COALITION TO OPPOSE THE EXPANSION OF "US ECOLOGY" HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILTY IN DETROIT
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OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 
WE SAY NO!   MDEGLE gave it's stamp  of approval to expand US ECOLOGY NORTH a hazardous waste treatment plant in Detroit on January 20, 2020, after four years of robust community protest.

YES WE DID:   The City of Detroit adopted  the terms that the plant must agree to -
the Host Community Agreement (HCA). "No Fracking Waste"
Rerouting of trucks away from the neighborhoods nearby
Quarterly meetings with the community ​


The Host Community Agreement has a section that the plant can expand or change the kind of waste it takes in with a simple written note 30 days in advance. This will undermine the fight that the community has been waging for so many  years.   We must remain vigilant: 

WE HAVE RENAMED AND
REFOCUSED OUR COALITION:
 
DETROIT HAMTRAMCK COALITION FOR ADVANCING HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS

dhcoaltion4ahe@gmail.com    
https://detroithamtramckcoalition.weebly.com/

​THANK YOU to EVERYONE
who added your voice to this protest to protect our community. 
​The pages of this website remain as a testimony to your dedication to protect our health with safe air to breathe and clean water to drink.  We will revive this website and COALITION efforts if US ECOLOGY chooses to further threaten our community!   


WHO WE ARE:       
We are a Coalition working together
to keep air and drinking water safe in Southeast Michigan. 

dhcoalition4ahe@gmail.com      
 
https://detroithamtramckcoalition.weebly.com
The Coalition includes:   
Georgia Street Community Collective    Ecology Center    Hamtramck Community Initiative   
Ban Fracking Michigan      
​Citizens for Water Conservation      Detroit Worker's Voice  City Airport Renaissance Association   Eastside Coalition for Environmental Justice    Beyond Nuclear  Don't Waste Michigan     Norton CDC    Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes    Stop the Drilling in Southfield   

State Representative: Abraham Aiyash     Detroit City Council President: Brenda Jones   
Wayne County Commissioners:  Tim Killeen   Martha G. Scott 
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IN LOVING MEMORY: 
Our fearless champion and advocate: 
​State Representative
William Isaac Robinson
August 21, 1975 – March 29, 2020 

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OUR STORY:  2016-2020
SPECIAL THANKS TO the DETROIT FREE PRESS and WDET for coverage of the PROTEST on June 29, 2016. 
​https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/06/29/group-rallies-against-expansion-waste-facility-near-detroit-hamtramck-border/1607128001/


​SPEAK OUT -  ADD YOUR VOICE! 
Members of the public who wish to provide official public comments, information, objections or raise any other official legal issues regarding the proposed expansion of the U.S. Ecology waste storage and processing facility located at 6520 Georgia St., Detroit, Michigan, should send their written statements to:
Richard A. Conforti,
Department of Environment Great Lakes & Energy

confortir@michigan.gov           (517) 284-6558
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  OUR MESSAGE 2016-2020
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US ECOLOGY is a hazardous waste facility in Detroit near thousands of Detroit and Hamtramck residents.  US ECOLOGY's actions affect the entire water supply of Southeast Michigan and beyond. 

"US ECOLOGY"  wants to expand. 
The Coalition opposes this expansion.  
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/02/14/activists-urge-wayne-county-officials-to-say-no-to-more-toxins-waste
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Protect our Water Supply!
Stop Massive Increase in Poisonous Chemical Waste in Detroit!
 

A waste treatment plant in Detroit plans a nine-fold increase in the amount of toxic chemicals it hauls in and treats and stores on site.  US ECOLOGY, 5620 Georgia Street, is on the east side of Detroit, near Hamtramck. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality inists this massive expansion is both safe and legal and plans to rubber stamp their approval.
 
US Ecology, the hazardous waste plant, has violated EPA regulations on the poisonous chemicals it can dump into public sewers over 150 times since 2010. (DFP 11-17-2016). These violations, are illegal and harmful.
If the company cannot limit the toxins they discharge now,
why is MDEQ ready to approve a massive increase?
 
Almost 3.2 million pounds of toxins were released into the air in the zip code around this factory
​(48211) in the year 2014 alone. And up to 300,000 gallons of hazardous waste is being dumped into public sewers everyday by this one facility. This is not safe. Hazardous = harmful to life. 
Robert Wagner, the Deputy Program Director for the MDEQ (MDEGLE) said that their agency doesn't have the authority or scope to monitor health data or the cumulative effect of the chemicals. In fact, no one has been monitoring the health of the residents during the generations in which chemicals have been brought to the site. Poisonous chemicals and radioactive frack waste threatens public health and the water supply in Southeast Michigan. 
Protest to: MDEGLE Director, Liesl Eichler Clark (800) 662-9278 or
Demand Mayor Duggan Stand up Against the Expansion! - (313)-224-3400
 
Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of US Ecology
Web Address:  www.coalitionstopuse.weebly.com 

FACE BOOK:   Click below:
  www.facebook.com/Coalition-to-Oppose-the-Expansion-of-US-Ecology-Detroit-MI-1585589878427040/

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Deny the Permit!  Stop Poisoning Detroit!

Coalition to Oppose the Expansion of US Ecology hazardous waste facility in Detroit. 

 We have two demands: 
  • STOP the EXPANSION of US ECOLOGY HAZARDOUS WASTE PLANT IN DETROIT 
  • PREVENT  RADIOACTIVE FRACK WASTE from entering the DETROIT WATER AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM ---- NEWS ALERT!!!!   THE US ECOLOGY PLANT HAS HEARD YOUR VOICE... THE PERMIT TO TREAT RADIOACTIVE WASTE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.  THANK  YOU!  ​ 
Keep drinking water safe for ALL of SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN! 

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Protest against more hazardous waste coming into Detroit at US Ecology on October 3, 2015.                   Photo by Jim West

US Ecology Related Articles

​GREAT LAKES  ENVIRONMENAL LAW TESTIMONY
DETROIT CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
Detroit hazardous waste site plans tenfold expansion
Detroit plant worker exposed to hydrogen sulfide
CLICK HERE for 10-5-15 ARTICLE: "ProtEST FRACK WASTE EXPANSION"
Click Here for 2-3-15 ARTICLE: MICHIGAN says "BRING IT ON"
CLICK HERE for ARTICLE 8-13-14: "RADIOACTIVE WASTE from PA to MI"
Nuclear Information and Resource Service Statement

WE HAVE A VOICE:  STOP the EXPANSION of US ECOLOGY.   
​NO
to HAZARDOUS WASTE in the SE MICHIGAN WATER SUPPLY. 

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  Let's work together to keep drinking water safe and clean in  SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

Contact the Coalition:  
dhcoaltion4ahe@gmail.com
313-570-9201 

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