Update for April

So the smell goes on day after day week after week... Its now mid April. The good news is that TDEC decided to put a tester in sullivan farms entrance. This goes on every few days and tests for 24 hours straight. From the emails it seems that what they are trying to do is decide if it a health hazard and a quality of life issue, or just a quality of life issue. Either way, its definitley a quality of life issue!

This is now the main contact within TDEC if you smell it. Please contact him when you smell this odor.

Mark A. Brown


Field Office Manager

Tennessee Air Pollution Control Division

Nashville, Tennessee

(615)-687-7029
 
 
AFTER HOURS there is someone on call please call him after 5pm.
 
Ray Stubbelfield
 
 615-218-9402 (5:00pm until 8:00pm, Monday through Friday)
 
It is important that each person calls EVERY time they smell it to ensure TDEC and Franklin understand the severity of the issue and number of families it is effecting.

Update after Holidays

Ok so now that the holidays are past us I needed to give this a little bit more attention.  I want to give everyone an update on the meetings I have had over the last month and the contact information for each so you may contact them with concerns as well.  I encourage everyone to contact these individuals and make your voice be heard.  Everyone on this list is now aware of the issue if they were not before...everyone on this list is receptive to complaints and have all expressed concern about what is going on here in south Franklin.

Mike Skinner, Alderman – (615)595-1501 michael.skinnner@franklintn.gov

Quincy Styke, Deputy Director TDEC-APC – quincy.styke@tn.gov
Jackie Waynick, Air Monitoring Engineer TDEC-APC – Jackie.Waynick@tn.gov
James Purvis, Environmental Engineer Region IV (EPA) – james.purvis@epamail.epa.gov
Robert Taylor, Epidemiologist, Tennessee Health Department – (615)532-8482 robert.v.taylor@tn.gov
David Borowski, Epidemiologist, Tennessee Health Department
Senator Johnson (Letter and Meeting)
Congressman Blackburn (Letter and Meeting)
Representative Casada (Letter and Meeting)
Mayor John Schroer, Franklin, TN
City of Franklin, code enforcement
HOA President, Sullivan Farms, Brian Benda (615)335-4515
Linda O’neal, Executive Director, TN commission on Children and Youth – (615)741-2633 linda.oneal@tn.gov


I have talked to more individuals but may not have gathered their contact information...please contact me if you have any trouble getting ahold of anyone...

Need to step up the pressure

We all need to step up the pressure on the city of Franklin.  I was specifically told by the code enforcement agent that "TDEC is handling" which is not the case at all.  TDEC officially states that they do not enforce odor nuisance and it is in the jurisdiction of the City and specifically the City Attorney to do something about it.  We need to put pressure on the City to do something about this or I dont see anything but litigation coming out of this situation.

Please go to the City of Franklin website and submit a request every single time you smell the odor:

http://dynamicportal.franklin-gov.com/DP1/Metroplex/Franklin/customerservice/selectbyservno.asp

Here is an example of what I write within the body of the service request.

"I want to report an odor nuisance under the Chapter 1, Section 13-102 and Chapter 1 Section 13-106 of City of Franklin code. Odor Nuisance within Sullivan Farms Subdivision coming from Superior Essex. Very strong phenolic odor at the moment and I am unable to go outside. TDEC is not handling the odor issue this is specificially a city issue."