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OMYA Florence, Vermont Site Photos
Omya in Vermont
Omya's website set up to improve community relations. Includes meeting minutes and documents relating to legislatively-mandated "Section 5" study, Interim Certification Application, and community Issues Teams.
OMYA wants to expand waste stockpiling
to cover 32 acres, 80 feet tall
OMYA Declaratory Ruling - Reconsideration
Waste Management Division
Established February 10, 2004
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OMYA's Site Plans
OMYA's Hydrogeologist's Testimony
Act 250 hearing, Dec. 18, 2002
OMYA's Environmental Record in Vermont
& Towns in which OMYA owns land
OMYA's spill of Propylene Glycol
Information about Omya's use of Biocides and a Description of Specific Systems
Omya's recent Oil Spills
#1 and #2
 Public Records about Omya from Vermont State Agencies
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OMYA's Discharge Permit
Draft of New Permit
Omya Verpol Plant Water Circulation Processes
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Federal and Vermont
Supreme Court
Judgments Against Omya
Middlebury Rail Spur MOU
Minutes of Meeting
May 7, 2001
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Omya's Mines in Vermont
OMYA's Danby Proposal
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Map of Omya's holdings in Danby and the geology
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Jobe Phillips/Danby
Brainstorming Session December 1, 2000 |
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Links
Vermont Mining
UVM website with aerial photos of mines in Vermont
Vermont Quarries
Danby's Underground Marble Quarry
Mad River Neighborhood Association
Moretown Quarry neighbors' website
Governor Jim Douglas on OMYA
Vermont Public Radio
Senator Jim Jeffords Visits the Mine Site
Letter from Senator Patrick Leahy
Governor Howard Dean on the environment and OMYA
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"There’s Something Rotten... in Vermont"
Seven Days Column
July 16, 2008
Vermont ponders tax break for a polluter
Rutland Herald Commentary
April 3, 2008
Has a new Omya replaced the old?
Rutland Herald Commentary
February 28, 2008
Public Records from Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources about the regulation of Omya's waste in 2007
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How Green Is Our Valley?
Critics charge Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources isn’t tough enough Seven Days, May 23, 2007  Photo of VCE's executive director by Lee Krohn |
"ANR’s reaction to the report? As of this month, no solid-waste permit has been issued for OMYA’s landfill despite mounting evidence that suggests the project is an environmental hazard."
"We are five years into the operational life of this landfill," Brabant explains. "It’s totally illegal. The story here is, how many agencies in state government are willing to look the other way in terms of enforcing the law? " |
Omya's Waste
Photo by Tom Narwid
"One of the most beautiful places in the USA"
PICTURE PERFECT VERMONT
Wary of OMYA
Mining company faces rich vein of opposition in Danby and beyond
Rutland Herald/Times Argus Sunday Magazine Cover Story
Wall Street JournalPage One article about OMYA
All the MarbleTIME Magazine
Christian Science Monitor
Quandary of a
quarry in Vermont
Swiss mine raises protests in Vermont
Swiss Radio International
October 10, 2002
Omya, Critics Deadlock on Expansion Plans
Vermont Public Radio
DANBY, VT (2002-04-22)
Vermont allowing toxic emissions
Rutland Herald Commentary
February 15, 2006
Plume from Omya's factory in Florence, Vermont
Dec. 15, 2005
Omya made cooperation impossible
Rutland Herald Commentary
June 23, 2005
Photo from Vermont Waste Management Division
showing Omya's storage of hazardous chemicals
More about Omya's Dump
OMYA is the Largest User of Pesticides in Vermont
List of Chemicals Used by Omya
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Shampoos with Methylisothiazoline May Pose Risk for Unborn Babies
Medical News Today
06 Dec 2004
This is info Omya doesn't want you to know:
OMYA, The Truth, and the Public's Right to Know
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Year 2000 Rutland County
Pesticide Usage Data
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| UPDATE | |
