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Resident asks Hilliard council for scientific study of proposed fuel cell emissions
Summary
A Hilliard resident asked council to require a dispersion and inversion study by Ohio EPA or hire a scientist to assess potential CO2 impacts of a proposed large fuel cell near homes, a school and parks; council made no immediate commitment to act.
During the public-comment portion of the Dec. 8 Hilliard City Council meeting, Kathy Becker, a resident, urged the city to require an environmental evaluation before construction of a planned fuel cell near a subdivision, school and park.
Becker said residents asked her to raise concerns that the fuel cell "will emit 1,500,000 pounds of carbon dioxide every day at the ground level directly next to a major subdivision, a school, and a park." She described the installation as "the largest fuel cell in North America, second only to 1 in Korea," and asked the council whether it could "either hire a scientist or demand that the Ohio EPA do a dispersion and inversion study of the area before the fuel cell is built."
No staff or council member presented immediate technical data or committed to directing the Ohio EPA to conduct a study during the meeting. Becker framed her request as residents seeking more information about air-dispersion patterns, potential local warming or inversion effects and chronic health impacts.
The council did not take a formal vote or issue a directive during the meeting; the item remained a public request recorded in the minutes.
