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Resident warns of health, environmental and equity concerns if biomass plant is allowed in Oroville
Summary
A public commenter urged the Butte County Board of Supervisors to treat a proposed Oroville biomass plant as a county-level issue, citing Superfund-area risks, air and water contamination concerns and an earlier 2023 county letter that supported biomass development.
A resident told the Butte County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 that allowing a biomass plant in Oroville’s South Side would harm an already disadvantaged community and raised environmental-justice, air-quality and contamination concerns linked to the site’s Superfund history.
Kathy Bridal, speaking during public comment, said the county had previously signed a letter supporting biomass development in January 2023 and argued that the county and regional air-quality agency…
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