[Archived] Mirant Community Monitoring Group Plans Public Meeting on Mirant Potomac River Power Plant

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

For Immediate Release
October 27, 2004
PIO 256-04/rdo

Mirant Community Monitoring Group Plans
Public Meeting on Mirant Potomac River Power Plant

The Mirant Community Monitoring Group has scheduled a community public information meeting for representatives from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to present and discuss the recent Mirant consent decree and consent order. The meeting will take place at the Lyceum, 201 S. Washington St., on Monday, Nov. 1, at 7 pm.

The Alexandria City Council recently formed the Mirant Community Monitoring Group to serve as a central information-receiving and monitoring group for issues involving the Mirant Potomac River Power Plant. The group is composed of seven members: Poul Hertel, Elizabeth Chimento, a representative from North Old Town Independent Citizens Association (NOTICe), a representative from Marina Towers, a representative from the Northeast Citizens Association, a representative from the Environmental Policy Commission, and two members of Council: Vice Mayor Del Pepper and Paul Smedberg.

Participants of the meeting will learn and discuss air quality issues related to the Mirant Potomac River Power Plant; what changes will likely occur at the Mirant Potomac River Power Plant as a result of the consent decree and what other issues and actions may impact the facility.

For more information on the meeting, call the City’s Department of Transportation & Environmental Services at 703.838.4334.

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