INFLUX OF IMPORTANT NEW LETTERS
[Editor: I have not been able to keep up with splitting off important individual letters from the City’s postings of composite documents. Nevertheless, here are a few of the important recent contributions opposing Valero’s dirty and dangerous Crude By Rail proposal and/or critical of the environmental report. – RS]
MOST RECENT COMMENTS:
- IMPORTANT: Letter from California Attorney General Kamala Harris disagreeing with City staff, consultants and Valero Refinery, April 14, 2016, 5 pages, 0.4MB.
- Public Comments Submitted April 13-14, 25 pages, 0.8 MB (includes letter from California Attorney General disagreeing with Benicia City staff, consultants and Valero)
- Public Comments Submitted April 7-12, 2016 (Link downloads a copy of the file from GoogleDrive. City website download is often too slow.)
- Public Comments April 6, 2016 (Link downloads a copy of the file from GoogleDrive. City website download is often too slow.)
- Benicians for a Safe and Healthy Community Petition – submitted on April 4, 2016 – 4,081 names, including 1,204 from Benicia (Links to a page on the Benicia Independent)
- Benicians for a Safe and Healthy Community, Marilyn Bardet, April 6, 2016
- Benicia Planning Commissioner Steve Young, April 6, 2016
- Public Comments April 4-5, 2016 (Links to a page on the Benicia Independent that includes an index to the 456-page document)
Recent expert and officials’ comments OPPOSING crude by rail:
- California Attorney General Kamala Harris, April 14, 2016
- California State Senator Lois Wolk, April 4, 2016
- Structural engineer, Benicia resident Amir Firouz, April 6, 2016
- Five environmental attorneys and others, March 31, 2016
- Attorney Rachael Koss, for SAFER California, March 30, 2016
- Greg Karras, Senior Scientist for Communities for a Better Environment, March 31, 2016
- Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna, March 31, 2016
Recent COMPOSITE public comments on the City’s website, including expert reports and public letters
- Public Comments March 31-April 1, 2016 [The City’s download of this 14 MB document is slow-to-impossible. Here’s a quicker download.]
- Public Comments March 25-31, 2016 PART 1 [Quicker download] • Public Comments March 25-31, 2016 PART 2 [Quicker download]
- Public Comments February 12-March 25, 2016 [Quicker download]
City Council hearing – March 15, 2016