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Board of Adjustment approves 110-foot stack for Metro Water Recovery to meet air-permit requirements
Summary
Commerce City Board of Adjustment approved a height exception for Metro Water Recovery to add a 110-foot regenerative thermal oxidizer stack at the Robert W. Hite treatment facility to meet state and federal air-permit requirements; board voted 4-0.
Commerce City’s Board of Adjustment on the evening of the meeting approved a height exception allowing Metro Water Recovery to install a 110-foot exhaust stack for a regenerative thermal oxidizer at 6450 York Street.
The board voted to approve case AH24-001, finding that a 110-foot, 16-inch-diameter stack is needed so the project can meet air-permit requirements administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Metro Water Recovery said the stack height is necessary to disperse sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions below the 1-hour national ambient air quality standard.
Metro Water Recovery and its design consultant presented the project. Becky Luna, a consultant with Corolla Engineers, described the facility and the technical reasons for the stack. She said Metro is the largest water and resource recovery facility in the Rocky Mountain West, serving some 65…
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