Home & News \| Take Action \| Background \| Maps \| Photo Gallery \| Learn More \| NEW File Review \| Site Index \| Contact Us Protecting Today... Preserving Tomorrow People Protecting Communities is a growing regional coalition of concerned residents, business owners, outdoor recreation enthusiasts, students, and property owners. We are committed to protecting and preserving the health and safety of citizens and preserving the environment for sustainable uses in Pennsylvania by stopping the massive landfill and incinerator proposed for the western edge of Rush Township in Centre County. We invite you to join us in this endeavor. Click here to download a membership form. Help save 5,800 wild acres of forest habitat in the central Pennsylvania Wilds from being turned into the largest dump east of the Mississippi. Let the people in power know this area, noted for its scenic beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities, is not compatible with a landfill-incinerator-industrial park complex!
ATTEND IMPORTANT MEETINGS Apr 2, 2012 (1st Mon) • 7 p.m. Snow Shoe Township Supervisors Snow Shoe Township Building Typically first Monday; Tuesday if Holiday Apr 12, 2012 (2nd Thu) • 7 p.m. Rush Township Supervisors Rush Township Building FUNDRAISERS & EVENTS The Cookbooks Are Back! 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. DONATE NOW The RRLLC landfill application was submitted to the DEP May 5, 2006, and deemed administratively complete on October 2, 2006. We have hired and attorney to help us review the regulatory and administrative aspects of the application. In addition, technical consultants may be needed soon. Experts are expensive. Please consider sending an additional donation. Checks should be sent to: People Protecting Communities PO Box 38 Clarence, PA 16829 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. SUPPORT OUR PATRONS Hall's Market Snow Shoe Sandwich Shop Tussey Mountain Outfitters, Bellefonte Moshannon Group, Sierra Club More about our patrons...		Visit our STB/Railroad Reading Room for maps and background history regarding the Trash Train. Download our Proposed Rail Reactivation Map, PPC STB Scoping Comments, PPC Petition, and 100 Reasons flyer to share with family, friends and neighbors. Notice! We have updated our email address. Future emails will be coming from contact.ppc01@gmail.com. Please add our new email address to your address book so that you will continue to receive our alerts and updates. Dump Update: Resource Recovery, LLC Rail Line Environmental Review Completed December 12, 2011 —The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Assessment (OEA) has completed its environmental review of the R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP)/Resource Recovery, LLC (RRLLC) rail line request. If the STB approves RJCP/RRLLC’s request, OEA recommends that the STB approve the Modified Proposed Action, the route from Philipsburg to Munson, because they concluded that it is environmentally preferable. The OEA’s response to all comments received can be found in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Download the FEIS in its entirety by chapter: Cover Dear Reader Letter Abstract Sheet OEA’s Summary of Major Conclusions Executive Summary Table of Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D All letters submitted regarding this rail line proposal can be found on the STB’s website under Docket Number FD_35116_0. Despite significant effort on our part and yours, the OEA has refused to recognize the rail line and landfill as connected actions. They are however, recommending 44 environmental mitigation measures in the FEIS. The STB will now review all documents regarding this rail line request and then issue their decision. The decision could be made as early as the end of December, but most likely it will take more time. We will keep you posted on developments as they arise. Thank you so much for your continued support during the 8 years as we continue our efforts to “Stop the Landfill.” We would not have made it this far without your assistance and the exceptional legal expertise from our attorneys at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. To be the most effective we can be, People Protecting Communities response to the draft EIS will require additional legal counsel. We want to make sure that we can continue the battle, so once again we are asking for your help. Donations to beef up our Legal Defense Fund are needed. Please mail your donation (any amount is GREATLY appreciated) to PO Box 38, Clarence, PA 16829 or donate through PayPal here. Ever wonder what waste by rail would be like? Check out the following short video and then imagine 55 carloads of trash per day heading our way, 6 days a week for who knows how long. (The train in the video is hauling about 63 cars.) Please share this video with everyone you know, particularly those living along this line. Federal law requires trains approaching street level crossings to sound their horns for 15 to 20 seconds between 96 to 110 decibels (about as loud as a jackhammer next to your ear) according to the Federal Railroad Administration rules. Thanks to the Alliance Landfill Blogspot and the folks at the Alliance Landfill Task Force for finding this video. Help Stop the Landfill Stay tuned. Stay involved. Stay informed. Spread the Word!
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Protecting Today... Preserving Tomorrow

People Protecting Communities is a growing regional coalition of concerned residents, business owners, outdoor recreation enthusiasts, students, and property owners. We are committed to protecting and preserving the health and safety of citizens and preserving the environment for sustainable uses in Pennsylvania by stopping the massive landfill and incinerator proposed for the western edge of Rush Township in Centre County. We invite you to join us in this endeavor. Click here to download a membership form.

