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LEARN MORE • Important Correspondence • RRLLC "Agreements" • Municipal Waste Regulatory Info • Transportation Issues • Centre County Information • Endangered & Threatened Species • What You Can Do: Home & Office ON-SITE RESOURCES • PPC Membership Form • Effective Letterwriting • Sample Letters • Agencies & Decision Makers • Letters to the Editor • Meetings & Events Calendar SHOW UNITY • Order a bumpersticker online • Wear a "Stop the Dump" T-shirt or button • Post signs in your yard • Print signs-- Spread the word "Stop the Dump" bumperstickers, T-shirts, and buttons will be available at fundraisers and events.		Important Correspondence Correspondence from Legislators, Agencies, and Townships copied from the File Review, the permit application, or from correspondence received directly from the source. Centre County and Community Planning Development Office comments to DEP regarding the LMIP meeting: June 30, 2006 DEP's deficiency letter to RRLLC questioning ownership of the mineral rights: August 16, 2006 DEP's letter to RRLLC suspending the application pending additional information about the proposed I-80 Interchange: October 2, 2006 Pennsylvania Game Commission response to RRLLC's wetlands mitigation plans: November 15, 2006 RRLLC's explanation of why this site is the best location for a landfill: June 30, 2005 Rush Township's letter to Governor Rendell proclaiming the wonders of the proposed landfill: July 31, 2006 Senator Corman's request to Secretary McGinty requesting suspension of the landfill permit application: June 19, 2006 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service initial assessment of the property: June 9, 2004 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service response to RRLLC's request for clearance for threatened and endangered species: November 5, 2005 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service response to RRLLC's wetlands mitigation plan: October 23, 2006 Back to Top RRLLC Agreements with Rush Township, Snow Shoe Township, and the Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition Rush Township Host Municipality Agreement (May 28, 2004) Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition (MCWC) Cooperation Agreement (Mar 23, 2005) Rush Township Host Municipality Agreement, Addendum Number 1 (Oct 13, 2005) Snow Shoe Township Cooperation Agreement (Feb 7, 2006) Back to Top Municipal Waste Regulatory Landfill Information PA DEP: Municipal Waste Program PA Code: Article VIII. Municipal Waste Back to Top TRANSPORTATION ISSUES FHWA Additional Interchanges to the Interstate System: It is in the national interest to maintain the Interstate System to provide the highest level of service in terms of safety and mobility. Adequate control of access is critical to providing such service. Therefore, new or revised access points to the existing Interstate System should meet certain criteria. Scroll down to "Policy" to see the eight requirements RRLLC must be satisfy in order to get their proposed I-80 interchange. PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit Guidelines (PDF): Read about PennDOT's guidelines for granting a Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP). RRLLC will need and HOP no matter what access they use-- I-80 or local roads. Back to Top Centre County Information Centre County Board of Commissioners: Check their weekly agenda Centre County Borough and Township Locator: Locate addresses and phone numbers for Supervisors and Borough Council members Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization: Agenda and minutes available on this web site Centre County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance Amendment-- Developments of Regional Significance: This is the ordinance that is currently being challenged by RRLLC Back to Top ENDANGERED & THREATENED SPECIES The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service notes appropriate habitat in and around the CLOG parcel for four federally listed species of concern in the Endangered Species Program: Bald Eagle (threatened; also threatened in Pennsylvania): Bald eagles are also protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act which prohibit killing, selling or otherwise harming eagles, their nests or eggs.) Indiana bats (endangered; also endangered in Pennsylvania) Northeastern bulrush (endangered; also endangered in Pennsylvania) Small-whorled pogonia (threatened; endangered in Pennsylvania) PA Code: Current List of Pennsylvania's Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate Species Pennsylvania Game Commission Endangered & Threatened Species (PA birds and mammals) Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Endangered & Threatened Species (PA fish, reptiles and amphibians) Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (DCNR) PA Natural Heritage Program inventories species of special concern in Pennsylvania, including plants. Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister; threatened in Pennsylvania; federal status change pending) Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus; candidate in Pennsylvania) Back to Top WHAT YOU CAN DO: Start at Home and in the Office The following links offer helpful hints and resources about how you can reduce, reuse, recycle and compost at home to reduce the need for landfills. PA DEP: Waste Reduction and Reuse Centre County Solid Waste Authority Back to Top
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Protecting Today... Preserving Tomorrow

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!

