As published in the Courier-Tribune of November 3, 2011
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR — The Town of Candor Planning Board met Tuesday evening to consider a conditional use permit application to construct a controversial biomass burning facility that would produce steam to generate electricity to run Mountaire Farms feed mill. The feed mill is in Candor town limits.
After hearing from the designer and builder of the incinerator and from Mountaire Farms neighbors on Morris Farm Road, the board recommended approval to the Board of Commissioners.
Opponents of the project say their issue is the health and welfare of the community from the byproducts and diminished air quality that would result from the burning process.
Brownie Newman of FLS Energy, the company that would operate the plant, told board members that the plant would be constructed using the latest and most recent technologies available.
“This will be the cleanest system to ever be built in North Carolina,” he said.
Also at the meeting were Will Kisner, facility designer at PortLand Systems, and Joe Sullivan with Trinity Consultants, an air quality emissions permitting company.
Newman produced a map of North Carolina that showed the locations of nearly 200 boiler facilities in the state. Of these, only 5 percent use the wood fuels that would be burned at the Candor facility.
The fuel would be wood chips from leftover timber industry material, a product that is not otherwise being utilized. Newman assured board members that no treated materials or railroad ties would be used as fuel.
Unlike previous meetings of the board, vice chair Jim McLeod allowed public comment during the meeting.
Bill Bruton, who lives next door to the proposed facility, posed questions to Newman, Kisner and Sullivan. Bruton addressed the height of the facility’s smokestacks, which is 36 feet above ground. He asked at what distance fallout from the stacks would occur. Sullivan said that any concentrations of air particulate would be way below permitted standards.
Sullivan said that the projected output is so low that the application for an air quality permit could be handled by the Fayetteville Regional Office of the Division of Air Quality rather than being sent to the central offices.
Bruton, reading from the town ordinance, reminded the planning board members that they do not have to recommend either for or against an application.
“When a recommendation is made, it should be based upon what the town board will have to do when it takes action” he said.
Bruton said that, according to the zoning ordinance, the town board must find that “the requested use will not impair the integrity or character of the surrounding or adjoining districts, nor be detrimental to the health, morals or welfare.”
“My neighbors and I were here first,” he said.
Bruton said that FLS did not have a track record worthy of a conditional use permit to run the facility as this would be the first facility of this kind they would operate.
Newman replied that FLS had other similar projects being developed in North Carolina.
“It’s not that complicated,” he said. “These systems do not require a high degree of training to operate.”
Bruton pointed out his concern that Mountaire has not proven to be a good neighbor, based on feed spillage along the side of Morris Farm Road, where the feed mill is located. The entrance to the site of the proposed facility is located on the same road near its intersection with N.C. 211.
Certified soil tests have shown an increased level of copper and arsenic from two sites on the roadside on Morris Farm Road. These soil tests were done at the request and expense of Bruton and the owners of the Carlan farm.
Board member Lawrence Lamonds asked Bruton why he was bringing Mountaire into the argument when they will not actually be operating the energy facility.
“If they don’t care enough to keep these toxins off of their neighbor’s land, should they be trusted to share any concerns about keeping particulate matter out of our lungs?” Bruton said.
On Monday, planning board member Allene Graves, Mayor Richard Britt and town commissioners toured a similar facility in Clinton, N. C., on the corporate grounds of Prestige Farms, a company that produces pork and poultry products.
“The structure was huge and very clean,” Graves said. “I saw no emissions from the smokestack and there were two houses approximately the same distance from the facility as Mr. Bruton’s house is from this one. There was a field of cows grazing next door.”
Graves said the plant operator told her that they had never had a single complaint from neighbors.
“He said that a home woodstove would produce more arsenic than these systems because of the equipment that is installed to clean the emissions,” Graves said.
Britt pointed out that the corporate offices were located on the same site as the boiler.
“While the sky may have been clear over the plant, and the air may have smelled fresh,” Bruton said, “please remember why Walmart sells carbon monoxide detectors: It is a harmful gas that is colorless, tasteless and odorless.”
Bruton said that the N.C. 211 corridor is being developed as a gateway to the Pinehurst area. “Instead of benefiting from this gateway, do we adopt the position, ‘Welcome to the Sandhills, hold your breath for the next 5 miles?’”
