Westley Tire Fire
The Modesto Energy Co / Filbin
Tire Fire
Class Action Law suit Update
Contact Law Office of
Leslie James Sherman ( Irene )
209-892-2585
Update
7--9-2003- $9,000,000 , still not a dime from Ed Filbin.
03-2000 Tire Fire
responsibility ??
Put Ed Filbin in jail ( this year ) !!!
2-22-2001
Talks of
restarting the tire burning plant
again near Westly
...The subsidy (WHAT:Tax payer money ) was proposed by
Modesto Energy Limited Partnership,(Who:Ed Tomeo, president)
which owns the tire burner.
The company shut the plant a year ago because of MANY legal issues
stemming from the huge 1999 TIRE FIRE HAZMAT in the adjacent tire pile('s),
which is under different ownership.
( WHO: Ed FilBIn Tire king,Sheep Baron and land owner)
TIRE FIRE NEAR WESTLEY,CA
09-22-1999 9:36AM
Press Release : ( 9 hours after the
storm started the fire)
A very large tire fire is burning
in Stanislaus County 20 miles west of Modesto at
'The Modesto Energy Co.'
4549
Ingram Creek Road Westley
Ca.95387 (209)-894-3161
Mailing address....Carl
Levesque Po Box 302,Westley Ca 95837
as a result of lightning
strikes during an
early morning storm.
The fire was initially reported
at 3:59 a.m. from a call to 911 dispatch, with the West Stanistaus Fire
Department responding to the remote scene by 4:12 a.m. The fire is burning
at the Cal-Neva Ranch
Company, LLC tire storage site
near Westly,Calif. holding an estimated 5 million' tires,
The facility owned by Cal-Neva
Ranch Company, LLC, is currently .
A public information line
has been opened for citizens
who may have questions or concerns.
(209) 525-4044.
Waste-to-Energy and Biomass in California
, Trash
to Cash has the The Modesto Energy Co.
Listed.
Livermore Labs used 3-D dispersion SoftWare to calculate
hazardous releases into the atmosphere from the tire fire
Tire fire
emergency declaration: We're
Generally being lied to about Air
quality !
The
National
Weather Service office in Monterey
received reports of soot
from the tire fire falling in Mountain View and Palo Alto.
San Jose Newspaper 9/23/99 Burning
tires ignite pollution concerns
Edward Filbin
update 2-2002 , still not in jail.
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Local TV Station KAZV
Modesto channel UHF 14 Is running news reports on the Westley tire
fire
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9-22-99 BayInsider... Lightning
ignites huge pile of tires
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September 22,1999 KOVR
Lightning
ignites tire fire; flames could burn for yearsRealVideo
multimedia1:55
September 23, 1999 Tire
fire continues to burn with no
way to stop it
!!!
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RealVideo 1:23 multi-media
Reporter: Cheri Gyuro Photographers: KOVR 13 New
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9-23-99 BayInsider has some print on
the fallout in the bay
area...
9-24-99 Fight Over Tire Farm
Goes Back A DozenYears
09/24/9999,
TIRE FIRE SMOKE
DISPERSED FALLOUT: PARTICLES
FROM BLAZE
??? HARMLESS SO FAR, OFFICIALS
SAY. ???
As a huge tire fire continued to belch a thick plume of dark smoke
into the Central
Valley sky Thursday, state and
local
officials tried to quell mounting
public concern
that fallout from the blaze could pose serious health risks.
While air samples taken in the Central Valley
and Bay Area didn't detect any
significant increase in pollution due to the
burning cache of rubber, danger was
only
a shift of the wind away, officials said.
SAN
JOSE MERCURY NEWS FLIP
9/24/99 Are you worried about
your health because of the Westley tire
fire Yes: 45%No:
55%
The EPA was feeding Stanislaus county 'Air-Data'
But most of us dont really buy it.
only AIR-DATA from a 3'rd party could be trusted.
09/26/99, HIGH POLLUTION
LEVELS EXPECTED
Particles from car emissions and smoke from the
tire
fire in Westley will push
air pollution levels past federal
standards today,
causing the Bay Area's ninth
''Spare the Air Day'' this year.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District
said today's
pollution levels could cause
problems
for residents
with respiratory illnesses. SAN
JOSE MERCURY NEWS FLOP
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9/27/99 Tires keep rolling into
dumps
By
Sac Bee
Battle looms over tires for By KATHIE A.
SMITH 9-30-1999
EPA
Public Information Center numbers and Web
Site
You can specifically contact the California
Air Resources Board's (which is part of CAL/EPA)
Technical Support Div. at (916) 322-5350 for
the latest P.R. information or to express your concerns,
Mr. Evan Shipp, Stanislaus County Air
Pollution meteorologist at (559)or (209)230-6000
.
