Speak Up To Stop Sewer Sludge Spreading!

A copy and paste message from David Broadwater: (I'll admit I personally am confused - wastewater has to be SO CLEAN to be used on crops - how does this get a pass?)

SPECIAL REQUEST FROM THE CENTER FOR SLUDGE INFORMATION

From: David Broadwater, CSI   To: SLO County Citizens, re:  Sewage Sludge Spreading on County Farms Planned Stop Draft Ordinance CEQA/EIR Process - Please Help SLO County is proposing an ordinance allowing sewage sludge land application on agricultural lands growing food for human consumption, feed for animals and used for grazing livestock.  The proposed ordinance permits the spreading of excessively contaminated sewage sludge and massive increases in soil contamination with toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, pathogenic and hormone-disrupting pollutants. The draft ordinance does not comply with County Board of Supervisors directions to County Staff about the type of ordinance which should be constructed to permit sewage sludge land application on SLO County lands.  The failures of the draft ordinance to conform with those directions render it unqualified for the CEQA/EIR review the County has initiated. The CEQA/EIR process currently underway must be halted. Please contact CSI for a copy of the letter sent to various County decision-makers, and consider joining CSI in recommending cessation of the CEQA/EIR process on this grossly deficient and dangerous draft ordinance.  The tools for doing so (email addresses) are below.  This will not be easy - the train's left the station and it's gaining momentum.  Your help is essential.  Please forward this email to others who may be interested. The conflicts with BofS directions are listed on the first page.  CSI's recommendations for CEQA/EIR cessation and starting with a correct ordinance appear on page two, followed by a brief background.  The remaining pages (19 total) present detailed documentation substantiating the inconsistencies of this draft ordinance with BofS directions.  While that section of the letter is long, and perhaps tedious, it is necessary to make an irrefutable case that the CEQA/EIR process should be halted immediately.   Thank you, David Broadwater Center for Sludge Information   CONTACT: csi@thegrid.net