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County officials outline enforcement, monitoring plan after recurring odors from DRT plant
Summary
Effingham County officials described repeated fires and equipment failures at a chemical distillation plant known locally as DRT and said they will form a multi‑stakeholder steering committee to hire an independent firm to determine odor sources and support enforcement actions by EPD and EPA.
County officials updated District 4 residents on repeated odor events and equipment failures at a chemical distillation plant known locally as DRT, saying the county will form a steering committee and hire an independent firm to pinpoint sources when odors recur.
The county official, speaking at the District 4 town hall, said DRT processes a paper‑mill wastewater stream called sulfate turpentine and distills products such as “alkyl primine, beta primine, and diamantine,” and that a residual waste stream produces the heavy pine‑like odor residents have reported. “DRRT, my 3 least favorite letters in the alphabet,” the county official said when introducing…
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