Franklin County Commissioners
(click for
their contact information)
purchased land at
Cumberland
Valley Business
Park ( CVBP ) near the proposed Penn-Mar ethanol site
for a 440-bed
prison.
Franklin
County Prison's Warden explained their
"evacuation plan:"
"Wetzel said that keeping prisoners in their cells at the new prison and shutting down the air handlers would be the likely response to an accident at the proposed ethanol plant." Article published in the Public Opinion newspaper Mar 10, 2005
The evacuation plans for the Penn-Mar ethanol plant call for immediate evacuation within 2.5 miles in all directions from the plant--and take cover inside for 5 miles.
A
member of Citizens for a Quality Environment had an opportunity
to talk to G. Warren Elliott, Franklin
County Commissioner, about the proposed ethanol
distillery/refinery, he was defensive and said, "you
were lucky that it wasn't an oil refinery."
"LIDA
is an Industrial Development Authority incorporated under the
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Law (IDA Act), and
is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors appointed by the County
Commissioners." from
the LIDA website
EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OR TOXIC MATERIALS IN PRISON Link to ACLU website
Nursing home evacuated after train mishap May 2, 2005 CBC News