New Hill is a small unincorporated community in Wake County, NC. In October 2004, New Hill was selected by Western Wake Partners, a partnership between the governments of Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, and Morrisville, as the site where a new sewage treatment plant would be located.
There are clear environmental injustices in this case. The population surrounding the site is upwards of 75% ethnic/racial minorities. Ironically, the community does not currently have access to sewer services, and only the property that is directly adjacent to the plant would be connected to it. The community has also been targeted for negative environmental impacts before - the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant, one of only three in the state, is also located there. The towns represented in Western Wake Partners are all far from the borders of New Hill and their populations include a much lower percentage of ethnic/racial minorities of about 19% on average.
The New Hill Community Association has been fighting this plan for several years and is now represented by SCSJ. We will be holding community meetings and pursuing legal strategies as the case goes forward.
SIGN THE ONLINE PETITION TO SUPPORT THE NEW HILL COMMUNITY AND END THIS CASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Independent Weekly
Cover story on how an enormous wastewater treatment plant wound up near a small town's historic district.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The Apex Herald
After years of waiting, the Western Wake Partners finally received the green light to build a controversial regional sewage plant in the middle of New Hill despite the objections of its residents.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The Cary News
The New Hill Community Association and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice vow to fight a proposed waste management plant in the New Hill community, despite the Army Corps of Engineers recent approval.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Independent Weekly
Yesterday the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' issued the Corp's Record of Decision (ROD), which gives the Western Wake Partners the necessary permit to begin building their $327 million wastewater plant in New Hill. SCSJ attorney Chris Brook, representing the New Hill Community Association, expressed disappointment after an initial review of the ROD with the NHCA.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Apex Herald
New Hill residents recently received a financial boost in the ongoing battle to keep a regional sewage plant out of the heart of their community. The Southern Coalition for Social Justice won a $10,000 grant from the Impact Fund on behalf of the New Hill Community Association.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
News & Observer
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice won a $10,000 grant that they say may be used to litigate against the placement of a wastewater treatment plant in the unincorporated western Wake community of New Hill.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Fuquay-Varina Independent
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice won a $10,000 grant from the Impact Fund on behalf of the New Hill Community Association.
The grant will be used to support potential litigation opposing the Western Wake Partners proposed placement of a sewage treatment plant in the center of New Hill.
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