Doctors raise health concerns about San Rafael quarry

[Dr Wind]

travis wrote:

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This is an excellent suggestion.

A better suggestion; Dutra lives up to the terms of their permit. I guess the locals should have known that the quarry would ignore thier permitting requirements, by digging deeper (thus extending the quarry life) and once called on the carpet they significantly ramp up blasting of the hillside while this is in court. They know they are going to be shut down so are raping the neighbors while they drag this out. Good neighbors!

[Godzilla]

The quarry was there when I moved to Glenwood in 1966.
If you moved in after that you have little right to complain.

[Dr Wind]

Godzilla wrote:

The quarry was there when I moved to Glenwood in 1966.
If you moved in after that you have little right to complain.

Can you not read? Dutra's permit allows for them to remain until the pit reached a certain depth. That was reached many years ago. They have gone over 200' deeper (thus extinging this useful life indefinitely). Those who purchased recently assumed the City would hold Dutra to this permit requirement, they haven't. If you have lived here since 1966, you have been exposed to them for over 40 years, the risk assessment stated there is a significant risk to your health. If you're ok with being exposed further while Dutra reaps illegal profits, fine... then fine. But why shout down those who want the City to uphold the permits to reduce the risks to their families?

[Watta foo]

Susan wrote:

We bought our home in east San Rafael ten years ago, with the understanding the quarry would be closed when its permit expired. The dust and contingent diesel fumes from the hundreds and hundreds of 18-wheeled trucks run by the quarry are, without a doubt, a very serious health hazard. Two members of our family have respiratory health issues that they did not have before we moved here.
What is more important in the general scheme of things, fattening the pockets of the Dutra's under the guise of 'community benefit', or the health, well-being, and quality of life of a very, very large neighborhood?
Ask yourself, would the homeowners off the Sir Francis Drake artery in San Anselmo, Kentfield, and Ross put up with the Dutra's in their neighborhood? I think not. People, this is Marin County, home of environmental consciousness. Why aren't we up in arms about the San Rafael Rock Quarry? Why aren't we furious?

You have damaged your credibility on all the other points you try to make by claiming that Marin is the home of environmental consciousness. Marin is the home of NIMBY... the home of talk about environmental issues in far away places... the home of action only if someone else pays for it... the home of macro focus on micro issues.

[Anonymous]

The best part of this whole mess is that almost every time hard facts are laid out in front of you people you resort to name calling.
I can't wait for all this to be over with & the quarry getting to stay just like it should. Then we can listen to the coalitions whimpering for years to come, without anybody giving a damn.

[anti in marin]

Doctors who bought a house near a quarry won't have an unbiased opinion on this issue, and will twist facts and statistics in their favor.

Where a business or public facility provides a greater benefit to the community, detrimental effects on immediate neighbors are ignored.

[Jay]

Actually, Mr. Dutra does in fact live "at the quarry". His home is located on the quarry property!