Neighborhood Action Group
Neighbors in West Wicomico County can act together to improve the quality of life in their communities.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Will Caroline County join the growing list of jurisdictions to further restrict DAF storage? They just might follow Wicomico County's lead and put restrictions on how this stinky stuff can be better controlled. Like WiCo, citizens united to make their voices heard. This outcry resulted in a moratorium on DAF tanks and now county commissioners are considering more permanent legislation to protect citizens and the environment against this foul sludge.
Saturday, June 1, 2024
LINKWOOD PLANT FINED FOR POLLUTION VIOLATIONS
Darling Ingredients (formally Valley Proteins) has been fined for alleged violations following an inspection of their Linkwood, MD poultry rendering plant. The inspection was a response to a consent degree issued after a 2002 inspection revealed problems at the plant.Here is a link to a WBOC story about this fine.
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
WET TO HOST DAF TOWN HALL
March 12, 2024
6:30 PM -8:30 PM
Wor-Wic Community College Auditorium
Or through ZOOM
Sunday, February 11, 2024
UPDATE FEBRUARY 11, 2024
CLEAR CUT COMPLETE?
As I posted in November, the tank site was undergoing a clear cut. Now it appears to be complete and you can see the results. What once was a thick growth of oaks and pines is now a swampy mess. We hope the final result will be better than it is now.
February 2024
October 2020
Saturday, November 11, 2023
GOOD NEWS!
KENNEY RECEIVES ADVOCACY AWARD
Last night Lynette Kenney received the Mike Pretl Award for Environmental Advocacy from the Wicomico Environmental Trust (WET) during its annual dinner, awards, and silent auction banquet. Here is what WET had to say about Mrs. Kenney's contributions.
"Lynette Kenney is a wife, mother, grandmother, and activist. Her life experiences led her to form the Neighborhood Action Group (NAG). In 2019 NAG worked together to try to put a stop to a 3-million-gallon dissolved air flotation (DAF) storage tank that was built less than a quarter mile from her home. Though the group could not stop the tank's construction, they were able to highlight the effects DAF has on fields, local waterways, and the community. Through her efforts, a moratorium was passed to prevent future DAF tank construction in Wicomico County."
In her acceptance speech, Mrs. Kenney told the story of NAG's fight to restrict tank usage which eventually led to responsible regulation on DAF tanks and lagoons in Wicomico County. She ended by acknowledging other NAG members and told the audience that the fight is not over.
"Lynette Kenney is a wife, mother, grandmother, and activist. Her life experiences led her to form the Neighborhood Action Group (NAG). In 2019 NAG worked together to try to put a stop to a 3-million-gallon dissolved air flotation (DAF) storage tank that was built less than a quarter mile from her home. Though the group could not stop the tank's construction, they were able to highlight the effects DAF has on fields, local waterways, and the community. Through her efforts, a moratorium was passed to prevent future DAF tank construction in Wicomico County."
Lynette Kenney
UPDATE NOVEMBER 2023
The biggest visible change is the clear cutting of the land on which the tank sits. The corner of Porter Mill and Riggin roads is quite bare of trees, the tank is monumentally visible and its lights break the darkness of the night skies. Any filter between the nearby residents and tank-related activities is gone.
The before and after photos show the stark difference.
fresh strength to our people." ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Friday, March 17, 2023
UPDATE
TANK LEAK COVERAGE
The leak that occured at the DAF tank on Porter Mill Road has made the news and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has published some reports concerning the leak. Without cloudying the information, I am posting links to WMDT, Channel 47's recent broadcasts and to the MDE's Compliance Inspections reports site.
WMDT March 8 initial coverage of spill.
WMDT news cast that updated the news.
And here is the MDE reports site. To use this site, you must type in "Burns" into the site name and select "Wicomico" from the county list and then click on the "Filter" button. The inspection reports pertaining to the recent spill can be found on page 2 (click on page 2 at the bottom, right section of the page.) The reports are PDFs and the pictures are a DOCX and PDF files. Be sure to look at the pictures they really show how bad this spill is.