Rachael Paschal Osborn, The Sierra Club’s Spokane River Project Coordinator, has issued a direct letter asking County Commissioners to not enter a multi-million dollar contract with CH2M Hill to design, build, and operate a wastewater treatment plant that can’t meet discharge limits.
Drafted with assistance from Center For Justice attorneys, she also cites fiscal irresponsibility on the part of the County for signing into a contract with unclear costs, and provides details where federal agencies levied fines against CH2M Hill for misconduct and failing to act on reported safety and environmental hazards. (Example: On July 7th, 2005, a CH2M Hill subsidiary spilled 85 gallons of radioactive waste at Hanford.)
It’s a very convincing, well-researched document, and DTE hopes the message will serve as a spark for the County to rethink their position on a wastewater treatment plant contract that, by all evidence, is ill-advised.
Full letter HERE.
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Rachael Paschal Osborn, The Sierra Club’s Spokane River Project Coordinator, has issued a direct letter asking County Commissioners to not enter a multi-million dollar contract with CH2M Hill to design, build, and operate a wastewater treatment plant that can’t meet discharge limits.
Drafted with assistance from Center For Justice attorneys, she also cites fiscal irresponsibility on the part of the County for signing into a contract with unclear costs, and provides details where federal agencies levied fines against CH2M Hill for misconduct and failing to act on reported safety and environmental hazards. (Example: On July 7th, 2005, a CH2M Hill subsidiary spilled 85 gallons of radioactive waste at Hanford.)
It’s a very convincing, well-researched document, and DTE hopes the message will serve as a spark for the County to rethink their position on a wastewater treatment plant contract that, by all evidence, is ill-advised.
Full letter HERE.
