South Fulton

state Rep. Sharon Beasley-Teague is asking Williams Corp. to bring plenty

of experts to a meeting she will host Aug. 7.

"There

have been three meetings [with Williams representatives] and we haven't

gotten answers," said Beasley-Teague. "We've got to have answers

to make good, sound decisions."

Beasley-Teague

Monday attended a meeting of Safeguard South Metro, a group of South Fulton,

Fayette and nearby county residents organized to oppose the company's

plans to build a power plant in South Fulton on the Fayette border.

In an earlier

meeting last week, Brian Rubenstein, a spokesman for Williams, presented

information on the company's plans.

The firm is

seeking to change the zoning of 288 acres on Peters Road at Old Jonesboro

Road from its current agricultural/residential category to a heavy industrial

one. The land is between Ga. highways 138 and 92 north, and the company

plans to use 30 acres for the plant, leaving much of the property as green

space.

Residents say

the plant shouldn't be built in such a heavily populated residential area,

and cite concerns about air pollution and noise. Williams officials say

the pollution will be mitigated by improving another plant, and the noise

will be lower than residents think it will be.

They need to

use that particular site, they say, because it has access to a natural

gas pipeline. The plant will run on gas.

One of the

complaints from residents is that, during previous meetings, they haven't

been able to get all their specific questions answered about the plant's

environmental impact and its effects on the neighborhood.

Beasley-Teague

said she has asked the company to have experts attend her meeting who

will be able to answer all those questions.

The meeting

will be 7-9 p.m. at Burdette Park gymnasium in College Park.

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