Following all comment, planning board members McLeod, Lamonds, Graves and Ronnie Thomas voted in favor of recommending to the town board that the conditional use permit be approved. The next board of commissioners meeting will be on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
Following the meeting Bruton said PortLand, Trinity and Hurst had built plenty of these types of facilities in the past: “Mr. Newman has stated that this is FLS’s first power project fueled by incineration. We should not expect approval for a conditional use by a novice operator.”
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Mack Trucks buys Candor facility ♥
As published October 13, 2011 in the Courier-Tribune
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR - Mack Trucks Inc. of Charlotte has purchased the former Sandhills Tire Company on Farmers Market Road in Candor.
The formal announcement was read by Mayor Pro Tem Layton Booker at the regular meeting of the Candor Board of Commissioners on Oct. 10.
The announcement said the company will provide service for all makes and models of trucks and expect to be in operation with three technicians by the end of November, with plans to add up to 10 employees.
Company officials said they chose the property because of its proximity to the interstate.
Booker presided in the absence of Mayor Richard Britt.
In other business, the board unanimously approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow the burning of biomass for energy production in the town’s industrial areas. The amendment had been changed to exempt any animal products in the biomass definition. The initial amendment allowed the burning of poultry litter.
Following a public hearing in September, with two commissioners absent, a vote of 3-0 was made in favor of an amendment allowing the burning of biomass for energy production in the town’s industrial areas.
On the advice of the town attorney, a second vote on the text amendment was held at the Oct. 10 meeting and was approved 4-0.
The change was needed because of plans by Mountaire Farms, a poultry producer, to construct a biomass facility for the purpose of generating steam and electricity on their property, which is located inside the Candor town limits.
Neighbors and concerned citizens mounted a campaign that opposed the project. The second amendment offered by the group was much more restrictive than the one approved by the town.
In other business, Commissioners Tim Privett, Philip Hearne, Leslie Thomas and Tim Smith:
• Approved a new contract with All American Associates to allow Ron Niland to act as a management adviser on behalf of the town. All American was already on retainer for grant-writing services.
• Tabled the purchase of signage for the town’s farmers market that adjoins the interstate highway until a local company could offer a bid on the project.
• Accepted a deed from Inez Blake and her son, Tommy Blake, of the Blake Family Partnership for five acres in the Sandhill Acres subdivision. The land is designated for a future park area.
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR - Mack Trucks Inc. of Charlotte has purchased the former Sandhills Tire Company on Farmers Market Road in Candor.
The formal announcement was read by Mayor Pro Tem Layton Booker at the regular meeting of the Candor Board of Commissioners on Oct. 10.
The announcement said the company will provide service for all makes and models of trucks and expect to be in operation with three technicians by the end of November, with plans to add up to 10 employees.
Company officials said they chose the property because of its proximity to the interstate.
Booker presided in the absence of Mayor Richard Britt.
In other business, the board unanimously approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow the burning of biomass for energy production in the town’s industrial areas. The amendment had been changed to exempt any animal products in the biomass definition. The initial amendment allowed the burning of poultry litter.
Following a public hearing in September, with two commissioners absent, a vote of 3-0 was made in favor of an amendment allowing the burning of biomass for energy production in the town’s industrial areas.
On the advice of the town attorney, a second vote on the text amendment was held at the Oct. 10 meeting and was approved 4-0.
The change was needed because of plans by Mountaire Farms, a poultry producer, to construct a biomass facility for the purpose of generating steam and electricity on their property, which is located inside the Candor town limits.
Neighbors and concerned citizens mounted a campaign that opposed the project. The second amendment offered by the group was much more restrictive than the one approved by the town.
In other business, Commissioners Tim Privett, Philip Hearne, Leslie Thomas and Tim Smith:
• Approved a new contract with All American Associates to allow Ron Niland to act as a management adviser on behalf of the town. All American was already on retainer for grant-writing services.
• Tabled the purchase of signage for the town’s farmers market that adjoins the interstate highway until a local company could offer a bid on the project.
• Accepted a deed from Inez Blake and her son, Tommy Blake, of the Blake Family Partnership for five acres in the Sandhill Acres subdivision. The land is designated for a future park area.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Mountaire will not use poultry litter for fuel ♥
Published in the Courier-Tribune on September 14, 2011
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR — Just two days before the Town of Candor was to hold two public hearings Monday to address zoning changes to allow Mountaire Farms to burn poultry waste at a proposed biomass energy facility, the company chose to pull the issue from the table.
