QUICK FACTS ON THE
CAITHNESS POWER PLANT

• The proposed power plant is located on 96 acres North of Horseblock Road,
  south of the Long Island Rail Road, and East of Old Dock Road. Between
  Yaphank and Bellport.
• The proposed power plant is within miles of neighborhoods in Yaphank, Bellport,
  Medford, Gordon Heights, Patchogue, Hagerman, and Holtsville.
• Tiny particles of pollution that will be emitted from the plant will have an impact
  on air within an area several miles in circumference. This impact is
  unpredictable and is mostly determined by how and where the air blows.
• The proposed plant will burn natural gas year round and have the capacity to
  burn fuel oil.
• 750,000 gallons of fuel oil will be held on the premises.
• According to the recent Environmental Impact Study (“EIS”) published by Caithness
  the plant will emit on a yearly basis:

270 tons / Carbon Monoxide 42.1 tons / Sulfur Dioxide 95 tons / TSP 95 tons / PM-10 90.2 tons / Nitrogen Oxides 63 tons / VOC 15.1 tons / Sulfuric Acid Mist 0.01 tons / Lead

But fails to include safety issues related to toxic updrafts & thermal Pollution: 1. Safety Issues Missing from EIS 2. Illustrations & Safety Hazards 3. Toxic Sites Near Caithness 4. Intervenor Action Re: Airport Safety 5. "Toxic fumes that won't fade away"

• The plant will be built on an Empire Zone, this land is reserved for job creating
  industries near communities with high unemployment. This plant will only
  create 25 permanent jobs.
• There’s information circulating that the Caithness power plant will “clean the air.”
  There isn’t a power plant in the world that can clean the air. Even the most
  state of the art power plants adds to pollution. Caithness is no different.
• Yet LIPA is offering millions of dollars of “perks”; paid for by illegal surcharges, e.g:

1. Billion Dollar Surcharge Fraud

2. Billion Dollar Surcharge Fraud Funds Caithness "Perks"

3. Petition To Prosecute LIPA for Mail/Wire/Bank-Fraud

4. Demand for $1,790 Refund of Illegal Surcharges

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