[StBernard] SDT non-processing waste transfer site

[Westley Annis]

SJK:  The said part from what I've read lately in the Voice is that even if
the Planning Commission votes No, it will go before the Council and get
passed.

LJ




	
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	Public Hearing Tuesday September 23, 2008  4pm  
	Council Chambers of the St Bernard Parish Government Complex
	8201 West Judge Perez Drive
	Chalmette, LA
	
	Zoning Change Request from A1 Rural to I2 Heavy Industrial for a
	non-processing transfer station waste facility for SDT Waste and
Debris
	Services, LLC
	Docket 15-08 Shevravast Investment LLC represented by Sidney D
Torres, IV
	
	Without a municipal address, the best description managed without
all the
	legal townships and designations
	 is:
	
	The property petitioned to be re-zoned is located south of Bayou
Bienvenue
	on the east side of Paris Road just north of the St Bernard Parish
	Sheriff's
	Office Substation and behind the old TNT Marine building.  This
location is
	approximately located at 5433 or 5441 Paris Road, Chalmette, LA.  As
viewed
	from a google map, it is north of the Marina Road and Paris Road
	intersection and seems to be the "lot" that extends farthest east
	towards
	the bayou where Marina Road extends into Marina Estates and curves
back
	towards the west.
	
	The zoning public hearing scheduled for Tuesday September 23, 2008
at 4pm in
	the council chambers is to include a presentation by SDT Waste and
Debris
	Services, LLC.  Mr Sidney Torres, IV has stated the proposed
facility will
	be completely enclosed with appropriate environmental improvements.
	
	SJK
	my unsolicated two cents worth:  
	Trying my darnest to keep an open
	 mind on this particular project and the
	current agreement between St Bernard Parish Government and SDT WDS.
	reserving comment on the environmental improvements until after the
	presentation and the availability to review the wetlands survey and
other
	materials.  Hopefully the planning commission allows a public
comment period
	after the presentation and before their vote on any recommendations.

	
	There is a new LDEQ regulation for non-processing waste facilities
that
	calls for a 200' buffer zone; one which I am certain SDT has already
	incorporated in their proposal. 
	
	LAC 33:VII.508.B  New facilities in which construction has commenced
after
	June 
	20, 2007 shall comply with the buffer zone requirement of not less
than 200
	feet 
	between the facility and the property line.  
	
	Just wondering what the planning commission's definition of buffer
zone
	will
	be in this context and would hope it doesnot
	 intend this 200 feet to be
	utilized for industrial~commercial buildings to transition from the
industry
	to the community. HINT: we expect it to be landscaped "greenspace"  
	; )
	
	In our community, I see an unfortunate pattern of landuse decisions
that go
	from R1 or A1 straight to I2 Heavy Industrial.  I2 is always
conditional by
	definition and yet as we saw in the Murphy Oil Meraux refinery
petition for
	the petrochemical laboratory, it doesnot take much to continue the
I2 from
	one heavy waste user to another heavier waste user with or without
and
	sometimes within the buffer zone.  And once A1 Rural or R1
residential is
	gone, its gone.  Our council members are making more and more
decisions
	which are making us an extremely heavily industrialized region with
	recreational and residential usage precariously located too close to
the
	industry(s).  The residents are the ones who must live with the
consequences
	of
	 added truck traffic, particulate matter in the air, and the other
	consequences to our natural resources, health and environment.  Lets
hope
	this project is approached nonpolitically and that at the v ery
least the
	newly assessed $20 a month garbage fee could be cancelled.
	
	SJK