THE REVERE ADVOCATE–Friday, October 11 , 2019 Page 11 RevereTV Spotlight R evereTV has posted and begun airing all candidate statements for this year’s elections. This includes school committee, city council and mayoral candidates who chose to record with our studio or submit a video. We offered five minutes of screen time to candidates who made appointments with RevereTV during an appropriate window of time. For those who do not record with us, all were welcome to submit recordEXCEPT | FROM PAGE 6 Revere) told The Saugus Advocate in a front page story published Sept. 20 “I hope that members of the public will come out to the hearing on October 15th to voice their support for DEP’s Draft Decision, and urge the agency to follow through with its mandate to hold Wheelabrator accountable,” she said. But Vincent said new information that recently came to light prompted her to withdraw her support of the DEP document. “I was thrown off at first because in the application Wheelabrator stated — funny how that happened — that ERCs were not allowed to be used,” Vincent said. “I had many questions. But unless you’re a lawyer with hours to spend trying to read all the technical stuff, you need to ask questions,” she said. Through her questioning of DEP staff, Vincent said she learned that what was written on Wheelabrator’s application was a mistake. As it turns out, state regulations do allow the use of ERCs for compliance purposes. Saugus selectmen express opposition The highly technical 31-page draft released by the DEP last month provides emission and compliance schedules for the control of certain pollutants — including Nitrogen Oxide — emitted from the Wheelabrator facility, which is located on Route 107. Board of Selectmen Chair Debra Panetta has already expressed her concerns about the DEP document and specifically lowering the standards for Nitrogen Oxides. “We understand that Wheelabrator Saugus is the oldest incinerator in the United States, but that shouldn’t give them a ‘pass’ on meeting today’s standards, especially when dealing with the health and safety of our town,” Panetta wrote in a Sept. 26 letter to DEP on beings of their own. These videos will be playing in the order the candidates appear on the ballot. Along with the candidate statements, follow our social media pages and watch our channel to view all election coverage as it proceeds. We are streaming the upcoming city debates live on both television and YouTube. The School Committee Q&A was on Thursday, October 10; the councillor-at-large dehalf of the board. “According to the Environmental Protection Agency website, “Nitrogen Oxides are a family of poisonous, highly reactive gasses …. Exposure to nitrogen oxide include respiratory infections and other respiratory issues (including coughing, wheezing and difficulty breathing) as well as asthma,” she wrote. In her letter, Panetta also referred to a policy approved previously by Saugus selectmen that related to waste-to-energy, ash disposal and solid waste facilities within the town. The policy stipulates that selectmen are “opposed to any additional forms of combustion of solid wastes that will yield additional air and ash emissions.” “We ask that you ensure that Wheelabrator Saugus meets the current NOx standards,” Panetta wrote in her letter. “If all the other incinerators in Massachusetts can adhere to these standards so should Wheelabrator Saugus. Our community deserves the same protection,” she said. In the initial draft copy of the letter that Panetta presented to selectmen last month, she wrote “Wheelabrator Saugus does not currently meet the new nitrogen oxide (NOx) limits, where their EMC outlines an emission reduction strategy that does not adhere to the MassDEP’s Board of standards.” But Board of Selectmen Vice Chair Jeffrey Cicolini expressed concerns about the accuracy of the letter and suggested that it be reviewed by the town’s environmental lawyer before being mailed to the DEP. Cicolini said he wanted “to make sure we’re not saying anything that’s inappropropriate or libelous.” “We need to make sure that we are factually correct,” Cicolini added. The portion of the letter accusing Wheelabrator with being out of compliance with nitrogen oxide standards was removed after being reviewed by the town’s environmental lawyer. bate is on Thursday, October 17; and the mayoral debate is on Thursday, October 24. All events take place at 6 p.m. at the Susan B. Anthony Middle School. We will also keep up with election results on Tuesday, November 5. Our studio has been booming with community members. Throughout the few weeks of recording candidate statements, we had some young members volunteer for crew in the control room. This included students Rose and Isabella, and RHS graduate Ashton DeRuosi. Joe Fortunato spent multiple days in the editing suites working on various projects. Fortunato has a longrunning program called Eye on Revere. Alexandra Coppola continued work on her latest project. Coppola has become completely independent over the course of her time as a community member and demonstrates her skill in all aspects of her productions. Kim Luiso and Angie of Kim’s Got Crafts worked on editing the episodes they recorded last week. The Revere High School football team is having a standout season. RevereTV has been and will be covering all games this season. You can watch the games live and on replay on our channel or YouTube. Keep an eye out for our coverage of this year’s Columbus Day Parade, which is happening on Monday on Broadway at 1 p.m.
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