A Mountaire Farms contractor notified Mayor Richard Britt that the company would use wood waste as its fuel, not poultry waste.
Brownie Newman, managing member of CHP Solutions, an Asheville company that would operate the proposed facility, notified Candor officials of the change in an email on Saturday.
“Rather than utilizing poultry litter as the fuel source for the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system at the Mountaire Farms Feedmill, we believe the best approach is to simply utilize wood waste as the fuel source,” Newman wrote.
Bill Bruton of Candor, who has been leading the opposition to the facility, wasn’t impressed.
Citing research figures Bruton said, “Wood incineration is four percent more polluting than a new coal plant, only 11 percent less polluting than a chicken-litter plant, and 48 percent more polluting than an existing coal plant.”
Bruton is opposed to any type of biomass facility being located within the city limits.
“While I suspect it’s true that wood puts fewer heavy metals into play, with the exception of sulfur dioxide, wood puts more of these particles in the air than a new coal plant and more carbon monoxide than an existing coal plant or poultry litter,” he said.
In the email, Newman said, “While we believe that many of the statements made over the past several months about the proposal to use poultry litter as a renewable fuel have been inaccurate and misleading, rather than extending the debate on those issues, we would prefer to move forward with an approach that can receive broad community support.
“In terms of using wood as the fuel source for the project, these types of wood heating systems have been used for many decades in North Carolina. There is a very large number operating all across North Carolina, including the local area.”
Judy Stevens, executive director of the Montgomery Economic Development Corp., said that Jordan Lumber Company, near Mt. Gilead, has been burning wood at their facility for years.
The Candor Planning Board met twice in August to consider two separate ordinance amendments, one that would allow the change of fuel sources by local industries and allow the generation of electricity by an industry for their own use or for sale to the local utility.
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR — Just two days before the Town of Candor was to hold two public hearings Monday to address zoning changes to allow Mountaire Farms to burn poultry waste at a proposed biomass energy facility, the company chose to pull the issue from the table.
A Mountaire Farms contractor notified Mayor Richard Britt that the company would use wood waste as its fuel, not poultry waste.
Brownie Newman, managing member of CHP Solutions, an Asheville company that would operate the proposed facility, notified Candor officials of the change in an email on Saturday.
“Rather than utilizing poultry litter as the fuel source for the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system at the Mountaire Farms Feedmill, we believe the best approach is to simply utilize wood waste as the fuel source,” Newman wrote.
Bill Bruton of Candor, who has been leading the opposition to the facility, wasn’t impressed.
Citing research figures Bruton said, “Wood incineration is four percent more polluting than a new coal plant, only 11 percent less polluting than a chicken-litter plant, and 48 percent more polluting than an existing coal plant.”
Bruton is opposed to any type of biomass facility being located within the city limits.
“While I suspect it’s true that wood puts fewer heavy metals into play, with the exception of sulfur dioxide, wood puts more of these particles in the air than a new coal plant and more carbon monoxide than an existing coal plant or poultry litter,” he said.
In the email, Newman said, “While we believe that many of the statements made over the past several months about the proposal to use poultry litter as a renewable fuel have been inaccurate and misleading, rather than extending the debate on those issues, we would prefer to move forward with an approach that can receive broad community support.
“In terms of using wood as the fuel source for the project, these types of wood heating systems have been used for many decades in North Carolina. There is a very large number operating all across North Carolina, including the local area.”
Judy Stevens, executive director of the Montgomery Economic Development Corp., said that Jordan Lumber Company, near Mt. Gilead, has been burning wood at their facility for years.
The Candor Planning Board met twice in August to consider two separate ordinance amendments, one that would allow the change of fuel sources by local industries and allow the generation of electricity by an industry for their own use or for sale to the local utility.
Candor commissioners say no to animal waste for fuel ♥
Published in the Courier-Tribune on September 14, 2011
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR — After Saturday’s notification that Mountaire Farms would use wood instead of poultry litter to make electricity to run its feed mill in Candor, the board of commissioners met Monday night as scheduled, held the public hearing and amended the town’s zoning ordinance.
The amendment was changed to prohibit the incineration of animal waste products, but the commissioners voted to allow biomass incineration in industrial-zoned areas.
