Union Heights residents want incinerator out of their area
By Diane Knich
The Post and Courier
The trash incinerator and its distinctive smokestack are visible from the front yard of Victoria Doctor's home on Riverview Avenue in North Charleston.
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Twenty years of burning
Union Heights residents are not happy that they might have to live with the incinerator for another 20 years.
Smoke and ash pour out of Charleston County's trash incinerator nearly every day, fouling the air over Victoria Doctor's home and those of her neighbors in Union Heights.
Only a narrow field separates Doctor's home from the red-and-white-0striped smokestack and massive warehouse-like building, which sits off Spruill Avenue and looms over the North Charleston neighborhood.
For more than 60 years, Doctor has lived on the block-long stretch of Riverview Avenue on the east side of Spruill Avenue, which now dead-ends near the foot of the incinerator.
She's one the many Union Heights residents who have been suffering from the incinerator's fallout since county officials built the huge facility near their doorsteps 18 years ago. The incinerator burns about 70 percent of the county's municipal waste — about 220,000 tons of household garbage each year.
Charleston County was planning to close the facility in 2010. But as the deadline approaches, county officials are considering offering the company that runs the Waste to Energy Facility another 20-year contract.about 70 percent of the county's municipal waste — about 220,000 tons of household garbage each year.
Charleston County was planning to close the facility in 2010. But as the deadline approaches, county officials are considering offering the company that runs the Waste to Energy Facility another 20-year contract.
"I don't think I could take another 20 years," Doctor said. "I'm 80 years old."
Doctor and many residents of Union Heights and other neighborhoods near the industrial corridor on the peninsula north of downtown Charleston said they're tired of their part of the city being used as a dumping ground for dangerous environmental waste.
And many said their neighborhoods are more likely targets for environmental pollution because residents are predominantly black, more likely low-income, and lacking a strong political voice.
Doctor said she'll do all she can to get county officials to close the facility in 2010.
Then she wants them to "tear it down and put nothing else there."
The incinerator ruined life on her street, she said.
She rarely sits outside anymore, but if she does, she has to wipe the dust and grit off a bench on her porch before she can sit down.
She won't let her grandchildren play in her yard because she fears for their health. "You know if it's in the air, it's on the ground," she said.
And the stench is terrible, she added. It's sour, like a garbage can that hasn't been cleaned, kind of like the smell of "fish somebody's been cleaning."
Frank Harleston, 76, who lives a few blocks from the incinerator on Hackermann Avenue, said he thinks it smells a lot like rotten eggs.
Harleston, 76, and his wife, Nathalee, have been living in Union Heights since 1976.
He was raised to believe in the value of hard work, the retired shipyard worker said. If a scrap of paper blows into his manicured yard, he picks it up.
Since the incinerator was built, he said, he has to regularly wipe down his car. It sits in his driveway and collects gray and black dust. "It's like little, small sand," he said.
Harleston said he's not normally one to stir racial tension, "but let's face it," he said, "a lot of negative things get dumped in the black community."
Rahim Karriem, president of the Union Heights Community Council, said the neighborhood is made up mostly of elderly residents. And the incinerator has forced most of them indoors. They can't sit outside or they suffer respiratory and other health problems, he said.
"They're not able to enjoy the community when they're shut up in their houses," he said. The incinerator, he said "destroys community life."
The Union Heights neighborhood is shouldering a huge portion of the burden for the entire county's trash problems, he said. "It's wealth against health."
Herbert Fraser-Rahim, Imam of the Masjid Al-Jami Ar-Rasheed mosque, is a member of Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities. The group, made up of residents from several North Charleston neighborhoods, is organizing to heal the community from environmental, crime and safety problems as well as protect it from encroaching development, Fraser-Rahim said.
The group is opposed to the incinerator, not only because of toxins from the burning trash, he said, but also because of the truck traffic it brings to the neighborhood. The trucks dribble possibly toxic trash juice along neighborhood streets, he said.
Charleston County Councilman Henry Darby, from North Charleston, said he thinks a majority of council members will vote to close the facility. The county can bring more trash to the Bees Ferry Landfill, increase recycling efforts, and look for alternative methods of trash disposal, he said.
He told Union Heights residents last week that if County Council votes to continue running the incinerator after 2010, he will bring the matter to the U.S. Justice Department.
Union Heights residents like Harleston say their neighbors just want it to close so they can again fully enjoy community life.
"If the incinerator goes," Harleston said, "everyone can live in peace here."
Reach Diane Knich at 937-5491 or dknich@postandcourier.com.
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geekguy2008 (anonymous) says...
