Folks,
First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving, may this one be your best ever.
Second, I am sorry to have to email this information on the eve of Thanksgiving, but time is of the essence.
Third, what I need you to do is send an email to these addresses, expressing your opinion.
chet_thompson@bkitech.com.
Melissa.M.Long@dep.state.fl.us
russell.simpson@dep.state.fl.us
Jodi.Conway@dep.state.fl.us
Stan Meeks
Manatee Advocate
Suwannee River Keepers, Inc.
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Cheaper, more efficient commercial proven clean water from all toxics. Medical Grade Quality water from sewer water, industrial water landfill leachette
http://www.aquatechnology.net/vaporcompressiondistillers.html
Entire article pasted below in this email. (Thanks Leonard)
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Chet,
First, since your “inquiry” did not identify your position in any of you emails, one of my directors found out who you are and also found several interesting newspaper articles concerning your creditability.
Chet, Thompson, Environmental Manager, Buckeye Florida, One Buckeye Dr, Perry FL 32348, (850) 584-1167, chet_thompson@bkitech.com.
Being a former US Army Ranger that is under treatment for an extreme, a long-term stress disorder; being blindsided by a bureaucrat pushes several of my hot buttons. Fortunately I am on medication and the reactions or effects are no longer physical but the scent of a cover-up or ambush is still there.
Also involved in this matter is the FDEP Northeast District:
Ombudsman: Russell Simpson 807-3304
District Public Outreach Coordinator: Jodi Conway (904) 807-3210
Address: 7825 Baymeadows Way, Suite B200, Jacksonville, FL 32256
russell.simpson@dep.state.fl.us or
Jodi.Conway@dep.state.fl.us
Do not forget to compare FDOH Shirred Island monitoring record with the dumping record of the Cross City Waste processing facility over the last twenty years.
I am told that the facility can only deal with about 20-30% of their customers before there is an overload or backup. There is a local rumor/story about a non-English speaking guy standing in the plant, watching a meter and when it reaches a certain point he throws the leaver to the dump position. Of course this is just a popular rumor and is not based on any facts but it does show the real local unspoken concern of Dixie County Citizens for the quality of their water and lack of faith in their local government.
Of course you know of the recent FBI arrests in Dixie County. They consisted of former, existing and one recently elected Dixie County Commissioners. They probably have nothing to do with water pollution(?). But it does cast a shadow of doubt on the last 20 years of the integrity of the Dixie County Commission who determined how water pollution was handled.
Meanwhile the cross-referencing of the FDOH records and Cross City Waste Processing Plant will lead you towards your next step after the April 5, 2007 issue of Dixie County Advocate (copy pasted below).
If you choose to continue fully investigating the forming of the Dead Zone at Horseshoe Beach and Shirred Island, after testing, honest science will conclude that even at it new rate of discharge of Class III water the Fenholloway Dead Zone is a major contributor, 60-75% +/- of the pollution effecting an area 40 miles downstream in of the flow of the Gulf Stream; this just happens to be the location of the north end of the 80 square mile Great Suwannee Reef. Cedar Key is at the south end of the Great Suwannee Reef.
Your plan discharges Class III water when Class II is required to maintain the life of all shellfish, excellent way to slowly kill an oyster reef. Depositing the Class III water after traveling 40 miles down the Gulf Stream from the Fenholloway River which is located in another county, to the largest existing oyster reef of its kind left in North America is an excellent way to kill the Great Suwannee Reef and open up the coast line for development.
Granted a cubit yard of oysters filter 1,700 gallons of salt or fresh water every hour but one of my questions is why should Dixie County’s Great Suwannee Reef should also deal with Taylor County’s massive amount of pulpwood production waste and with no compensation for Dixie County.
After all the Buckeye Corp. just spent 85 million dollars to find a better way to deal with their waste and could not find a sustainable and responsible method. I think an independent group of American entrepreneurs could find an immediate solution for an 85 million dollar reward. The Great Suwannee Reef is having trouble dealing with the pollution from the Steinhatchee River and the Suwannee River; now you want to send us some from Taylor County.
