New Hill Sewage Treatment Plant

** UPDATE 2/12/10: SCSJ releases its response to the Army Corps of Engineers Final Environmental Impact Study **

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