 Spur unneeded, destructiveRutland Herald Letter to the Editor March 3, 2010 Rail spur plan crosses hurdle; on to final design Addison Independent February 15, 2010 Rail Progress Rutland Herald Editorial February 16, 2010 Agency Approves Omya Rail Spur Rutland Herald February 15, 2010 State certifies Omya tailings plan Rutland Herald December 23, 2009 Omya unveils new tailing facility Rutland Herald October 9, 2009 Judge rejects Omya lawsuit Rutland Herald October 1, 2009 Omya Inc. cutting 10 jobs in Florence Rutland Herald May 15, 2009 Omya announces more area layoffs Rutland Herald May 14, 2009 Omya eyes new location for tailings facility Rutland Herald May 9, 2009 Judge hears testimony on Omya Magistrate to rule on water remedies Rutland Herald March 28, 2009 Omya case goes to court Company admits chemical use Burlington Free Press March 25, 2009 Omya, Inc. cuts 12 positions Rutland Herald March 7, 2009 More freight train traffic in Arlington Bennington Banner 12/31/2008 Cassa integrazione all'Omya per 28 operai su 69 La Nazione/Italy 30 dicembre 2008 Omya's interim waste certification appealed RutlandHerald December 29, 2008 Environmental impact statement prefers rail spur for Omya Rutland Herald November 20, 2008 Omya to move 40 jobs Rutland Herald November 14, 2008 ANR gives Omya contentious interim waste permit Rutland Herald October 22, 2008 ANR warns worker about activism Rutland Herald October 22, 2008 State cracks down on compost operations Vermont Public Radio July 16, 2008 Omya waste poses threat Rutland Herald July 2, 2008 Keeping Watch Rutland Herald Editorial June 17, 2008 Whistleblower: State bent rules for Omya Rutland Herald June 15, 2008 Officials, public weigh in on Omya waste permit Brandon Pittsford Reporter May 21, 2008 ANR extends time Omya can handle its marble waste Rutland Herald April 18, 2008 $1 Million To Fix Orange Water Randolph Herald March 27, 2008 Google aided consultants with Omya study Rutland Herald March 3, 2008 Experts suggest vigilance for Omya site Rutland Herald February 27, 2008 Study: Omya impact minimal Rutland Herald February 20, 2008 Motion filed in Omya lawsuit Rutland Herald January 15, 2008 State OKs Omya waste treatment plant Rutland Herald December 4, 2007 Omya signs Ohio headquarters lease Rutland Herald November 28, 2007 Act 250 commission reviews Omya waste project Rutland Herald September 6, 2007 Results are in Rutland Herald August 25, 2007 Chemical contaminant found in water flowing from quarry Vermont Public Radio 2007-08-07 Omya Gets Criticism At Community Meeting Randolph Herald May 17, 2007 OMYA neighbors make one last stand Vermont Guardian April 12, 2007 Tests find elevated arsenic levels at Omya site Rutland Herald March 5, 2007
BOOK About the 10 year fight against OMYA in Vingrau, France in French VILLAGERS DIG DEEP TO BLOCK MINE PLAN IN VINGRAU The Guardian Aug. 15, 1998 |
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Omya scraps disputed quarry plan in Danby
Rutland Herald Oct. 2, 2004 Omya needs permit to dump in Pittsford Vermont Public Radio Nov. 21, 2003 Neighbors fight OMYA waste storage plan Rutland Herald Dec. 19, 2002 Danby residents blame Omya for dry wells Vermont Public Radio October 31, 2002 French and Canadians Challenge OMYA Manchester Journal June 28, 2002 A Mountain of Resistance Ottawa Citizen June 18, 2002 When a Dream Quietly Implodes Ottawa Citizen June 18, 2002 OMYA focus of ‘global’ summit Manchester Journal May 31, 2002 Tinmouth Channel wetland receives increased state protection Manchester Journal Dec. 14, 2001  MORE HEADLINES with links to articles from 2008 back to January 2000
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December 4, 2008, Environmental work does not merit criticism, Rutland Herald CommentaryNovember 21, 2008, Spur deserves support, Rutland Herald editorialFebruary 21, 2008, A new Omya's clean bill of health, Rutland HeraldAugust 10, 2006, Beware blasting next to high school, Rutland Herald Commentary April 5, 2006, Omya not in violation of air rules, Rutland HeraldFebruary 15, 2006, Vermont allowing toxic emissions, Rutland HeraldJune 23, 2005, Omya made cooperation impossible, Rutland HeraldMay 4, 2005, Unusual Marriage, Rutland Herald January 14, 2005, Legal clinic works, Burlington Free Press CommentaryMarch 31, 2004, Waste notCommentary, Rutland Herald Nov. 25, 2003, Showing Backbone, Rutland Herald editorial Nov. 5, 2003, Misreading Law He Helped Write, Rutland HeraldOctober 29, 2003, Wasting VermontRutland Herald October 3, 2003, Douglas helps bulldoze citizens, Rutland Herald9/21/03: Ruling Could Effect Health of Vermonters, Rutland Herald3/7/03: OMYA decree makes farce of due process - Ottawa Citizen MORE COMMENTARIES |
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