The decision paves the way for Mountaire Farms, which operates a feed mill in the town’s city limits, to apply for a conditional use permit to construct a facility that would generate steam for plant operations and electricity to be sold to Progress Energy.
Mountaire had originally planned to burn poultry waste, which drew opposition from neighbors and people from as far away as Southern Pines and Aberdeen.
Prior to the hearings, Mountaire officials had met with Candor Mayor Richard Britt and had come to an agreement that the company would change their fuel source from poultry to wood waste.
“No chicken litter will be burned in Candor while I’m sitting in this seat,” Britt stated to the full house of citizens that crowded the meeting room.
The first person to address the board during the hearing was Chris Smithson, a town councilman from Southern Pines. He represented that board as he urged the Candor commissioners to “proceed with caution” and slow down the text amendment process until further research could be conducted.
The Mountaire facility is located near the headwaters of Drowning Creek, which is the primary source of drinking water for southern Moore County.
“North Carolina law provides that a conditional use does not require it to be safe, but that opponents must prove that it is unsafe,” Smithson said.
Bill Bruton of Candor, who has led the opposition, cautioned that even though chicken litter was no longer being considered by Mountaire, it was still considered biomass and could possibly be included for use by another company that may choose to locate in Candor in the future.
Although the public hearing was legally advertised in local newspapers, some Moore County citizens were upset with the process.
“I found out about this last weekend, which was a holiday, and I was mad,” said Carolyn Shaw of Aberdeen. “This was a stealth movement by the Town of Candor and we did not know about it. If something else comes up, you should let us know.”
Shaw told the board that companies like Mountaire and Fibrowatt are targeting poorer counties to build their plants.
“They don’t care about anyone’s health,” she said. “They are out for a buck. They are unreliable and you cannot believe what you are told.”
Fibrowatt is a company that had chosen a Montgomery County tract east of Biscoe to construct a large power plant that was to be fueled by poultry waste. That project has been stalled by the reluctance of power companies to sign a purchase agreement with Fibrowatt.
Concerns over the burning of wood over chicken litter were addressed. Bruton questioned the statements that a certain percentage of particulates would be captured by scrubbers in the smokestacks.
“If we’re told that 90 percent is captured, we have to ask, 90 percent of what?”
Bruton said that once a facility is up and running, “it would be difficult to rein it in if something bad happens.”
Commissioner Tim Smith said that he would support the amendment that the town was presenting as long as it was revised to exclude animal waste products as a fuel.
Brownie Newman of Combined Heat and Power, an Asheville company that will operate the plant for Mountaire, said that he thought that would be a good solution.
Following the meeting, Newman stated that his company plans to build a facility that would burn up to 70 tons of wood each day. When asked what would be done with the ash byproduct from the burning process, Newman said he did not yet know, but that he would have that information “within a few days.”
“Wood is not a regulated fuel source,” Newman said. “But, chicken litter is not regulated, either.”
In other business Commissioners Smith, Layton Booker and Tim Privett:
* Heard a brief report by Judy Stevens, Executive Director of Montgomery Economic Development Corp., in support of Mountaire Farms.
* Heard from N.C. Cooperative Extension Agent Danelle McKnight about the new Candor Downtown Growers Market, scheduled to begin operation on Friday, Sept. 16.
* Will make a $100 donation to the local Boy Scout troop.
* Tabled a decision on signage for the Candor Farmers’ Market until local vendors can be contacted for a price quote.
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR — After Saturday’s notification that Mountaire Farms would use wood instead of poultry litter to make electricity to run its feed mill in Candor, the board of commissioners met Monday night as scheduled, held the public hearing and amended the town’s zoning ordinance.
The amendment was changed to prohibit the incineration of animal waste products, but the commissioners voted to allow biomass incineration in industrial-zoned areas.
The decision paves the way for Mountaire Farms, which operates a feed mill in the town’s city limits, to apply for a conditional use permit to construct a facility that would generate steam for plant operations and electricity to be sold to Progress Energy.
Mountaire had originally planned to burn poultry waste, which drew opposition from neighbors and people from as far away as Southern Pines and Aberdeen.
Prior to the hearings, Mountaire officials had met with Candor Mayor Richard Britt and had come to an agreement that the company would change their fuel source from poultry to wood waste.