9-27-99
Tire Fire Jumps Lines: Smoldering blaze sparks grass fire near I-5. RealVideo-Multimedia
September
28, 1999 Residents
of Westley gather to voice health concerns
Photographers: KOVR 13 News
9/29/99 BAY INSIDER/KTVU Tire fire inflames
health concerns dispute over who'll foot the
bill
9/29/99 EPA orders foam dumped on tire fire,
but flames continue
September
29, 1999, in the San Jose Mercury News Responsibility
fixed for tire fire
BY SCOTT MARSHALL
Contra Costa Times
9-30-99 KOVR Despite flames nearby,
Westley
recycling plant wants to get back
to Business
Oct. 1, 1999 FACT SHEET FROM
PRESS CONFERENCE—WESTLEY TIRE PILE FIRE
The following information was released
at a 3 p.m press conference
Fire statistics:
Two fires: (well 3 but lets not
count the grass fire )
Tire
pile: fire Began Wednesday,
Sept. 21, 1999, as a result of lightning
??
Approximately
5 million tires burning (out of 7 million)
25 acre
site west of Interstate 5 at Westley, CA
Oil
fire :
Began Sunday,
Sept. 26, 1999,when oil runoff from tire fire ignited
Oil was
running down a gully to a ponding basin
Tire fire
was burning very hot and ignited the oil
Grass
Fire (now out )
Embers
from the tire fire are believed
responsible for a nearby grass fire
that took 15 engines and more than 100 firefighters to contain Monday.(9/27)
Paul Caruso, Supervisor, District
5, Stanislaus County
"This is a
major disaster to our county.
We want the fire out.
We assure our people that we are
doing our best efforts to get
the fire out and keep our people
safe.
click for large view
This is a health
and safety issue.
(somebody was on H&S for sure )
Terry Brubaker, US Environmental
Protection Agency, Section
Chief, Superfund Division
Funding
commitment at this time is $568,000
Using
funds from two trust funds: Oil Pollution Act and Superfund (Federal funds)
Tire fires
often are left to burn since sometimes the suppression can lead to additional
problems
(such
as groundwater contamination)
Initial
commitment is to get the oil fire suppressed
EPA believes
it is possible
to control the oil fire
Situation
is evaluated every day
They estimate
that by the end of the weekend the oil fire could
be suppressed.
No speculation
on when tire fire could be suppressed
EPA brought
in
Williams Fire & Hazard
Control from Texas to suppress
the oil fire utilizing a foam process
Foam puts
a barrier between fuel source and oxygen to eliminate flashback
Oil is
being pumped from the ponding basin into tanker trucks and
removed
from the site.
The
Tire
Pyrolysis Oil
is
for sale
200,000 gallons [Price: $0.30]
/ [gallon]
Commander
Jewell, Commanding Officer, US Coast Guard Strike Team
Wind determines how we approach the oil fire.
A number
of agencies are on scene (EPA, Coast Guard, Stanislaus County,
California
Air Resources Quality Board, Waste Management)
Equipment
is being moved into place to work on the tire portion of the fire
Eric Lamoureux,Waste
Management Board, Public Information Officer PIO
California
Integrated Waste Management
Board is responsible for the state’s
tire management program ( )
Planning
to winterize fire area (runoff potential) !!
Now Williams Fire & Hazard
Control, Inc. has started to foam the westley
tire fire
10-1-99
Special Team Goes To Work On Westley Tire Fire RealVideo
KXTV
October
2, 1999, in the San Jose Mercury News
New team fighting Westley tire fire (AP)
10-2-99
Tire fire fight must wait By
STEVE ELLIOTT BEE STAFF WRITER
10-2-99
Residents worried about health effects By
MONICA LINGGI and GARTH STAPLEY BEE STAFF
WRITERS
10-4-99 Modesto BEE reports Oil
fire under control at Westley/Filben Tire Fire
site near I-5
There was a meeting
scheduled Monday
Oct 4th 6-8:30pm at the
Patterson
High School/Junior
High School, It was set
up by citizens
but the county has (attempted)
to have control of it.
Some feel that the government is trying to control the
public’s input and anger.
Those who agree may want to attend the meeting,
and then plan
on attending a meeting of citizens
to be held elsewhere later in the week.
10-4-99 reports
KXTV Workers make slow progress against
noxious smoke RealVideo Multimedia
38
Seconds
10-4-99 KCRA/KQCA no report
on tire fire
10-4-99 KOVR TV-13 tire
fire is still burningRealVideo
Multimedia
:
10-5-99
Anger Grows Over Tire Fire Response:
"Scientists say they have detected
cancer causing chemicals in the air around the fire"
RealVideo Multimedia
1:42Seconds
kxtv
10
10-5-99 PATTERSON meeting : Is
it affecting crops?
