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Save the Gorge
Metro Hydroelectric Company, based in Fairlawn, Ohio, wants to generate electricity in Gorge Metro Park by utilizing the old Ohio Edison dam on the Cuyahoga River. Scores of groups are opposed to the project, including the Ohio EPA, the City of Cuyahoga Falls and Friends of Metro Parks.
June 10, 2008
Ohio EPA files motion
The Ohio EPA has filed a motion of intervention in the ongoing effort to protect Gorge Metro Park, citing water quality standards. READ IT
May 10, 2008
Company applies for permit. Again.
After being denied by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in July 2007, Metro Hydro has applied for another preliminary permit to construct a hydroelectric plant in Gorge Metro Park.
Ask FERC not to issue a preliminary permit to Metro Hydroelectric Project P-12484. DOWNLOAD A SAMPLE LETTER
Address your letters to:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Secretary, Kimberly D. Bose
888 First Street NE, Room 1A
Washington, D.C. 20426
July 11, 2007
FERC terminates testing permit
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has denied Metro Hydro's request to reconsider a previous decision, in which the company's permit to conduct tests in Gorge Metro Park was terminated.
Months earlier, the company was denied access to the park by the U.S. Court of Appeals. Metro Parks attorney Bob Gippin wrote: "We are very pleased that the Court of Appeals has agreed (with Metro Parks) .... This stay order does not finally decide the case, but we are now optimistic that the federal lawsuit will ultimately be dismissed."
Metro Hydro's proposal would lead to the construction of roads, destruction of old growth forests, loss of sensitive habitat for numerous rare and endangered species, poor water quality and the destruction of park views and aesthetics.
For more information, contact Friends of Metro Parks: 330-865-1027, info@friendsofmetroparks.org
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