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| Number range CHAPTER**Call Log For**                                  |
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| **[Mercury Phone Line 919.541.1973]{.underline}**                     |
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| **Note: Names and addresses are provided as completely and accurately |
| as possible based on information provided in the answering machine    |
| message.**                                                            |
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| **Messages Logged week 15-19 MR 2004**                                |
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| **Monday, 15 MAR 2004**                                               |
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| **Diana Kohl, Ithaca, NY**                                            |
|                                                                       |
| I'm calling to encourage Michael Leavitt and to safeguard the public  |
| from increased standards or actually delaying and weakening the       |
| limits on mercury emissions which obviously would not be safe for the |
| public, especially for the children. I hope that you continue to      |
| safeguard us. Thank you.                                              |
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| **Eddie Arnison, 588 93^rd^ Avenue, North Maples, FL 34108**          |
|                                                                       |
| On the present mercury bill that you are working on, I really want to |
| see that the mercury is reduced. I would like to see it to zero but I |
| would definitely like to see it reduced to 90 percent by 2008. The    |
| sooner the better. I have mercury toxicity and I know a few people    |
| who have children who were born with autism and other mind disorders. |
| I know the mercury causes insanity, paralysis, blindness, and on the  |
| lesser scale it causes depression, numbness, tinkling, and vision     |
| problems. It is very very toxic and I can see no reason why these     |
| corporate toxic polluters cannot be held to finding other             |
| alternatives for mercury. If you throw an old thermometer in the lake |
| you will poison the fish for least 25 years. It is very very toxic    |
| and we cannot avoid this any longer. I hope that you will take heed   |
| and we will get some results with the mercury pollution. The way      |
| things are going, it is not going to work. Thank you.                 |
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| **Anonymous**                                                         |
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| I would like to urge EPA to safeguard the public from toxic mercury.  |
| It seems like there's a plan--Bush's plan--to delay and weaken the    |
| limits all mercury emissions. I think this is a heinous crime so      |
| please strengthen the limits and protect the public. Thank you.       |
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| **Tuesday, 16 MAR 2004**                                              |
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| **Matt King, West Orange, NJ**                                        |
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| I just want to urge the EPA not to relax the standards for Mercury    |
| emissions for industry. There's a Bush proposal which will cut        |
| emissions by 90 percent of the next four years and I think this is    |
| the opposite of what should be going on. I appreciate your work. I    |
| also calling about the proposed the rollbacks for the national sewage |
| treatment standards. It is seems that the EPA is going backwards here |
| and just not really protecting our environment anymore. I would urge  |
| Administrator Leavitt to change policies and to get back on the right |
| track in terms off not only maintaining but creating higher standards |
| for air quality and water quality rather than encouraging the         |
| lowering of the standards. This is not what he is being paid to do.   |
| Thank you.                                                            |
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| **Kathy Zimmerman**                                                   |
|                                                                       |
| I really concerned about mercury being let into the atmosphere from   |
| the coal burning industry. Please do not lessen the standards. Please |
| do everything to lessen mercury poisoning. Thank you.                 |
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| **John Hocking, 5645 Vinmare Avenue, Alta Loma, CA 91701**            |
|                                                                       |
| I called specifically to complain about the proposal to ease mercury  |
| EPA standards and to allow more mercury pollution than it is now. I   |
| noticed on your introduction that you commented on some other things  |
| like air pollution. I am against anything that pollutants the water   |
| or the air. I am very upset at the weakening of both of those         |
| standards by this Administration. I hope to Mr. Leavitt stands up and |
| does something. Thank you.                                            |
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| **Wednesday, 17 MAR 2004**                                            |
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| **Anonymous**                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| This is to voice my opinion to Administrator Leavitt on the EPA       |
| keeping sewage out of our drinking water please; and, to protect our  |
| water supply and reverse the ongoing erosion of the EPA policies. The |
| second thing I like to comment on is to reduce toxic mercury          |
| emissions now especially those emitted by coal burning power          |
| utilities. Please have the EPA safeguard the public from toxic        |
| mercury instead of delaying in weakening limits on mercury emissions. |
| Thank you.                                                            |
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| **Mike Leigh, 1186 Broadway Apt. 534 New York, NY 10001; 212          |
| 689-5560**                                                            |
|                                                                       |
| What I am calling in regarding to is this problem with mercury in     |
| which it seems that the EPA has really been tinkering with the        |
| numbers to get it acceptable. Now the problem is that children are    |
| dying. I'm paying taxes for the EPA and this really needs to stop.    |
| This is really ridiculous. The numbers are there--it is very clear    |
| children are suffering there's nothing to think about and there's     |
| nothing to tinker with. It is really about changing it and really     |
| doing your job and making the environment safe for children. It is    |
| really that simple and doesn't have to do with big business, it       |
| doesn't have to do a pressure from government officials' and it       |
| really has to do with just doing a good job and having integrity is   |
| what it is really about. So please really pay attention to this issue |
| and stop mercury emissions from being allowed and do something about  |
| it. I would like to be updated with what is going to be done with     |
| this issue. Thank you.                                                |
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| **Thursday, 18 MAR 2004**                                             |
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| **Anonymous**                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| I would like to urge the EPA to continue to enforce and to adopt new  |
| more stringent rules for mercury emissions from power plants and any  |
| other sources of mercury pollution. I would also like to say that I   |
| think it is really sad that the EPA and this administration is        |
| getting all of our environmental laws for the big corporations. And   |
| while the average American will think this will save them money, of   |
| course, the illnesses that will be caused by mercury and various      |
| other pollutants far outweigh any money saved by any other means. I   |
| do not envy you people at EPA these days. I am sure you have a        |
| difficult job with this very strange period of our history.           |
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| **Gus Nelson, 1435 30^th^ Street, Parkersburg, WV 26104**             |
|                                                                       |
| I would like to leave a message concerning mercury emissions. I would |
| like to urge EPA not to loosen our lessen any of the requirements for |
| mercury pollution. We need to safeguard the public from toxic mercury |
| emissions from smokestacks and coal burning power plant utilities.    |
| I'm not affiliated with any organization. Thank you.                  |
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| **Ron Miller, 5230 North Princeton Street, Portland, OR 97203**       |
|                                                                       |
| I would like to express my very deep concern about the proposed       |
| changes in the rules for mercury regarding utility power plants. The  |
| effects of mercury are very well-known and have been documented for   |
| decades. The country has worked very hard to get that material out of |
| the environment and now to be permitted to be put back into the       |
| environment does not make any sense at all to me. Please don't do     |
| that.                                                                 |
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| **Joy Klein, Miami, FL**                                              |
|                                                                       |
| I was calling to make sure that we don't weaken the limits on Mercury |
| and that we make sure that the current limits are enforced. Thank you |
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| **Friday, 19 MAR 2004**                                               |
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| No calls for this day.                                                |
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