tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post3098463573377724166..comments2023-05-30T05:16:03.894-04:00Comments on The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, proprietor: BP: No increased lake dischargesDennis Byrne...http://www.blogger.com/profile/12684119518936854024noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-74033862879856798232007-08-27T23:58:00.000-04:002007-08-27T23:58:00.000-04:00On highway 22, as you enter Highwood from Highland...On highway 22, as you enter Highwood from Highland Park, you might notice "neighborhood watch warnings."<BR/>You might have some difficulty reading them - they are in Spanish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-88126887407773603152007-08-27T23:56:00.000-04:002007-08-27T23:56:00.000-04:00DennisI read with intensity your "editorial" in to...Dennis<BR/><BR/>I read with intensity your "editorial" in today's Chicago Tribune.<BR/>My daughter is a social worker. She interned at Highland Park High School. She was apparently loved by all there.<BR/>When it came time to be hired, she was told they could not give her the job because she was not "bi-lingual."<BR/>nobody asked her if she spokje Hebrew, which would make her bi-lingual. Bi-lingual has become confused with Spanish speaking.<BR/>All those degrees, and denied a social work jopb in Highland Park because she doesn't speak Spanish.<BR/>OUTRAGEOUS;.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-40000295482108642392007-08-25T15:42:00.000-04:002007-08-25T15:42:00.000-04:00BP's announcement came just an hour before U.S. Re...BP's announcement came just an hour before U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, (D-Chicago) was going to announce a public pressure campaign against BP's top 20 investors. <BR/><BR/>Further adding to the intrigue was a study "made available to" Crain’s Chicago Business suggesting that BP was costing itself a great deal of good public image when other anti-pollution options were readily accessible at relatively little cost. BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone said "we're not aware of any technology that will get us to those limits but we'll work to develop a project that allows us to do so." According to the Tetra Tech study reviewed by Crain's, however, several types of anti-pollution devices have been employed in other facilities would remove ammonia and suspended solids from waste water "estimated to cost less than $30 (million) to $40 million.” <BR/><BR/>http://chicagoist.com/2007/08/24/bp_backs_down.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-25960732637334655182007-08-25T15:34:00.000-04:002007-08-25T15:34:00.000-04:00BP has stated it will report back to the US Congre...BP has stated it will report back to the US Congress on September 1st regarding the BP pollution permit dispute.<BR/><BR/>Indiana Governor's "review" of IDEM's handling of the BP permit is due September 24th.<BR/><BR/>An Indiana environmental law judge has agreed to hear the appeal of BP's waste water permit submitted by the Alliance for the Great Lakes on October 30th. This date that should be moved up considering BP's promise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-25155760621606030692007-08-25T15:30:00.000-04:002007-08-25T15:30:00.000-04:00Business guru and author Peter Drucker understood ...Business guru and author Peter Drucker understood that a business could contribute nothing to society if it wasn't profitable. But he also believed that free enterprise was defensible only if it was good for society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-40675300997814086932007-08-24T10:38:00.000-04:002007-08-24T10:38:00.000-04:00As much as the critics hate when somebody confuses...As much as the critics hate when somebody confuses the issue with facts, here’s the way discharge permits work in the real world kids:<BR/><BR/>An NPDES permit contains a bunch of limits, one of which is the maximum daily discharge limit. This is the limit that Rahm and friends have been having a heart attack about. EPA sets that limit in recognition that there are times when wastewater treatment plant capacity gets swamped, during extreme rainfall events. You may have noticed that we get those once in a while.<BR/><BR/>When that happens, you have an extreme volume of water that can overwhelm the treatment ponds and tanks at a wastewater treatment plant. So now the treatment plant operator has a choice: 1) dump raw sewage into the waterway, or 2) process the stuff a little faster, and slightly less efficiently, before everything overflows. The maximum daily limit is set in order to encourage the latter remedy. It does not represent everyday practice.<BR/><BR/>Take a look, for example, at MWRD’s Calumet treatment plant. They are allowed to discharge over 89,000 pounds per day of solids in their wastewater, per their maximum discharge limit. They don’t actually do that. According to their 2006 discharge report, they averaged a little over 12,000 pounds per day. That’s the way everyone, including BP, operates their treatment plants. (And no, I purposely didn’t look up BP’s 2006 report, because it would be nice to see the critics put a little time into research too).<BR/><BR/>Maximum discharge limits recognize reality (mother nature can be a bitch) and they encourage sound environmental management (don’t dump the sludge, just process it a little faster). It’s a tool that helps prevent people from dumping raw sewage into our waterways and creating those lovely little fecal coliform events that the city is so famous for. (Not that Richie Daley seems to remember that…)<BR/><BR/>That is all. Hysteria may now resume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-74786980520856001662007-08-23T21:34:00.000-04:002007-08-23T21:34:00.000-04:00BP must seek an amended discharge permit that codi...BP must seek an amended discharge permit that codifies its pledge. <BR/><BR/>https://www.environmentillinois.org/newsroom/clean-water-news/clean-water-news/environment-illinoiss-statement-regarding-bps-pledge-to-avoid-pollution-increaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-85088501274315738382007-08-23T21:18:00.000-04:002007-08-23T21:18:00.000-04:00Alliance For The Great Lakes Commends BP, Seeks As...Alliance For The Great Lakes Commends BP, Seeks Assurances on Pollution Levels<BR/><BR/>http://www.greatlakes.org/news/082307.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-28635922403880335952007-08-23T16:15:00.000-04:002007-08-23T16:15:00.000-04:00Forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't current BP pe...Forgive me if I'm wrong, but doesn't current BP permit disallow the supposed increase until 2011?<BR/><BR/>So what is different than before?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19614248.post-76636960982743987882007-08-23T16:12:00.000-04:002007-08-23T16:12:00.000-04:00Will the recently issued BP environmental permit b...Will the recently issued BP environmental permit be modified to the lower levels by IDEM?<BR/><BR/>Does this mean lowered Ammonia and TSS discharges? Does this mean no mixing zone? No exemption on the Mercury requirement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com