Newark City Council Hires DNREC-Fave Max Walton For Opinion On Standing Over UD STAR Campus Power Plant Power Play

From Amy Roe on facebook ~

Some interesting developments on the Newark Power Plant. Newark City Council hired Max Walton for a second opinion on the legal analysis. His opinion is expected in a few days, and City Council may make it available to the public.

The George Wilson Center where the September 3rd meeting has a maximum capacity of 390 people, and some are concerned that this won't be large enough.

Several neighbors from Arbor Park came to voice concerns, as did Councilman Mark Morehead. Tonight was the best city council meeting in years, regarding public discussion.

With comments ~

•  So glad the residents of Newark have YOU on their side!

• At lot of this sounds familiar, Amy. Think they'll bring out LRAD to control the angry mob?.... I hope not. I hope they don't bring any military armaments. That refinery hearing was sick.

• They "may" make it available to the public? Isn't it the law?

• Lots of discussion on this tonight. City Council reasonably did not want to vote to release a document that they had not yet read. Our next opportunity is Sept 9th.

• That Max Walton sure does get around........It worries me that Max Walton was hired by the State to defend DNREC in the Coastal Zone Appeal. He is tight with the powers that be, the Governor, Levin, O'Mara. Can he give us an objective analysis? The State of Delaware has already promised $7.5 million for the project. The state wants it

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  Sierra Club reports ~ Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board Hearing on refinery air permit appeal, July 16, 2013

  The Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board is a 9-member board comprised of 5 appointees by the Governor, the chairs of the planning commissions of each county and the director of the Delaware Economic Development Office.  Interestingly, Delaware Economic Development Office director Alan Levin recused himself from the appeal hearing.

  .........The State of Delaware was not represented by the Attorney General.  Instead, the state hired attorney Max Walton of Connolly Gallagher LLP to represent them in a verbal agreement for $325/hour.  In the photo above Max Walton presents the boundary of the Delaware City Refinery's footprint of nonconforming use. The appeal disputed whether the Secretary of DNREC is empowered to make his own Coastal Zone Act status decisions without seeking any public input.  In his Secretary's Order for the Marine Vapor Recovery Unit, he went into great detail on the implications of the Coastal Zone Act.

   

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