MAC Asphalt Plant - Seniors and Residents Speak Out

Jeffersonville, Indiana - September 16, 2009 - Area senior citizens make a plea for someone to help them get their healthy environment back after MAC Construction & Excavating located an asphalt plant in their residential neighborhood three years ago. Local residents are besieged night and and day by soot, dust, fumes, odor and noise.

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[badforindiana]

I agree with indianarepublicans

[indianarepublicans]

Ah, so NOW you admit that there is more in asphalt than sand and stone and, in fact, it is a petroleum product that is mixed in to it. And do you still cling to your silly and ridiculous assertion that the terrible smelling stuff coming out of the stacks is simply steam? It's not really so complicated. If it were simply steam, then asphalt plants would not be regulated by state environmental management agencies or the EPA. They don't regulate "steam."

[stevenopolis23]

All state DEQ's and regulatory agencies enforce very very strict air quality standards for hot mix asphalt production facilities. These facilities are under more scrutiny to be as clean, if not cleaner, by volume than say your wood stove or fuel oil fired furnace. I am an asphalt plant engineer as well as an employee of a CARB certified source testing company. We test everything from cheese factories to 10 megawatt generators, trust me, asphalt plants when operated correctly don't emit much.

[anythingnew]

STOP DESTROYING THE PLANET!!!!!

[2216gangsta]

These women are smokin' hot!

[cdlmn63]

hey stupid i do not even live in in. and i do know this with 2 bach, science degrees, and over 15 years in the asphalt and road ind. this plant would not be there if you people did take some action call your legislator and the in. state dept. of DEQ, file a law suit do not wine and cry like children that does nothing and goet you where your at today

[indianarepublicans]

You're an idiot. There are fumes. Why don't you just admit that you work for MAC and you're a company kiss-up.

[cdlmn63]

if there were fumes they would be on fire and you would not be here

[asphaltcrusher]

I suggest that you and your hero Micheal Moore move back to Russia where communism still exists for now. I'm done wasting my time with your tree hugging BS. Let me know when you move out that glass house.

[indianarepublicans]

One more thing, since you claim not be a part of MAC, how would you know that they invested $10m in the facility? If MAC really was committed to their community and not just profits, they would be a hero here, not the villain. They have an opportunity to be a different kind of company. They should seize that opportunity and voluntarily move the plant.

[indianarepublicans]

Are you trying to convince us or yourself that asphalt is healthy? That dog just doesn't hunt, sorry.

[indianarepublicans]

Really? A quick check of the Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management (IDEM) web sites reveals that this plant has apparently been issued violations for air pollution several times since it began operations in 2006. So, not really 30-50 years ago, huh? Maybe we could just move the children and the senior citizens to another place all so MAC can make a buck. I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you? You seem to be a "profits before people" person. You should be ashamed of yourself.