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9th Circuit Doubts Validity of City’s Fluoride Rules
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday expressed doubt that an Arizona city has the authority to impose environmental regulations on a company it claims is in violation. Pure Wafer sued the city of Prescott in 2013, claiming the city’s then-newly adopted fluoride limit threatened to kill their development agreement. Pure Wafer reclaims silicon wafers for […]
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Prescott vs. Pure Wafer Inc.
This article is from a discussion of issues that will be taken up by the Prescott City Council this week In other action, the council will: • Consider an amendment to a 2013 Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) consent order concerning discharges of fluoride from the city’s airport wastewater treatment plant. The proposed amendment […]
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Pure Wafer vs. City of Prescott lawsuit may require outside counsel
PRESCOTT – Outside legal representation for a lawsuit the city is facing over its agreement with Pure Wafer, Inc. will be among the issues the Prescott City Council will consider this week. The study session will take place at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Prescott City Hall, 201 S. Cortez St. The agenda includes a professional services […]
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Fluoride missing from Tucson water
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, community water fluoridation acts as a safe, healthy and effective way to prevent tooth decay and is considered one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. In 2012, 74.6 percent of the U.S. population on public water systems had access to fluoridated […]
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Judge rules against city in Pure Wafer lawsuit; will cost Prescott hundreds of thousands of dollars
PRESCOTT – A development agreement that helped to attract a major employer to the community 17 years ago could end up costing the City of Prescott hundreds of thousands of dollars in the future. On April 17, U.S. Senior District Court Judge James Teilborg granted a permanent injunction against the city in the lawsuit that […]
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Prescott hires outside law firm to fight Pure Wafer lawsuit
Without disclosing either the expected total cost or the hourly rate, the Prescott City Council approved a professional services agreement with an outside law firm this week. The company, Dickinson Wright Mariscal Weeks, will handle the city’s defense in a lawsuit that local company Pure Wafer, Inc. recently filed regarding fluoride emissions into the city’s […]
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Pure Wafer fluoride lawsuit
City attorney: Cost of outside legal counsel is confidential The City of Prescott is considering spending an undisclosed amount of money to defend against a lawsuit by a local business. In late September, Pure Wafer Inc. – a silicon wafer reclamation facility near the Prescott Airport – sued the city regarding a difference of interpretation […]
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Fluoride Rule in Prescott, Ariz., Spurs Lawsuit
An Arizona town’s new fluoride standards for effluent could kill a local business that reclaims silicon wafers for the semiconductor industry, it claims in Federal Court. Pure Wafer says that the city of Prescott’s newly adopted fluoride limit of 16.3 mg/L, and the threat of fines of up to $25,000 per day for violations, threatens […]
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New director takes helm of Gilbert’s troubled Public Works Department
One year after Gilbert officials discovered the town had stopped adding fluoride to its drinking water because of an unreported equipment failure, the Public Works Department is under new management with the Sept. 23 arrival of a permanent director. Ken Morgan, previously deputy water-services director in Phoenix, took the helm of Gilbert’s utility operations following […]
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Gilbert group gears up to launch campaign against fluoridation
A newly-formed political-action committee in Gilbert is building a case against adding fluoride to the town’s drinking water and plans to circulate petitions aimed at taking the issue to the November 2014 ballot. The Gilbert Safe Water Coalition, organized in June and about two dozen members strong, is focused on educating the community about fluoride […]
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