Meanwhile let’s get together for that cup of coffee. My time is ruled by manatee movement, tides and weather. Rainy, raw days are best for me to meet. I get about 15 days out of every 60 for R&R. The Town of Suwannee or Old Town would be the best places for me.
Anyone one my list, please free to answer via any of the email at the top of this letter, pro or con; I have manatees to look after until about Easter.
Respectfully,
Stan Meeks
Manatee Advocate
Suwannee River Keeper’s, Inc.
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From: Chet Thompson [mailto:Chet_Thompson@BKITECH.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:20 AM
To: stan_meeks@earthlink.net
Cc: lwheeler45@aol.com; David Wiles; Buddy Lamb; Dixie County Advocate Editor; Dixie County Times Editor
Subject: RE: Dirtiest beach in US at Shirred Island, Dixie County
Stan,
Thanks for the reply. I can tell you’re busy with some exciting work. When you’re finished next year I would enjoy exchanging information over a cup of coffee.
I am very familiar with the Fenholloway issues and would be glad to help understand if there are any connections with the issues at Shired Island. From the Advocate’s article it appears the issues are bacterial (fecal and Enterococci) although the DNA testing indicated non human origin. I am familiar with these categories of bacteria and their associated test that are intended to monitor for the presence of human waste but will in essence give a false indication at times under certain circumstances. It can be very challenging to determine the cause. As you suggested, I’ll look at the FDOH Shired Island monitoring record on my own.
Kind regards,
Chet
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From: Stan Meeks [mailto:stan_meeks@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 3:50 AM
To: Chet Thompson
Cc: lwheeler45@aol.com; 'David Wiles'; Buddy Lamb; Dixie County Advocate Editor; Dixie County Times Editor
Subject: Dirtiest beach in US at Shirred Island, Dixie County
Anybody ever heard of this of Chet Thompson Chet_Thompson@BKITECH.COM;
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From: Chet Thompson [mailto:Chet_Thompson@BKITECH.COM]
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 11:04 AM
To: stan_meeks@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: REF cheap commercial proven clean water from all toxics
Stan,
I am interested in the growing dead zone near Shirred Island and Horseshoe Beach. What are its characteristics? How is it identified as dead – no fish, no/low DO, etc? Also, when was it first identified? I assume from your note, it must be getting worse?
Thanks,
Chet Thompson
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Chet
Sorry for delay in reply…it is manatee migration on the Suwannee and at Fanning Springs. It has been on going for 6-8 weeks, sometimes over 100 manatees a day passing through. Six born in four months, one adult killed; yes I am in the middle of my most valuable work. The northernmost warm water refuge on Gulf of Mexico is Manatee and Fanning Springs. These springs are the R&R that the calves need to stay alive. Calves nurses up to three years, until they are weaned their “shiver mechanisms” do not work. Koon 1999, NC, proved baby calf can die in as little as 6 hours of exposure to 62 degree water.
Point is, I have 4 months of day/light to dark, 5 of 7 days to endure in order to collect the raw field data I need for my study of their migration habits on the Suwannee River, and this is my tenth year. This data can only be collected during these 4 months of the migration times.
Your “request” for further information can best begin with a copy of the Dixie County Advocate, April 5, 2007 or you perusing the Dixie County DOH records, looking for obvious patterns over 5-10 year periods…meanwhile I will be on the Suwannee until the end of manatee migration which usually ends at the Ides of March or Palm Sunday.
Your “requests” will have to wait until I am finished making this dream come true or perhaps you can do your own research as I did mine own. First step is pasted below. Second step is DOH water testing records--online. During last ten years, contrast and a distinct pattern when compared to discharge records from water treatment plant can be plotted. Once you get there, compare to the Cross City Water Treatment Facility.
Right now I simply do not have times for imageries, calculations and speculations outside of manatees. I can forward your email to the men that I learn from. I am sure they would enjoy and give better expansions than I could.
Sometime in the future we will have a cup of coffee together, exchange credentials to make sure we are not wasting our time, until then it is me and the manatees.
