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Residents and experts warn of health and climate risks from proposed Golden State Natural Resources pellet plant
Summary
Public commenters told the Tuolumne County Board the GSNR wood-pellet project poses air-pollution, health and climate risks, questioned feedstock sourcing and enforcement, and urged the board to demand enforceable guarantees or reject the proposal.
Residents, local experts and business owners used the Board of Supervisors' public-comment period to press the board on a proposed Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) wood-pellet project, raising health, forest-management and climate concerns.
Several speakers cited the projectdraft environmental impact report and warned of significant air-quality and climate impacts. Elaine Hagan, a registered nurse, told the board she reviewed the DEIR and its air-pollution analysis and said operations at the proposed facilities "are expected to exceed the [cancer] threshold by approximately 3 to 6 times" even after proposed mitigation. "This project is all risk and no reward," Hagan said, arguing the county should not accept the health tradeoffs she described.
Another public commenter (recorded without a name) said the industrial pellet market requires non-rotting, solid…
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