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This is the archive of all available
Alliance data:
Links are shortcuts
around this site and to allies.
Find
shortcuts to parts of this site with more Alliance
information:
• Media
(media releases and links to media coverage)
• Join
In (how
to get informed and involved)
•
Glossary (a
list of some fundamental terms)
The local Alliance community benefits
from the support of: Bay
Area Environmental Health Collaborative, Communities
for a Better Environment, Ecology
Center, Global
Community Monitor, Greenaction
for Health and Environmental Justice, NAACP
Berkeley Branch, West
Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corporation,
and many other allies (you know who you are).
In case you're curious, you can check out the outdated
Alliance
blog that first launched the Alliance onto the
Internet.
Please
download to inform yourself and others!
NEW! • Metal Melting Rule Comments (PDF, 508KB) Summary: Alliance recommendations for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's draft metal melting rule.
• Complaint Petition (PDF, 408KB) Summary: Form used to more easily complain about multiple odor nuisance episodes.
•
Toxics
and Your Health (PDF, 920KB) Summary: Parts
of body affected by toxic chemicals reported by
Pacific Steel; how to get cleanup.
•
Letter to ZAB (PDF, 200KB) Summary: What
Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board should do about
Pacific Steel's use permit.
•
Complaint Guideline Solutions (PDF, 140KB) Summary:
How the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
should accept air quality complaints.
•
Ongoing Demands (PDF, 384KB) Summary: How
Pacific Steel, the City of Berkeley, and the Bay
Area Air Quality Management District should stop
the pollution.
•
PSC
Pollution Violations (PDF, 107KB) Summary:
Alliance letter to the City of Berkeley encouraging
changes in Pacific Steel's use permits; toxic use
reduction to clean up odors.
•
Toxics
Facts (PDF, 0.99MB) Summary: List of
toxic emissions reported by Pacific Steel; associated
health hazards.
•
Position
on Pollution (PDF, 192KB) Summary: Position
paper about health risk; best practices.
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Pollution
Test Facts (PDF, 239KB) Summary: Results
of test for toxic dust; pollutants measured and
mapped.
• Feb.
2007 Speech (PDF, 310KB) Summary: Speech
at community meeting; lists recommended actions
for Pacific Steel, Air District, City of Berkeley.
• Fact
Sheet (PDF, 1.10MB) Summary: Basic
facts summary about pollution and who is harmed.
•
Clean
Air Petition (PDF, 60KB) Summary: Petition
for all to sign; demands cleanup.
• Air
Test Guide (PDF, 220KB) Summary: Step-by-step
guide explains how to test for toxic dust.
NEW! •
Alliance
History (PDF, 428KB) Summary: Interactions
of community, Pacific Steel, Air District and City
of Berkeley; 1934 to present.
•
Air
Testing (PDF, 144KB) Summary: Chronology
of testing and results; 2005 to 2007.
•
Comments
on HRA (PDF, 177KB) Summary: Critique
of why Pacific Steel's Health Risk Assessment (HRA)
is flawed.
•
Alliance
Identity (PDF, 139KB) Summary: Who
is a part of Alliance; what Alliance stands for.
•
Questionnaire
(PDF, 212KB) Summary: Use to learn how
you can volunteer and support Alliance.
•
Health
Risks (PDF, 168KB) Summary: Pacific
Steel's annual 150,000+ pounds of pollution worse
than 99% of other health risks in Bay Area; 2nd
highest cancer risk; asthma worst in West Berkeley.
• Complaint
Process (PDF, 183KB) Summary: How to
complain when you're exposed to pollution; how to
log complaint; requesting Complaint Declaration
form.
• Alliance
photo of Plant 1 (JPG, 40KB).
• Alliance
photo of Plant 2 (JPG, 20KB).
• Alliance
photo of Plant 3 (JPG, 24KB).
• Alliance
photo of Pacific Steel's cancer warning sign
(JPG, 20KB).
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Pacific Steel's Material Safety Sheets (ZIP,
14MB) Summary: BIG
collection of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS);
substances for past, present and proposed future
use at Pacific Steel.
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