Observe. Document. Report.
COMMUNITY ALERT:
ASI has announced its proposed transition to EAF steel-making and the planned shutdown of #7 COB in 2025 (?) followed by the total shutdown of #8 COB and #9 COB and the blast furnaces by 2030.
The community and MECP must be vigilant and insist that the company continue with maintenance/repair of the COBs and not allow the air quality to deteriorate further.
ASI has announced its proposed transition to EAF steel-making and the planned shutdown of #7 COB in 2025 (?) followed by the total shutdown of #8 COB and #9 COB and the blast furnaces by 2030.
The community and MECP must be vigilant and insist that the company continue with maintenance/repair of the COBs and not allow the air quality to deteriorate further.
FIRST ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT (May 2023)
Stackwatchssm.com has been up and running for just one year. Here is what we have accomplished to date:
No charges have been laid by the MECP for emissions to the air in more than 4 years. ASI is currently facing charges for “discharges to the water” in 2018. The case has been adjourned three times but there has been NO mention these charges in the media.
Stackwatchssm.com has been up and running for just one year. Here is what we have accomplished to date:
- 10 individuals have documented/photographed significant “events”.
- 56 “events” have been documented of which at least 12 were reported to the MECP.
- 18 of these 56 events appear to be confirmed by ASI in their “upsets” reports. Obviously many upsets continue to go unreported.
- Website traffic has varied from 3 to 27 unique visits per week.
- We started posting on Facebook in June and had 11,000+ hits following the oil spill to the river.
No charges have been laid by the MECP for emissions to the air in more than 4 years. ASI is currently facing charges for “discharges to the water” in 2018. The case has been adjourned three times but there has been NO mention these charges in the media.
Committed to improving air quality, the environment, human health, and public accountability in Sault Ste. Marie
Stack Watch SSM is a new project that is working to close the gap between industrial air pollution regulations and enforcement through increased community involvement. We have two primary goals: 1) to encourage the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks to enforce its air emissions regulations more routinely; and 2) to encourage the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks and Algoma Public Health to erect an independently operated air quality monitoring network that is geographically diverse.
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Stack Watch Sault Ste Marie
We are attempting to help Saultites to OBSERVE, DOCUMENT and REPORT problem emissions in the city's industrial core. Today, most people have access to a digital camera either as a stand alone camera or integrated into a cell phone. We encourage people to snap pictures of problem emissions and report them both to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Parks and to the company in question. We hand out fridge magnets that include the essential details anyone needs to report problem emissions. They look like this:
We are attempting to help Saultites to OBSERVE, DOCUMENT and REPORT problem emissions in the city's industrial core. Today, most people have access to a digital camera either as a stand alone camera or integrated into a cell phone. We encourage people to snap pictures of problem emissions and report them both to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Parks and to the company in question. We hand out fridge magnets that include the essential details anyone needs to report problem emissions. They look like this:
EMAIL: [email protected]
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