They should be more concerned about the drugs and hookers in their neighborhood rather than some smoke.
July 13, 2008 at 1:13 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
belovedbliff (anonymous) says...
geekguy2008, how do you know that they are not more concerned about drugs and hookers? The article is specifically about the one point of the incinerator.
If you and I had a conversation about child trafficking in America and I listed it as a great concern of mine. That does not preclude other things from being greater concerns.
Also, it will be far easier to get rid of drugs and hookers than a government-sponsored incinerator.
Hey, black folk, don't look for that to be gone anytime soon. You guys need to sue. See what lawyer Wayne Green is up to.
July 13, 2008 at 6:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Zod (anonymous) says...
bliff, the drugs and hookers have been there longer than the incinerator. That is why he mentioned the issue. The lady mentions the incinerator ruining life on her street. Life on that street was ruined long before the incinerator. It was ruined by CRIME.
The area has always been an easy location for industry because the area has always been unincorporated. The placement of the incinerator had nothing to do with race. It had everything to do with a lack of restriction placed upon the surrounding property. Why must every story be some type of conspiracy? The fact is that they chose to live in an unincorporated area. There in lies your guilt.
July 13, 2008 at 7:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
belovedbliff (anonymous) says...
You still miss my point--the article wasn't about all problems in the neighborhood. It was about this one thing--the incinerator.
You also should be aware of the interviewer reporting what he/she believes is a good story for the editor.
Case in point: I spent an hour talking with a reporter about problems at a downtown school--a total of 7 real concerns were listed. She wants to do a story on only one of those issues.
July 13, 2008 at 7:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
FiscalConservative (anonymous) says...
I love how they pull out the race card. Victimization at its best. let's say someone bought this property from the gov't and tore down the incinerator and improved the area. Not satisfied with that, they started buying houses and fixing them up. Crime dried up and this became a nice place to live. I bet this woman would complain about how her property taxes went up. they weren't like this before. It must be because she is black and old or whatever the victim de jour is. I am not racist but it is getting harder and harder every day not to be. Everywhere you turn people think there is a huge conspiracy against minorities. Its easy to believe there is one when all your leaders want a self-fulfilling prophecy.
July 13, 2008 at 7:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
matt213213 (anonymous) says...
I heard they were going to renew the incinerator but install cleaner technology. I live off Bees Ferry Rd. and can tell you "Not In My Back Yard" is everyone's stance, me included.
The govn't was trying to raise the height of the landfill to 168 feet from the current 68 feet. The landfill footprint would also be expanded by 5.5 acres.
If they close the incinerator, all garbage will be heading here. Even Mt. Pleasant's! But then Charleston is trying to develop West Ashley and grow this area. A view of Mt. Trashmore isn't a selling point for 300,000 dollar homes.
July 13, 2008 at 7:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Zod (anonymous) says...
I am fully aware that the story has an agenda. I find the approach to be disgusting.
Did the author mention that the incineration site was built when Macalloy was pumping pollution into shipyard creek? It was so much pollution that the EPA listed it as the most polluted property in the United States. Did the author mention that the incinerator was built when the Navy Base was still polluting their property on the other side of the incinerator?
Mr. Harleston did not give a hoot about pollution when he was making his living at the former Navy base. Every person in the Trident area knew the Navy base and the Cooper River were being polluted. Nobody gave a hoot until the day the money train pulled out of the station.
If you want a conspiracy, I will give you one. Isn't it ironic that no reporter at the P&C cared about the residents of Union Heights until the day Robert Clement began buying land surrounding Union Heights. And how is it that Robert Clement's Magnolia Group purchased the Macalloy property that listed for 33 million for a paltry 12 million? It took the US taxpayer 11 million to clean up the Macalloy superfund site. Clement buys it for one million more. WOW!
July 13, 2008 at 7:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
CaptPete (anonymous) says...
The site is not causing trouble. It's up to code. Get over it.
July 13, 2008 at 8:01 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
drp7773 (anonymous) says...
Raheim strikes again, first he wants to get rid of business by not allowing trailers in this area now he wants to get rid of this. Not in my neighborhood!!!!!!! but please all you drug dealers, prostitutes, scum bags feel free to walk our streets but the rest of you take your business elsewhere so we can complain we dont have jobs in our neighborhoods.
July 13, 2008 at 8:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
drp7773 & geekguy,
Raheim is an active member of Citizen's Patrol Against Drugs (CPAD); a group that regularly walks Union Heights and Chicora Cherokee to combat drug dealers, prostitutes, etc. Both of you are more than welcomed to join us the next time we go out. Put your money where your mouth is!
July 13, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
pacomarj (anonymous) says...
