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Residents, health professionals press Tuolumne supervisors to reject Golden State Natural Resources pellet plant
Summary
Multiple residents and a registered nurse told the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors the GSNR wood‑pellet project poses health and climate risks, citing the DEIR's air‑pollution analysis, alleged cancer‑risk exceedances and a DEIR estimate of 1,900,000 metric tons CO2 over 20 years; proponents argued biomass can aid forest health.
Elaine Hagan, a registered nurse, urged the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors to oppose the Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) wood‑pellet/biomass project, saying the draft environmental impact report (DEIR) devotes roughly 300 pages to air pollution and predicts operations would exceed cancer‑risk thresholds "approximately 3 to 6 times," even after mitigation.
"This project is all risk and no reward," Hagan said during public comment, urging the board to reject the proposal on public‑health grounds.
Other speakers backed Hagan's concerns. An unidentified commenter told the board that industrial pellet standards require non‑rotting, whole logs rather than slash piles, and cited the DEIR language that the project could cut trees up to…
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