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—r��c�joc ATTENTION NEIGHBORS OF ROSELAWN CEMETERY On July 12, 2001, the Roseville City Planning Commission recommended for approval Planning File PF3315 - Conditional Use Permit to allow construction of crematorium at Roselawn Cemetery. The request now goes to the Roseville City Council on July 23. If the City Council follows the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approves the request, Roselawn will be permitted to: Build an 1800 sq ft crematory with two incinerators Operate the crematory at any hour of the day or night Cremate an estimated 300 bodies per year to start, with no ma�mum usage limit Since this facility would be located near your residence, here are some facts you should know about crematories. Some of this information is from information packets distributed by the Planning Commission, and some is from intemet sites related to the subject. Although new crematory units are more efficient than older ones, they still emit toxic pollutants into the air. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BA.AQMD) of California ?ists the following levels for sample emissions from typical crematory units in new installations. The figures include the total of emissions for cremated bodies and natural gas combustion, and are adjusted for a cremation rate of 300 bodies per year: o Mercury = .33 lbs/yr (according to Environmental News Service, 1170�h of a teaspoon of inercury can contaminate a 25-acrea lake to the point that fish frOm it cannot be eaten) o Hydrogen Chloride (hydrochloric acid) = 22 lbs/yr (includes bodies and fuel emissions only -- each pound of chlorinated plastics included in cremation produces .55 lbs of HCl vapor) o Nitrogen Oxides = 18 1 lbs/yr o Carbon Monoxide = 1380 lbs/yr According to IEE Co., a manufacturer of crematoria, typical cremation systems have no ability to control HCl emissions and have difficulty controlling Nitrogen Oxide emissions. A crematory puts out enormous amounts of heat — BAAQNID gives a typical estimate of three million BTU/hr per burner, compared to less than one hundred thousand BTU/hr for an average home natural gas fumace. Even newer CrematoTy units can be quite loud. An article in the Hartford (CT) Courant dated i 0/�uiyu reports numerous complaints frorn nearby residents of a newly ir.staiied crematory, describing disturbing, "roaring" nighttime noise. The Roseville City Planning Commission has chosen to recommend approval of the requested "conditional use" permit with no use conditions pertaining to actual operation of the crematory. Since there are no federal, state or county regulations regarding testing of emissions from crematories, the board has suggested that Roselawn be "self-policing", and that any testing by NIl'CA be done on a "complaint-driven" basis. If you wish to voice your opposition to this proposal, please consider signing a petition that will be distributed in you neighborhood over the coming week. These petitions will be presented to the Roseville City Council at their ne�t meeting, July 23 at 6:30pm, when it will vote on the request. Please also consider attending the meeting to voice your opinion in person.