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Lake County board approves amendment to allow second carbonizer at Middletown site
Summary
The board approved a first amendment to a memorandum of understanding allowing Earth Foundries Inc. to operate a second mobile pyrolysis carbonizer at the Lake O'San property in Middletown, subject to air-quality contingencies and a hard April 30 completion date.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved a first amendment to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) authorizing Earth Foundries Incorporated to operate a second mobile pyrolysis carbonizer at the Lake O'San property in Middletown, the board heard during its meeting. The measure passed on a 5-0 vote and the chair was authorized to sign the amendment.
Community Development Director Maria Turner told the board the amendment was needed because Earth Foundries secured a second carbonizer to increase the amount of trees and other wood the contractor can process in a 24-hour period. Turner said Lake County Air Quality Management District staff reviewed calculations for a second unit and “are comfortable with operation of this second” carbonizer, and that a notice of exemption under the…
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