Lawmakers from Burrillville are calling on the Department of Health to recommend withholding approvals for the proposed power plant in the area, until changes are made to mitigate any potential negative health effects.
In a letter sent to an environmental health risk assessment toxicologist at the Department of Health, Representative Cale Keable and Senator Paul Fogarty list their concerns over the proposed power plant project.
Those include impacts on local drinking water, noise pollution, and emissions.
In order to operate, the power plant would need to be cooled with thousands of gallons of water each day. Already power plant officials have backed down from initial plans to use contaminated water from a nearby capped well.
In the letter Keable and Fogarty ask the Department of health to recommend approvals for the project be withheld until modifications are made to reduce those potential negative health effects.
Vocal residents in the area have been largely opposed to the project, which initially had the backing of state leaders.
