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City of Hudson
columbia county
threat: inappropriate
industrial development (St. Lawrence Cement Plant)
The City of Hudson lies within the proposed
shadow of the proposed St. Lawrence cement plant, designed as one
of the largest coal fired cement plants in North America. This
massive 1,800-acre facility would include a 1,200-acre open pit
mine, a two-mile conveyor belt, and 40 acres of buildings. In
addition, a rarely used docking facility on historic South Bay
would be revamped for almost constant use as a docking, loading
and storage area for finished cement and various materials used
in its production, including coal and heavy metal-laden fly ash.
The resulting traffic, blasting, noise and air pollution from the
cement plant would irreversibly despoil the historic and scenic
resources of not only the City of Hudson, but also the surrounding
region including the Town of Greenport and the Village of Claverack.
Amongst strong opposition to the plant, a group called the Hudson
Valley Preservation Coalition now includes thirteen local, regional
and national environmental, community action, business, and historic
preservation organizations. The group is participating in the ongoing
DEC review process. The Preservation League of New York State
and the National Trust for Historic Preservation were recently
granted amicus status for the hearings, allowing the state
and national preservation organizations to contribute legal expertise
to the permit review proceedings. Permit review is expected to
last throughout 2002.
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