Respectfully,
Stan Meeks
Manatee Advocate
Suwannee River Keepers, Inc.
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From: Stan Meeks [mailto:stan_meeks@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:41 PM
To: Stan Meeks
Subject: REF cheap commercial proven clean water from all toxics
From Suwannee River Keepers, Inc.
As you know we are greatly concerned with the growing dead zone near Shirred Island and Horseshoe Beach. We suspect it is at least partly caused by the Fenholloway River Dead Zone. Common sense has provided the clues and our independent water tests will provide the answer.
On its return to the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream flows south along the Big Bend. It passes directly through the Fenholloway Rivers’ Dead Zone. About 40-50 miles south, directly in the path of the Gulf Stream is its first impediment, the north end of the Great Suwannee Reef where a smaller Dead Zone is growing. This also the area where a particular, small counterclockwise flow of the Gulf regularly occurs and has possibility accumulated enough pollution to form a small Dead Zone between Shirred Island and Horseshoe Beach.
The DEP plan is to allow a permit for the Buckeye Paper Mill to build a 15 mile pipe line directly from the Fenholloway River paper plant to the Gulf of Mexico in order to allow partially treated effluent water to be dumped directly into the Gulf of Mexico, i.e. dump treated sewage directly into the Fenholloway Dead Zone instead of the Fenholloway River.
The Gulf of Mexico, as we all know primarily flows in a clockwise direction. Forty miles, more or less, down the coast, the Gulf Stream carries pollution directly from the Fenholloway River Dead Zone to the Great Suwannee Reef.
This is not rocket science; just look at a map and it is just common sense that over the years a smaller Dead Zone will start to accumulate in the area. The DEP position is that 40-50 miles is enough to dilute the pollutions from the Fenholloway Dead Zone aided by the 20 mile long Great Suwannee Reef.
The following is from a respected scientific e-mail information loop. No, I am not a scientist, but I do get to ask questions, I do not get to answer any. I learn a lot just by reading their emails.
This may lead to a sustainable solution to Dead Zones in the Big Bend area.
If you agree, disagree or just have more questions contact
Northeast District:
Ombudsman: Russell Simpson 807-3304
District Public Outreach Coordinator: Jodi Conway (904) 807-3210
Address: 7825 Baymeadows Way, Suite B200, Jacksonville, FL 32256
russell.simpson@dep.state.fl.us or
Jodi.Conway@dep.state.fl.us
Cheaper, more efficient commercial proven clean water from all toxics. Medical Grade Quality water from sewer water, industrial water landfill leachette
http://www.aquatechnology.net/vaporcompressiondistillers.html
From the writer of this, a known and respected scientist:
I know the leading system developer personally so I have seen some of the proprietary operational data on the best performer and it is really impressive Medical Grade Quality water from sewer water, industrial water landfill leachette etc no algae toxins no dioxins no heavy metals pure its medical grade pure water.
The US Army played with this in the late 50's and early 60's for chemical warfare agents and never quite got it to work.. that has been corrected.
Someone should ask Buckeye or the pulp mill dumping in their waters to give this Co. or one like it a call, much cheaper than pipelines and NEPEDES permits and the EPA fines in 2009 when the laws are again enforced .
Leonard
In a message dated 11/21/2008 12:15:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dglickd@pipeline.com writes:
Hello Len --
Let's see -- "Vapor Compression" -- what "Vapor" -- no heat anywhere in the process? Tell what to the Physical Chemists of the World! And where do the 'dioxins' and other wastes 'Go'?
The "Whole Story, Please!"
Best, Dick Glick
www.CorpFutRes.com
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From: LWheeler45@aol.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:44 AM
Subject: [Clean Energy Coalition] ..Vapor Compression Distillation cheap Environmental water Recycling ......
Vapor Compression Distillation « Environmental Recycling ......
VAPOR COMPRESSION DISTILLATION is a system that treats industrial process water and waste-water streams. The System combines the benefits of distillation ...
www.erarecycles.com/vapor-compression-distillati...