About 300 people gathered at the Patterson High School
cafeteria Monday
night to ask
simple and important questions of a panel of state and
federal public relation experts.
10-7-99A
toxic soup, , has been poured across these towns
Lawsuit adds to Westley
tire fire fallout
By GARTH STAPLEY BEE STAFF WRITER (Published: Thursday,
October 07, 1999)
October
07, 1999 HIGH
SCHOOLS: West Side is tired of tires
By ALEX VALDEZ BEE STAFF WRITER (Published:
Thursday, )
10-07-99Nurse
nurse
nurse
I can't breath !!!
KXTV RealVideo Multimedia
1:47
(10/9) FIRE CREWS ATTACK TIRE BLAZE :
SPECIAL FOAM USED TO SMOTHER BURNING RUBBER
Special fire crews are now pouring foam on
the mountain of burning tires
in Stanislaus County in an effort to finally
extinguish the blaze. The tires
stand six stories high, and experts say it
could take weeks to extinguish
the entire pile. Already, crews have snuffed
the flames burning on the
pools of waste oil that came from the burning
tires. The oil fire was
blamed for the thick plumes of smoke that
covered Stanislaus County.
Nearby residents are just happy that work
is now underway to finally
douse the flames.kcra
10/10/99
KTVU-2
Williamses
battling blaze in Westley have a resume that spans
the globe:
Jane Kay EXAMINER ENVIRONMENTAL WRITER
RealVideo
10/28/99
Tire Fire Finally
Extinguished Massive smoky fire cost millions to control
KXTVtext
story .
October 28, 1999
Westley tire fire extinguished RealVideomultimedia
Text story
Reporter: Craig Prosser / Photographers: KOVR 13 News
October 29, 1999 Children thank Texas firefighters
for putting out Westley tire fire
Reporter:
Craig Prosser
Photographers: KOVR 13 News
November
03, 1999
Tire Plant Reopens
By KATHIE A. SMITH BEE CAPITOL
BUREAU and GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITER
11-03-99
Hold Filbin accountable /
... insist that the board do its job
in monitoring all the sites ......
11-04-99 The
tire-burning plant near Westley
operated for about 24 hours this week before
shutting down again, By orders from officials at the
California Integrated Waste
Management Board
November
10, 1999 Tire
fire's out, but still an emergency
.....firefighting
effort came to about
2.4 million,
.......suspect .....
By GARTH STAPLEY BEE
STAFF WRITER
November
17, 1999
State pays for urgent
tire pile job
By JIM MILLER
BEE STAFF WRITER
Wednesday,
December 08, 1999 Tires
roll to West Side again
By GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITER
Dec-1999 THE
WESTLEY TIRE FIRE:
When a community cares enough, action
can happen
By MYRTLE OSNER with Indira Clark
Jan-14-2000 .....
California State and Filbin Bad Partners ! ! !
7-17-00 Fools try to
reopen tire plant
with out cleaning up mess from worlds largest TIRE FIRE !!!
Stanislaus County Supervisor
Nick Blom
said it was a shame the plant ever closed.
They monitored for 'air pollution and never detected any'
Local's say it's a shame Nick still holds office...
Environmental
Links
- Toxic Waste and Risk
Watch the TireFire
Real Video
3-2001
One of the worst examples of the exercise of
property rights to the detriment of others is the
Westley tire fire. For more than 30 years, Ed Filbin
was "allowed" to accumulate
millions of waste tires
on his property west of Westley.
2-01-2000
Tire cleanup bill clears Assembly
By GARTH STAPLEY BEE STAFF WRITER
Now the fools that make
the laws want to charge the public $2 a tire
to help pay for Ed Filbins
CRIME ! ! !
8-23-00
West Side residents, saying Stanislaus County did't do enough
about
medical care
after the Westley tire fire,
Call for Lawsuit and county hangings
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4-27-2000
Nic Blom, Supervisor Paul Caruso and county Chief Executive Officer Reagan Wilson
confirmed that they have appeared before grand jurors.
What you didnt know...
PG&E power
was lost at the same time as the storm hit 3:40am ( SOP ) the power didnt
return till 10am !!!
There was no power for outside
lights
or the on site water
pump!!!
Not one news paper or TV station
told you that....some stations ( KOSO,
KUOP and
TV14
, 95.5 fm
) were off the air, PG&E lost power again on the west
side ............PG&E is a major advertiser.... |
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