LEARN MORE

• Important Correspondence
• RRLLC "Agreements"
• Municipal Waste Regulatory Info
• Transportation Issues
• Centre County Information
• Endangered & Threatened Species
• What You Can Do: Home & Office

ON-SITE RESOURCES

• PPC Membership Form
• Effective Letterwriting
• Sample Letters
• Agencies & Decision Makers
• Letters to the Editor
• Meetings & Events Calendar

SHOW UNITY

• Order a bumpersticker online
• Wear a "Stop the Dump" T-shirt or button
• Post signs in your yard
• Print signs-- Spread the word

"Stop the Dump" bumperstickers, T-shirts, and buttons will be available at fundraisers and events.

Important Correspondence

Correspondence from Legislators, Agencies, and Townships copied from the File Review, the permit application, or from correspondence received directly from the source.

Centre County and Community Planning Development Office comments to DEP regarding the LMIP meeting: June 30, 2006
DEP's deficiency letter to RRLLC questioning ownership of the mineral rights: August 16, 2006
DEP's letter to RRLLC suspending the application pending additional information about the proposed I-80 Interchange: October 2, 2006
Pennsylvania Game Commission response to RRLLC's wetlands mitigation plans: November 15, 2006
RRLLC's explanation of why this site is the best location for a landfill: June 30, 2005
Rush Township's letter to Governor Rendell proclaiming the wonders of the proposed landfill: July 31, 2006
Senator Corman's request to Secretary McGinty requesting suspension of the landfill permit application: June 19, 2006
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service initial assessment of the property: June 9, 2004
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service response to RRLLC's request for clearance for threatened and endangered species: November 5, 2005
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service response to RRLLC's wetlands mitigation plan: October 23, 2006

RRLLC Agreements with Rush Township, Snow Shoe Township, and the Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition

Rush Township Host Municipality Agreement (May 28, 2004)
Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition (MCWC) Cooperation Agreement (Mar 23, 2005)
Rush Township Host Municipality Agreement, Addendum Number 1 (Oct 13, 2005)
Snow Shoe Township Cooperation Agreement (Feb 7, 2006)

Municipal Waste Regulatory Landfill Information

PA DEP: Municipal Waste Program
PA Code: Article VIII. Municipal Waste

TRANSPORTATION ISSUES

FHWA Additional Interchanges to the Interstate System: It is in the national interest to maintain the Interstate System to provide the highest level of service in terms of safety and mobility. Adequate control of access is critical to providing such service. Therefore, new or revised access points to the existing Interstate System should meet certain criteria. Scroll down to "Policy" to see the eight requirements RRLLC must be satisfy in order to get their proposed I-80 interchange.

PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit Guidelines (PDF): Read about PennDOT's guidelines for granting a Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP). RRLLC will need and HOP no matter what access they use-- I-80 or local roads.

Centre County Information

Centre County Board of Commissioners: Check their weekly agenda

Centre County Borough and Township Locator: Locate addresses and phone numbers for Supervisors and Borough Council members

Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization: Agenda and minutes available on this web site

Centre County Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance Amendment-- Developments of Regional Significance: This is the ordinance that is currently being challenged by RRLLC

ENDANGERED & THREATENED SPECIES

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service notes appropriate habitat in and around the CLOG parcel for four federally listed species of concern in the Endangered Species Program:

Bald Eagle (threatened; also threatened in Pennsylvania): Bald eagles are also protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act which prohibit killing, selling or otherwise harming eagles, their nests or eggs.)
Indiana bats (endangered; also endangered in Pennsylvania)
Northeastern bulrush (endangered; also endangered in Pennsylvania)
Small-whorled pogonia (threatened; endangered in Pennsylvania)

PA Code: Current List of Pennsylvania's Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate Species

Pennsylvania Game Commission Endangered & Threatened Species (PA birds and mammals)
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Endangered & Threatened Species (PA fish, reptiles and amphibians)
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' (DCNR) PA Natural Heritage Program inventories species of special concern in Pennsylvania, including plants.

Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister; threatened in Pennsylvania; federal status change pending)
Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus; candidate in Pennsylvania)

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Start at Home and in the Office

The following links offer helpful hints and resources about how you can reduce, reuse, recycle and compost at home to reduce the need for landfills.

PA DEP: Waste Reduction and Reuse
Centre County Solid Waste Authority

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©2005-2007 People Protecting Communities • last updated Jan 29, 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