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Officials link sharp odor spike to industrial plant oxidizer outage; county urges residents to keep reporting incidents
Summary
Effingham County commissioners said an equipment outage at a nearby industrial plant caused an unusually strong odor on March 31–April 1 and urged residents to continue submitting odor reports while the county pursues regulatory and remediation steps.
Effingham County commissioners said an equipment failure at a nearby industrial facility produced an extreme odor event that affected parts of the county and sent the Board into an extended discussion during its April 1 meeting.
County staff said the plant’s thermal oxidizer went offline at about 10 a.m. the day before the meeting and was returned to service at about 4:30 a.m., a sequence county officials said explains why the smell was far worse than typical daily emissions. Clint, a county staff member who briefed the board, described the timeline and emphasized the county was not notified directly by the plant when the outage occurred.
The matter drew attention because residents and school staff in areas downwind reported symptoms and disturbances.…
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