Environmental Injustice In Waterbury
Submitted by johnmurray on Sun, 06/10/2018 - 18:37“…no segment of the population should, because of its racial or economic makeup, bear a disproportionate share of risks and consequences of environmental pollution or be denied equal access to environmental benefits.”
CT DEEP's Environmental Equity Policy, 1993
Story and Photographs
By John Murray
The permitting process to allow F&G to operate a garbage plant in the South End of Waterbury has not met the legal outreach requirements that protect a distressed Hispanic population living within a half mile of the facility.
Odor and trucks are the hot button issues for the general public, but a little known regulation – the Connecticut Environmental Justice Law – might upend F&G’s dream of garbage expansion in Waterbury.