Article: LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Byline: The Register-Guard

Coburg doesn't need power plant

My Coburg neighbors tried hard to conceal their anger as they spoke at the hastily called Dec. 17 meeting on the proposed power plant. The threat they thought had died with Enron was back, doubled in size, and on the fast track.

The first farmer spoke about the Coburg area's unique airshed. The air here stagnates on still days, but on those warm afternoons with a north wind, everything funnels south toward Eugene-Springfield. The Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority official admitted that he had done no background air sampling in the Coburg area.

Other neighbors pointed out ...

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