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Letter 9667
Metal Plating Production Plant Near
Residential Area
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Hello,
A metal plating company are proposing to open a production plant
behind my house (40 feet from my kitchen). Obviously I am concerned
because they use Sodium Hydroxide powder, Alkaline Cleaner ?, Sodium
cyanide-2, Hydrochloric Acid (strength 36T) and cyanide. Can anyone
point me in the correct direction to find infomation on the
environmental impact of such a development and if it is safe to build
something of this nature so close to a group of residential houses.
There are 30 houses surrounding the proposed site.
Tom Byrne
- Dublin, Ireland
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I certainly can't blame you for not wanting a plating shop behind
your house, Tom; I wouldn't want one behind mine. But neither would I
want a convenience store, which might be more dangerous due to
traffic and potential hold-ups & muggings. Are you looking for a
realistic assessment of the dangers or are you opposed to it and
looking for ammunition to fight it? Because I'm going to give you the
former, and if you really wanted the later, you won't be happy with
it.
The fact is, in the U.S.A., a good number of plating shops are
located in the old urban "mixed use" areas that closely resemble
Dublin. Virtually every medium size city has plating shops located
near stores, houses, and apartment buildings. And in a career of over
30 years I have never heard of a neighbor injured by a plating
operation; I'm not saying it has never happened and can't happen, but
it's clearly an extreme rarity.
Good luck.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey
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I'll second what Ted has said. We have the same situation in Auz
and having worked in a small family owned plating shop for over 30
years have not had any problems. In the current era environmental
considerations have a much greater influence over our industry and I
can't see why Ireland would be any different from Australia.
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Bob Lynch
plating company
Sydney, Australia
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