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Alan Lowenthal's proposal
to cover the harbor coke
piles and cut the killer
particulate that we have
to breathe may just save
your life. You probably
haven't even noticed it
unless you have a pool and
can see the black
particles. If you pick
one up and squeeze it
between your fingers, you
realize that it is oily --
a by product of the
refineries -- and DEADLY!
We are downwind of it.
Please support his effort.
If you didn't get a flyer,
call his office 495-4799.

By geezer

THANK YOU, ALAN LOWENTHAL

From today's LA Times:
Friday, September 22, 2000
News from Long Beach, San Pedro in the Los Angeles Times
New Law Requires Cover Over Coke Piles
? ? ? ? ? LONG BEACH--A new law will require that open piles of petroleum coke in Long Beach and San Pedro be covered by the end of the year to control dust pollution.
? ? ? ? ? Gov. Gray Davis this week signed the bill requiring most petroleum coke piles and vehicles transporting coke to be covered.
? ? ? ? ? Petroleum coke is a coal-like byproduct of the oil refining process. Those who live near coke-producing facilities have complained of black dust from the piles.
? ? ? ? ? Officials of a major coal and coke terminal at the Port of Los Angeles had said installing roofs over the coke piles would be too costly, and that dust was being controlled by sprinkler systems and other devices.
? ? ? ? ? The bill's sponsor, Assemblyman Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) called the law ''a victory for Harbor Area residents who have been living with this problem for far much too long.''