to help us. We are asking for your generous gift of support for our Legal Defense Fund to help "Stop the Landfill" and its associated proposals. Please mail your donation to:

People Protecting Communities
PO Box 38
Clarence, PA 16829

Share this information with everyone you know. If you know folks who live along this rail bed, please make sure they know about this proposal. According to the PennDOT letter posted at the STB website, there will be a minimum of 16 crossings necessary for this reactivation.

Encourage everyone to contact the STB to let them know this rail reactivation proposal is not acceptable. Use our sample letter to help you get started. Please add your own comments to this letter and mail, fax or email (copy and paste into the body of the email) to:

Victoria Rutson
Chief, Section of Environmental Analysis
Surface Transportation Board
1925 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20423
Phone: 202-565-1545; Fax: 202-565-9000
Email: rutsonv@stb.dot.gov

Now more than ever we must step up our efforts to "Stop the Landfill!"

We have been told by other grassroots organizations that telephone calls are a very effective means of communicating concerns to elected officials. Call and ask these elected officials for their help in stopping the reactivation of this rail line.

Thank you to Representatives George and Hanna and Senator Corman for writing to the Surface Transportation Board to express their concerns about this plan and a special thank you to Representative Hanna for writing to Secretary Quinlan in support of our Petition!

*** NEWSFLASH ***

A new company, Central Pennsylvania Water Treatment, LLC, created June 4, 2008 is proposing to site a wastewater treatment plant on the Rush portion of the CLOG parcel to discharge 500,000 gallons per day of treated brine water from gas well activities into the Moshannon Creek. Please stay tuned for more news about this latest development.
 

THANK YOU to our Great Supporters!

Thank you Sierra Club Moshannon Group for inviting us back to the Banff Mountain Film Festival to host our bake sale. It was a great opportunity to raise money and awareness.

Thank you to our volunteer Bakers and Staff for making this a successful event! Without you, fundraisers like these would not be possible.

Thank you to Mike Desmond of the Corner Room Restaurant for donating a tray of yummy cookies for the sale. They were a sell-out success!
 

Pam Steckler of Sunshine Imports (Beaver Avenue, State College) keeps a special jar in her shop to collect donations to help "Stop the Landfill." For the past three years Pam generously matched the funds collected and donated the money to People Protecting Communities, the local grassroots organization fighting the landfill targeted for the wilderness area at the western edge of Centre County.

In celebration of Earth Day 2008, Pam Steckler presents PPC volunteer, Nina Sargeant, with a check for $500.

From the bottom of our hearts — Thank you, Pam!

Stay tuned.

Stay involved.

Stay informed.

Spread the Word!

This site contains PDF file downloads. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may download a free version here.

©2005-2008 People Protecting Communities • last updated Jul 4, 2008
This site has been developed, designed and maintained with 100% volunteer work. No funds are used.
Please report problems to our volunteer WebHead, TechieR