Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition Public Comment

PO Box 94Hawk Run, PA 16840www.moshannoncreek.orgThe board of directors and membership of the Moshannon Creek Watershed Coalition (MCWC) wish toexpress their concern regarding the recent disclosure of environmental problems associated with theconstruction of I-99 and the proposed plan for disposing of the pyritic rock discovered there.While we appreciate that measures are being taken to attempt to best protect all watersheds, persons, andwildlife, we are concerned that this problem does not occur again elsewhere. We also have concerns aboutthe proposed solution; we have a vested interest in this solution.The purpose of this statement is not to propose steps for preventing this problem from occurring again.Although we cannot offer any solutions at this time, we do wish to encourage the DEP and otherparticipants in this process to fully research the history of this activity and determine why it occurred. Wehope that they not only disclose this research to the public, but also determine what steps can beimplemented to reduce the probability that such an error will occur again.We applaud the CDT for bringing this problem to light and we also applaud the DEP and PennDOT forthe steps that they have taken to make the information and possible solutions public since the CDT firstreported the problem. However, while we hope that this will continue to take place in the public eye, wedo encourage the participants to take steps to ensure that organizations such as ...