Help save 5,800 wild acres of forest habitat in the central Pennsylvania Wilds from being turned into the largest dump east of the Mississippi. Let the people in power know this area, noted for its scenic beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities, is not compatible with a landfill-incinerator-industrial park complex!

ATTEND IMPORTANT MEETINGS

Apr 2, 2012 (1st Mon*) • 7 p.m.
Snow Shoe Township Supervisors
Snow Shoe Township Building
*Typically first Monday; Tuesday if Holiday

Apr 12, 2012 (2nd Thu) • 7 p.m.
Rush Township Supervisors
Rush Township Building

FUNDRAISERS & EVENTS

The Cookbooks Are Back!

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.

DONATE NOW

The RRLLC landfill application was submitted to the DEP May 5, 2006, and deemed administratively complete on October 2, 2006. We have hired and attorney to help us review the regulatory and administrative aspects of the application. In addition, technical consultants may be needed soon. Experts are expensive. Please consider sending an additional donation.

Checks should be sent to:
People Protecting Communities
PO Box 38
Clarence, PA 16829

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.

SUPPORT OUR PATRONS

Hall's Market
Snow Shoe Sandwich Shop
Tussey Mountain Outfitters, Bellefonte
Moshannon Group, Sierra Club

More about our patrons...

Visit our STB/Railroad Reading Room for maps and background history regarding the Trash Train.

Download our Proposed Rail Reactivation Map, PPC STB Scoping Comments, PPC Petition, and 100 Reasons flyer to share with family, friends and neighbors.

Notice! We have updated our email address. Future emails will be coming from contact.ppc01@gmail.com. Please add our new email address to your address book so that you will continue to receive our alerts and updates.

Dump Update:
Resource Recovery, LLC Rail Line Environmental Review Completed

December 12, 2011 —The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Assessment (OEA) has completed its environmental review of the R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP)/Resource Recovery, LLC (RRLLC) rail line request. If the STB approves RJCP/RRLLC’s request, OEA recommends that the STB approve the Modified Proposed Action, the route from Philipsburg to Munson, because they concluded that it is environmentally preferable.

The OEA’s response to all comments received can be found in Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). Download the FEIS in its entirety by chapter:

All letters submitted regarding this rail line proposal can be found on the STB’s website under Docket Number FD_35116_0.

Despite significant effort on our part and yours, the OEA has refused to recognize the rail line and landfill as connected actions. They are however, recommending 44 environmental mitigation measures in the FEIS.

The STB will now review all documents regarding this rail line request and then issue their decision. The decision could be made as early as the end of December, but most likely it will take more time.

We will keep you posted on developments as they arise.

Thank you so much for your continued support during the 8 years as we continue our efforts to “Stop the Landfill.”

We would not have made it this far without your assistance and the exceptional legal expertise from our attorneys at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. To be the most effective we can be, People Protecting Communities response to the draft EIS will require additional legal counsel.

We want to make sure that we can continue the battle, so once again we are asking for your help. Donations to beef up our Legal Defense Fund are needed. Please mail your donation (any amount is GREATLY appreciated) to PO Box 38, Clarence, PA 16829 or donate through PayPal here.

Ever wonder what waste by rail would be like? Check out the following short video and then imagine 55 carloads of trash per day heading our way, 6 days a week for who knows how long. (The train in the video is hauling about 63 cars.)

Please share this video with everyone you know, particularly those living along this line. Federal law requires trains approaching street level crossings to sound their horns for 15 to 20 seconds between 96 to 110 decibels (about as loud as a jackhammer next to your ear) according to the Federal Railroad Administration rules.

Thanks to the Alliance Landfill Blogspot and the folks at the Alliance Landfill Task Force for finding this video.

Help Stop the Landfill

Stay tuned.

Stay involved.

Stay informed.

Spread the Word!

People Protecting Communities • PO Box 38 • Clarence, PA 16829 • contact.ppc01@gmail.com

©2005-2011 People Protecting Communities • last updated February 18, 2012
This site has been developed, designed and maintained with 100% volunteer work. No funds are used.
Please report problems to our volunteer WebHead, TechieR