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Residents and board press Wonder Foods on MAP gas tanks; applicant to provide MSDS and engineering details
Summary
Residents and board members asked detailed safety questions about hundreds of small canisters currently stored at the site and the applicant’s plan to replace them with two large modified-atmosphere (MAP) gas tanks; the applicant agreed to provide material safety data sheets and engineering testimony.
At the Aug. 27 hearing, multiple residents raised safety concerns about MAP (modified atmosphere packaging) gas canisters and the applicant’s proposal to consolidate small cylinders into two larger fixed tanks at the 42 Jackson site. Resident Lee Novak displayed photographs and asked whether the tanks and cages visible on-site were flammable. The applicant’s witness, Mr. Botcher, said the gases in use at the facility are carbon dioxide and…
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