The only feasible solution is that the contract be extended. The company that runs the incinerator has agreed to work on pollution and mercury if extended, which could help with a lot of problems these residents are experiencing. The only other immediate solution is trucking all the trash out to the landfill. This will increase buried waste (instead of burning to ash and burying, they will be just burying the trash) and probably cause an increase in taxes to pay for gas, wear on the trucks having to drive farther, and road maintenance. It just makes economic sense to extend the contract. Ms. Doctor even says that she wants it gone and nothing else there. It doesn't seem like anything will make her happy. There is no pleasant way to get rid of trash. We can only try to do what is in the best interest of everyone.
July 13, 2008 at 10:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
This incinerator is the ONLY one left in SC and one of the few left in the nation--that says a lot! Burning trash was a novel idea 20 years ago but most cities have now gone to other innovative solutions, e.g., recycling. NIMBY (Not in my Back Yard) applies to poor blacks too!
We may never know how this incinerator along with all the other industrial based plants down in the neck area has affected the health of poor blacks and whites in that area!
July 13, 2008 at 11:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Zod (anonymous) says...
Wait a minute Burton.....
So what you suggest is that the multi-million dollar facilities that produce jobs such as the Foster Wheeler, Albright Wilson, and a host of others should be torn down to facilitate the 50,000 dollar homes?
At this point I should remind you that those who moved to Union Heights moved there for one reason. They WANTED to be closer to INDUSTRY. The naval base was there first. Who made the mistake? Who should suffer the monetary consequences? Absolutely nothing prohibits the residents of Union Heights from packing up and moving out. The neck area is the same place now as it was the day they moved in.
July 13, 2008 at 12:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
The waste to energy plant is the only one that was ever built in SC. The only other incinerator was a medical waste one in Hampton that was shut down for a variety of reasons. A trip to DHEC will quickly show anyone the differences in the two places. The Charleston waste to energy plant was sited where it is, because the primary purpose was to provide steam to the Navy base next door. It had nothing to do with the race, or economic status of those in nearby negihborhoods. Because it supplied steam to the base, the base was able to shutdown older boilers that were providing steam, and the overall air quality increased, not decreased.
July 13, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
The author of the story points out that trucks leak out toxic liquid. this isn't an issue with the waste to energy plant, it's an issue with the haulers. Regardless of where the waste ends up, those issues need to be addressed, however, the author of the story uses it to sensationalize the story. Truck traffic, leaking seals, etc. All of that will remain regardless of the waste to energy plant.
July 13, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lloyd007 (anonymous) says...
Has anyone ever taken a study to find out HOW MANY people
have died from the various CANCERs in the Union Heights area
or HOW MANY have suffered from renal (Kidney) problems and
having to end up going to dialysis every week or how about
the number of CHILDREN who suffer breathing problems (asthma, bronchitis, etc.).ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.From W.R. Grace
to Albright & Wilson (Now under new name), to Macalloy,
the list could go on.We have suffered enough.The area is
now incorporated,so why continue to build these plants in
the BLACK communities.WE DO PAY TAXES as well,and should
have a voice, PUT THEM IN YOUR (WHITE) COMMUNITIES.With regards to the Drugs and what ever.The majority of people
in the community of union heights DO NOT DO DRUGS.There
are some GOD fearing,hard working,TAX PAYING,and oh yes,
EDUCATED people living in this community (Cornell Grad.
here).Maybe if those of you who wish to cling to the
"GOOD OLE BOY" stereotypes of black people would just grow
a brain and open your minds to the one question that any
person would would ask..'WOULD YOU WANT IT IN YOUR COMMUNITY'??? I am more than sure the answer would be NO!!!
July 13, 2008 at 1:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
lloyd007 while you are correct that you should (and do) have a voice, thats not the issue here. The facility was sited there for a specific reason. That reason was to supply steam to the base. It wasn't a decision made to step on any person or groups rights. Race had no issue in this decision. This was a physical siting decision based on the needs of the Navy. If you are as educated as you claim, go to DHEC and pull the air model dispersions and original contracts. The site improved air quality in Charleston because the other Navy boilers shut down. I believe in the right of every person to state their opinion, but at least base it on some facts, and not simply hear say.
July 13, 2008 at 1:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
tonynez (anonymous) says...
When I first saw this story I thought it was one that was really good and a issue that needed to be addressed. As a young black male near that area it seemed that this matter would have to be resolved. Yet, it is so interesting to see the ignorance of so many people in this world. I would just like to clear the air that drug dealers don't just live in black areas, and if I had to, I could name a few predominantly white areasthe live and deal. Drugs are just something we can't change overnight nor is this plant. Yet, the safety and the health of the community is what are on hand. I think if we stuck to the situations that are on hand now days we can start to see some progress in the world.