Nope that is no longer the case Dr Glick. This is the commercial technology for water recycle and removal of Dioxins heavy metals, P N and pesticides. It’s Really cheap and energy efficient. Which bring to the floor why are paper mills like buckeye allowed to dump into our waters when something like this makes that expensive and unnecessary? The water is MEDICAL GRADE PURE>
Leonard
In a message dated 11/21/2008 7:55:07 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dglickd@pipeline.com writes:
Hello Len --
Dry ton biomass yields 75 gallons is the equivalent of 6 MCF of natural gas, while CFR's process produces 7.4 MCF per dry ton. The big difference is that CFR's also process produces at least 1 ton of compost-organic-fertilizer and uses no water or heat in the process -- those ethanol guys need energy to separate ethanol from water and produce waste from the biomass's non converted component.
Nice to know someone's doing something -- even when it's the wrong direction.
Best, Dick Glick
www.CorpFutRes.com
----- Original Message -----
From: LWheeler45@aol.com
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:03 AM
Subject: [Clean Energy Coalition] BRI Energy Seeking to Build Two Gasification-Fermentation Ethanol Plants
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Ethanol Plants
1 May 2006 BRI Energy Seeking to Build Two Gasification-Fermentation
BRI Process schematic. Click to enlarge.
BRI Energy, a company that ferments gasified waste, biomass or hydrocarbons such as coal into ethanol (earlier post) announced tentative plans to build one or two gasification-fermentation facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
BRI hopes for federal loan guarantees for part of the funding of both projects: one to convert western coal to ethanol, and the other to convert burnable municipal waste (paper, plastic, garbage, leather) to ethanol.
The coal gasification facility would cost $25 million, and the company is seeking a $20-million federal loan guarantee. The municipal waste facility would require $62.5 in private investment and a $250-million federal loan guarantee.
The BRI process utilizes a culture of anaerobic acetogenic bacteria (Clostridium ljungdahlii) that ingests syngas and emits ethanol at a yield of some 75 gallons or more per dry ton of biomass. From used tires or hydrocarbons it can yield approximately 150 gallons or more per ton.
The first stage of the process uses established gasification or plasma arc technologies to generate a carbon monoxide-rich syngas. During the gasification process, the temperature and access to outside air is controlled and restricted in two sequential chambers. Because of this, the air emissions are minimal.
The carbon monoxide gas exits the gasifies at temperatures up to 2,200°F, then must be cooled to 100° before being fed to the microorganisms. This process generates an immense amount of waste heat that can be used to create high-temperature steam to drive electric turbines.
In the second stage of the process, the C. ljungdahlii bacteria ingest the carbon monoxide gas and produce ethanol, acetic acid, hydrogen and water.
There are a number of anaerobic bacteria in addition to C. ljungdahlii that can utilize the components of synthesis gas (CO, CO2, and H2) as carbon and energy sources : Clostridium thermoaceticum, Clostridium autoethanogenum, Peptostreptoccus productus, Eubacteriam limosum, Butyribacterium mehylotrophicum, and Clostridium acetobutylicum.
The basic chemistry of the conversion of syngas to ethanol and acetic acid by C. ljungdahlii is as follows:
6CO + 3H2O → CH3CH2OH [Ethanol] + 4CO2
2CO2 + 6H2 → CH3CH2OH + 3H2O
4CO + 2H2O → CH3COOH [Acetic acid] + 2CO2
2CO2 + 4H2 → CH3COOH + 2H2O
The last step is to separate the ethanol from the hydrogen and water. This is accomplished through the same distillation process that is currently being used in traditional corn and sugar to ethanol plants.
BRI expects to develop modular plants the capacities of which can be expanded. The company envisions a single module combining two gasifiers, each with a capacity of approximately 125 tons of feedstock per day, and two fermenters.
BRI President William Bruce is testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural resources Committee today in a hearing on Coal Gasification.
Resources:
· Production of Ethanol form the Fermentation of Synthesis Gas
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Suwannee River Keepers, Inc (non profit pending)
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