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RESPONSE SUMMARY REVISED DRAFT ORDER OF APPROVAL NO. 10052 Comment Period – September 13 – October 28, 2010 Commenter Comment Synopsis 197-11-600 and Agency Regulation I, Section 2.02. Cedar Grove is a commercial composting operation that releases volatile compounds and other pollutants with the potential to cause odor. According to the EPA website, http://www.epa.gov/oecaagct/lcaa.html. “The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect human health, welfare, and the environment by maintaining and improving the quality of the air through the development of standards.” Shann and Allan Blake (Written 10/21/2010) My husband and I have lived in our home here in High Valley for 43 years. This neighborhood always represented a quiet, rural setting, far removed from traffic, air pollution and urban sprawl. We have raised two daughters here who still come "home" from time to time for family visits. Clean, fresh-smelling air was always a constant when they were growing up. We used to open our doors and windows in the summer, knowing clean, fresh-smelling air would be there to greet us. Unfortunately, that is not the case these days. Often now, when we step outside, a vile stench permeates the air forcing us to make sure our doors and windows are closed so this repulsive odor cannot filter inside. We have called and left messages with the local agency in the past. Once, in fact, the person who answered the phone, besides acknowledging the problem, alluded to health implications these odors could be creating. We have been told we are among hundreds who echo our same concerns. Given the gravity of this situation, why has nothing been done to correct the problem? We implore you to address this issue immediately! Richard Nieman (Written 10/21/2010) I was at the meeting at maple hills school last night. I just want to say that the smell is so bad at I can not go out side at times. Their are very few days that we don't have the smell. It will last for about 2 hrs when it shows. I am just saying what everyone else has said. One other thing that is a big problem is that they have been running that grinder all hrs of the night and it will wake you up from a sound sleep. They say they have not had many complaints , that is no true. We have called you people, king county landfill , and cedar grove compost. .Everyone just looks the other way.You say that is not your problem. Well I will tell you this if you don't get this compost under control there will be a lawsuit. It is about time that King County and Cedar Grove stop holding hands.
RESPONSE SUMMARY REVISED DRAFT ORDER OF APPROVAL NO. 10052 Comment Period – September 13 – October 28, 2010 Commenter Bill and Rondi (Written 10/21/2010) Comment Synopsis I would like to state my concerns regarding the draft order of Approval No. 10052 as it relates to our family. We have lived at our current residence for 8 years and have smelled the putrid odor from Cedar Grove Composting the entire time. Before purchasing our house we were concerned about the smell and were told by our builder that it was the dump which would be closed within 10 years. It is not the dump we smell but the unmistakable odor of decomposing material from Cedar Grove Composting. For example, this morning I heard the grinders start to work and within 20 minutes the terrible odor had permeating our neighborhood. My son was in the garage getting his shoes on for school while holding his nose it smelled so bad. Health concerns are not addressed in any measurable form. Three people in our family have asthma and we would like to know what toxins or other matter the polluted air contains. There needs to be a way to measure the pollutants we are forced to breath day and night – not just verifying there is an unpleasant odor. The fines are not substantial enough to cause Cedar Grove Composting to make any changes that would improve the odor its operation puts off. They must be held accountable for the odor and required to eliminate it whether they can afford it or not. Perhaps the solution is to build a covered structure over the smelly piles and have a filtration system in place to eliminate any odors being released into the outside air. We should not have to live like this because they have a lobbyist in Olympia. The food waste the past two years has made the odors even worse. Checking the air quality quarterly is not nearly often enough when we smell it every day. We have made countless phone calls complaining about the odor and asking someone from your agency to respond but have not had anyone come out so that we could turn in our complaint paperwork. Also, there needs to be a public record of the number of complaint calls received AND what is being done about it. This should not be allowed to continue. The technology is available to fix the problem and we should not have to pay the price with our time, health and lifestyle.
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