July 13, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
mnbvcxz (anonymous) says...
that $hit stinks!
July 13, 2008 at 1:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
Raheim is actually a pretty good guy who cares much about our community. He represents us with passion, but (as with all civic leaders) he needs to be aware that we don't expect him to know everything. The waste issue in charleston county is a technical problem, and best left to technical groups to work out. Mr. Darbys statement in the article is absurd that he will take the issue to the Justice Department. On what basis? Our goal should be to work with those who operate the facility to improve it, and also to improve our neighborhood in the process. Maybe they can adopt a portion of Spruill Avenue to clean up, or donate funding to improve our community center. Maybe they could educate others on what really takes place at the facility, and what environmental controls are in place. I stay on top of this story. In the past few months, there has been a claim by one person of Green ash, and claim by another of white ash, and a claim by a 3rd of black ash. Come on people, can they really be to blame for such?
July 13, 2008 at 1:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Zod (anonymous) says...
lloyd, I'm not sure if you were addressing me or not. It really doesn't matter.
The facilities you mention ARE located in the area. The facilities are not new. You are new. People in Union Heights were new to the area when the base was in full operation. During the succeeding century people moved in and out of Union Heights when industry was well established. What you have suggested seems to be self serving. It seems you would want to take your minimal investment and use the political system to take from business that has paid an investment premium.
As for the health of the community..... The burden of proof is on the accuser. I'm certain that a court would be willing to hear the case.
In the end, all this bickering on the topic will not matter. The property that the incinerator resides has an escalating value with the plans Cherokee/Magnolia has for the area. The incinerator will close when the contract has concluded.
July 13, 2008 at 2:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
Good points Zod...unless you live in the Neck area it is easy to talk in the abstract. We live there and have to deal with this crap everyday!! lowcntryman, you need to research environmental justice lawsuits. It is getting to the point where this may have to be done in the Neck area. DHEC is about to put out air sampling monitors in Union Heights, Chicora-Cherokee, Windsor, and Accabee. The results of those samples will tell us what is really going on.
July 13, 2008 at 3:12 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
Sorry, I meant to put "Good points lloyd."
July 13, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
burton, i'm extremely familiar with environmental justice issues. More than I care to even admit. You don't need DHEC's air monitors to see the results of the facilities environmental performance record. The EPA and DHEC have regulations for a reason. They post violations to those regulations for a reason. Any lawsuit must start with a cause. In this case, cause can't be determined for siting (because of Navy base issue). Cause can't be determined for environmental non-compliance (i've looked at their performance). An attempt at an environmental justice case will simply waste taxpayers money. County council needs guidance from those they govern, not idle threats nor incomplete data provided to benefit ANY group of people. Buzz words (in this case) like environmental justice are being used by a few to stir grandious images of legal venues in the minds of those who have an agenda. The buzz words are an effective scare tactic to politicians like Mr Darby who is up for re-election this year. We should all just stick to the facts.
July 13, 2008 at 3:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
The ONLY agenda we have is the safety of the residents that live in the Neck area now and in the future. We LOVE our community just like anyone else. Stop thinking it is more than it is. I don't want a lawsuit but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. The air monitors in the Neck area are LONG overdue.
We are also about to do studies to see if there is a tie in with cancer deaths and other health issues with the residents. The air monitors are only the beginning. We WILL back up everything with facts. Right down the road is the old Mcalloy site. Some have called that Superfund site one of the worse in U.S. history. Come on man!
July 13, 2008 at 4:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
As an old time DHEC affiliate, my agenada has ALWAYS been about the safety of the residents of the low country, not just the neck area. Burton, what alternatives do you suggest? That we truck the waste out to Bees Ferry or farther? What about the additional emissions from the trucks? What about the increase in the landfill gas emissions? What about the change in traffic patterns? How about the risk of water contamination in the Ashley river because of the increase in solid waste disposal west of the ashley? How about the additional soil that will be mined for landfill cover and the additional fuel that will be spent to do so? Air quality is about the low country in general, not the neck area. How will the neck area monitors be used to evaluate the "best choice" for all? There is more to this story than simply the neck area. Have you ever evaluated landfill gas emissions? Look at some of the state reports on the increase in landfill gas emisssions during the past 20 years, the lowcountry is included in those reports. You can successfully take a single reading from a single monitor and make a real bad case in the media. To use the data accurately, you have to consider a system wide impact to disolving a current situation, creating another situation and estimating the evniromental impact. I dont beget anyone in the neck area the right to a clean and healthy environment. Doing so would be self inflicting for me. I do believe in a full scale process. Regarding the incinerator, it's my belief as a Charleston resident that we can work together with county council to ensure the place operates safely and environmentally friendly. If we choose to go to Bees Ferry for the next 20 years, we have failed as a body of citizens to make an educated decision for Charleston County. You posted earlier that other cities have gone to more innovative approaches to waste management. I'm proud to say that Charleston has an award winning recycling program that I particpate in. It is a voluntary program. Would you prefer a mandatory one that includes fines? How will the residents of the neck area and Charleston as a whole feel about that?