“No chicken litter will be burned in Candor while I’m sitting in this seat,” Britt stated to the full house of citizens that crowded the meeting room.
The first person to address the board during the hearing was Chris Smithson, a town councilman from Southern Pines. He represented that board as he urged the Candor commissioners to “proceed with caution” and slow down the text amendment process until further research could be conducted.
The Mountaire facility is located near the headwaters of Drowning Creek, which is the primary source of drinking water for southern Moore County.
“North Carolina law provides that a conditional use does not require it to be safe, but that opponents must prove that it is unsafe,” Smithson said.
Bill Bruton of Candor, who has led the opposition, cautioned that even though chicken litter was no longer being considered by Mountaire, it was still considered biomass and could possibly be included for use by another company that may choose to locate in Candor in the future.
Although the public hearing was legally advertised in local newspapers, some Moore County citizens were upset with the process.
“I found out about this last weekend, which was a holiday, and I was mad,” said Carolyn Shaw of Aberdeen. “This was a stealth movement by the Town of Candor and we did not know about it. If something else comes up, you should let us know.”
Shaw told the board that companies like Mountaire and Fibrowatt are targeting poorer counties to build their plants.
“They don’t care about anyone’s health,” she said. “They are out for a buck. They are unreliable and you cannot believe what you are told.”
Fibrowatt is a company that had chosen a Montgomery County tract east of Biscoe to construct a large power plant that was to be fueled by poultry waste. That project has been stalled by the reluctance of power companies to sign a purchase agreement with Fibrowatt.
Concerns over the burning of wood over chicken litter were addressed. Bruton questioned the statements that a certain percentage of particulates would be captured by scrubbers in the smokestacks.
“If we’re told that 90 percent is captured, we have to ask, 90 percent of what?”
Bruton said that once a facility is up and running, “it would be difficult to rein it in if something bad happens.”
Commissioner Tim Smith said that he would support the amendment that the town was presenting as long as it was revised to exclude animal waste products as a fuel.
Brownie Newman of Combined Heat and Power, an Asheville company that will operate the plant for Mountaire, said that he thought that would be a good solution.
Following the meeting, Newman stated that his company plans to build a facility that would burn up to 70 tons of wood each day. When asked what would be done with the ash byproduct from the burning process, Newman said he did not yet know, but that he would have that information “within a few days.”
“Wood is not a regulated fuel source,” Newman said. “But, chicken litter is not regulated, either.”
In other business Commissioners Smith, Layton Booker and Tim Privett:
* Heard a brief report by Judy Stevens, Executive Director of Montgomery Economic Development Corp., in support of Mountaire Farms.
* Heard from N.C. Cooperative Extension Agent Danelle McKnight about the new Candor Downtown Growers Market, scheduled to begin operation on Friday, Sept. 16.
* Will make a $100 donation to the local Boy Scout troop.
* Tabled a decision on signage for the Candor Farmers’ Market until local vendors can be contacted for a price quote.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Candor public hearing on chicken litter-produced electricity ♥
Published in the Courier-Tribune on September 10, 2011
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR - A full house is expected at the Monday, Sept. 12, meeting of the Candor Board of Commissioners at 7 p.m. for two public hearings on amending the town’s zoning ordinance to allow specific forms of energy generation within areas zoned for industrial use.
At issue is a request by Mountaire Farms to construct a biomass facility to generate electricity to power its feed mill, located in the city limits east of Interstate 73/74. The facility would burn chicken litter that would be trucked to the facility. The electricity generated would be used by the facility for operations with any excess electricity being sold to Progress Energy.
Four to five trucks a day are expected to bring the litter to the site. Will Kisner, of facility designer Port-Land Systems, said that trucks hauling the litter would be sealed with tarps and pulled inside the building for unloading.
The Candor Planning Board met twice in August to consider two separate amendments, one that would allow the change of fuel sources by local industries and allow the generation of electricity by an industry for their own use or for sale to the local utility.
A competing amendment was presented by a group of local residents who oppose the process that Mountaire has proposed. Both amendments were approved by the planning board and have been sent to town commissioners for consideration.
Opponents of the first proposed amendment have been active in contacting residents to explain their opposition to the possibility of burning chicken litter to produce energy.
Over 50 people attended a meeting called by opponents on Sept. 6 to present information on the biomass process to the public.
