Families Against Cancer & Toxics

To: Global Energy Resources
From: Families Against Cancer & Toxics (FACT)
Re: Plasma Converter proposal in Cochise County, Arizona
Date: December 8, 2004

FACT would like to go on record asking the following questions. We request that Global Energy Resources answer these questions in writing. Please send written answers to the Cochise County officials and to FACT via email to or via postal mail to:

Families Against Cancer & Toxics (FACT)
PO Box 41285
Tucson AZ 85717-1285

1. Does Global Energy Resources have a comprehensive project description for this possible facility? If so, please provide.

2. Specifically what technology does the company propose to use? Is there
another company's technology, such as StarTech, that is being proposed for
use?

3. As there are no commercial plasma arc facilities for solid waste in the
United States, what facilities does Global Energy Resources model this project on, including the claim of no hazardous emissions:
* please provide the name of the facility, its town or city and country it is in, and how long it has been operational.
* please provide independently verified air and emissions data from
the facility that this project would be modeled upon and all other air and
other emissions data about that facility.
* please provide the complete compliance history and names of the
regulatory agencies that oversee that facility.

4. Is there any other technical data the company can provide now to back up
their claims of no hazardous emissions?

5. As Mr. LH Hamilton (Facilities Director for Cochise County) told Bradley Angel from Greenaction that the company has not presented a project description or technical information, how can a contract be signed between the county and the company before such information is presented and properly evaluated in a full public review and permit process?

6. What financial obligations are being discussed between the county and
company? What type of contract might be signed, including the length of the
contract and financial obligations and liabilities for the county and other
local jurisdictions?

7. The Interstate Commerce Clause states that a government entity such as a county cannot dictate to a privately owned business such as the owner of a plasma converter regarding whether they get their "product" such as waste from the local area or out-of-state. Cochise County does not want Global Energy Resources to import waste from other counties and states. Global Energy Resources will make more profit if they do import waste. What agreements will you make to prevent the importation of waste from outside Cochise County?

8. Will Global Energy Resources accept hazardous waste at this plasma converter?

9. Will Global Energy Resources accept low-level radioactive waste at this plasma converter?

10. Global Energy Resources is asking Cochise County to agree to guarantee a waste stream of 100,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year for twenty years. Cochise County currently produces 79,000 tons per year. Mr. LH Hamilton told Terry Nordbrock of FACT that three years ago Cochise County produced 73,000 tons. At this rate Cochise County will produce 100,000 tons of MSW in 2012. The plasma generator is expected to take 18 months to build, which could be in place as early as 2006. Will you accept a contract with a minimum guaranteed waste stream of 70,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year?

11. Global Energy Resources is asking Cochise County to agree to guarantee a waste stream of 100,000 tires per year for twenty years. Cochise County does not produce 100,000 tires per year. Will you accept a contract with a guaranteed waste stream of tires that is based on the actual current amount?

12. The Department of Defence will announce in Spring 2005 its decision on the Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC). It is anticipated that Fort Huachuca will stay open, and grow as it absorbs missions from other bases selected for closure. However, it is within the realm of possibility that the BRAC committee will choose to close Fort Huachuca. This would mean that the current level of municipal solid waste would decrease significantly. Will Global Energy Resources agree to wait until Spring 2005 to have their 20-year memorandum of understanding signed?

13. Companies that build facilities that could be harmful to the local environment are often required to fund a financial assurance bond. A financial assurance bond is money set aside to be used in the event that environmental remediation or demolition of a facility becomes necessary. How much money is Global Energy Resources setting aside in a financial assurance bond?

14. What contingency plans do you have if the plasma converter does not perform as advertised?

15. How much would local jurisdictions be liable for?

16. Who would pay for environmental remediation if they are needed?

17. How many years has Global Energy Resources been in business?

18. How much capital does Global Energy Resources have available? Who is providing the capital?

19. How much insurance does Global Energy have?

20. We saw on the California Attorney General's website information that suggests the CEO of Global Energy Resources was indicted for fraud. Is that true? If so, what is the current status of that indictment?

21. What is the name and contact information for a person in your company who can answer technical or scientific questions.

22. Mr. Hamilton has said that the first step would be to have an engineering
firm do an analysis of the local waste stream prior to any commitment being
made, but Global Energy wants an LOI or MOU signed soon...and as Global
Energy says in their material that LOI or MOU would "enable us to start the
engineering." This indicates that a legally-binding commitment would be
made by the county before the feasibility or safety of the project is known.
Is this true?

23. Please provide all emissions data from the eight gasification facilities
Global Energy says Energy Products of Idaho has in California. Where are
they, how long have they been in operation, are they commercial facilities,
what is their waste stream and what kind of emissions testing and monitoring
exists for each of these?

24. Please provide the "several references to facilities operating throughout
Europe and Southeast Asia" that Global Energy apparently provided the county
via GE powerpoint presentation.