Macalloy was bad. I visited the site myself many years ago when the plant was in service. The site costs taxpayers a mint to clean up, but I'm glad to see that the site was restored for beneficial use. Progress is being made in the neck area. Companies in the area can aid in that progress if both industry and resident are willing to work together.
July 13, 2008 at 4:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
We can agree to disagree. If we get rid of the incinerator then I would slap myself for not participating in the recycling program. I'm not one to reinvent the wheel, so let's look at the best practices and benchmarks of other cities across the country that got rid of their incinerators. What have they done? You asked a lot of questions but how about Ms. Doctor that has had to put up with that incinerator for the past 20 years? Please re-read the article and read her words out loud! Maybe then you will understand what we are fighting for!
July 13, 2008 at 5:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lowcntryman (anonymous) says...
I'm sympathetic to Ms. Doctors concerns. My point is exactly what you just said. Let's not re-invent the wheel. We already have an integrated solid waste disposal plan that includes, recycling, public outreach programs, benchmarking, waste to energy, and landfill. We should be proud of what we have and excited that we have an opportunity to improve it. Ms. Doctor has issues that we need to make sure Council addresses with the operator of the facility, and addresses with vigior. What would Ms. Doctor say if the facility didn't make any noise, or have an odor? Would she still fight it? Lets look at the other communities across the world that have embraced waste to energy. The EU doesn't even allow municipal solid waste to go to a landfill period. Ms. Doctors issues can be addressed and fixed, but shutting down the facility isn't the right way to do it. When DHEC gets the air monitors up, and the results show that the impact from the waste to energy plant on the local community is practically nonexistant, what will you say then? Air dispersion modeling will show you that at the facility stack height and the prevailing winds of Charleston that the flue gas is adequately disbursed into the atmosphere and I strongly suspect minimal fallout occurs. Will you change your tune then? What about the millions of dollars in improvements that Council said the operator would make to the facility to improve on environmental control? There will always be a Ms. Doctor around. A person who is most impacted. When industry and residential meet, this is inevitable. The real solution is working together to make it best for both parties. You are fighting for a solution that has an even more detrimental impact to the environment over the next 20 years. To understand that you need to understand meterological conditions, disbursion, environmental control, climatic changes, risk based assessment of waste trafficing, landfill science, greenhouse gases, etc. With coucils help, we can make sure Ms. Doctor is taking care of. With the wrong decision, in 20 years, another Ms. Doctor will be saying the same thing in West Ashley.
July 13, 2008 at 5:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
geekguy2008 (anonymous) says...
A normal human being would have the common sense to move out of an area if there was something there that they didn't agree with. No one is forcing you to stay in Union Blights. Can't afford to move? Who's fault is that?
Some races believe the world and its affairs revolve around them just because they are a certain race. If you're not happy being the race that you are.....oh well.
July 13, 2008 at 6:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
rollo (anonymous) says...
So,... when I park my truck in the vicinity of MUSC and leave the windows down @3/8 inch, for a few hours and I come back to my truck and find dirt and dust on my seats and dashboard, I'm a victim of racial discrimination?
Wow! that's easier than I thought!
July 13, 2008 at 7:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
burton (anonymous) says...
geekguy and rollo...wow! That's about all I can say...wow!
July 13, 2008 at 11:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
zoomru (anonymous) says...
People.....
The real story is that there is new technology that will close down both the incinerator and Bees Ferry ..FOREVER!
Go to www.startech.net and learn...
Our leaders need to LEAD..........!!!!
July 14, 2008 at 9:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
zoomru (anonymous) says...
Hmmmm......Elections in November !!
I wonder if we will see some teamwork to get a DECISION before the ELECTIONS ??
Will OUR Council do something to LEAD our state in something???
Will they CLOSE all Landfills in the LOWCOUNTRY??
Will they turn our trash into ENERGY to be SOLD here and not in North Carolina??
Will they PROTECT us or continue to RAPE us???
July 14, 2008 at 9:09 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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