Bill Bruton of Candor is leading the opposition. In a published letter signed by Bruton and 18 others, including four medical doctors, Bruton said, “chicken manure contains arsenic and bacteria” and “chicken litter contains toxins, including copper, sulfur and arsenic.”
According to Bruton, the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has said the town would be responsible for compliance with the Watershed Protection Ordinance.
“Does anyone really think that Candor should be an abandoned guinea pig for three new low-wage jobs and $45,000 increased tax revenues?” he asked.
Bruton said the incineration of chicken litter produces dioxin and the burning of over 35,000 tons of chicken litter per year at one site within the city limits is a bad idea.
“Does the concept of just a little bit of dioxin make it more acceptable?” he asked.
At an earlier informational meeting about the Mountaire project, Joe Sullivan of Trinity Consultants, an air quality emissions permitting company, said the filtering system for the facility would be the most efficient available, calling it a “Cadillac system” for this type of operation.
Russell Hollers, who lives near the site, asked if the company had ever built one of these facilities before. Brownie Newman of FLS Energy, which would operate the facility, said they had built similar facilities.
Newman said that the trucks bringing litter to the site would be washed for bio-security with the effluent going into the municipal sewer system. The fly ash from the incinerator would be transported outside of the town and sold to companies that would use the byproduct to manufacture fertilizer.
Tammy Kellis, Candor town clerk, said that the meeting will take place at the Town Hall on South Main Street. No plans have been made to move the meeting to a larger venue for the purpose of accommodating more people than the town hall can hold.
by Hugh Martin
CANDOR - A full house is expected at the Monday, Sept. 12, meeting of the Candor Board of Commissioners at 7 p.m. for two public hearings on amending the town’s zoning ordinance to allow specific forms of energy generation within areas zoned for industrial use.
At issue is a request by Mountaire Farms to construct a biomass facility to generate electricity to power its feed mill, located in the city limits east of Interstate 73/74. The facility would burn chicken litter that would be trucked to the facility. The electricity generated would be used by the facility for operations with any excess electricity being sold to Progress Energy.
Four to five trucks a day are expected to bring the litter to the site. Will Kisner, of facility designer Port-Land Systems, said that trucks hauling the litter would be sealed with tarps and pulled inside the building for unloading.
The Candor Planning Board met twice in August to consider two separate amendments, one that would allow the change of fuel sources by local industries and allow the generation of electricity by an industry for their own use or for sale to the local utility.
A competing amendment was presented by a group of local residents who oppose the process that Mountaire has proposed. Both amendments were approved by the planning board and have been sent to town commissioners for consideration.
Opponents of the first proposed amendment have been active in contacting residents to explain their opposition to the possibility of burning chicken litter to produce energy.
Over 50 people attended a meeting called by opponents on Sept. 6 to present information on the biomass process to the public.
Bill Bruton of Candor is leading the opposition. In a published letter signed by Bruton and 18 others, including four medical doctors, Bruton said, “chicken manure contains arsenic and bacteria” and “chicken litter contains toxins, including copper, sulfur and arsenic.”
According to Bruton, the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources has said the town would be responsible for compliance with the Watershed Protection Ordinance.
“Does anyone really think that Candor should be an abandoned guinea pig for three new low-wage jobs and $45,000 increased tax revenues?” he asked.
Bruton said the incineration of chicken litter produces dioxin and the burning of over 35,000 tons of chicken litter per year at one site within the city limits is a bad idea.
“Does the concept of just a little bit of dioxin make it more acceptable?” he asked.
At an earlier informational meeting about the Mountaire project, Joe Sullivan of Trinity Consultants, an air quality emissions permitting company, said the filtering system for the facility would be the most efficient available, calling it a “Cadillac system” for this type of operation.
Russell Hollers, who lives near the site, asked if the company had ever built one of these facilities before. Brownie Newman of FLS Energy, which would operate the facility, said they had built similar facilities.
Newman said that the trucks bringing litter to the site would be washed for bio-security with the effluent going into the municipal sewer system. The fly ash from the incinerator would be transported outside of the town and sold to companies that would use the byproduct to manufacture fertilizer.
Tammy Kellis, Candor town clerk, said that the meeting will take place at the Town Hall on South Main Street. No plans have been made to move the meeting to a larger venue for the purpose of accommodating more people than the town hall can hold.
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