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Fluvanna planning commission backs text amendment to allow stack-height waivers for new power plants
Summary
The commission on Feb. 24 recommended approval of ZTA 2509, a county code change allowing the Board of Supervisors to grant case-by-case waivers or modifications to maximum stack heights for new power-production plants, after hearing technical testimony that taller stacks can reduce ground-level concentrations.
The Fluvanna County Planning Commission voted on Feb. 24 to recommend approval of zoning text amendment ZTA 2509, which would let the Board of Supervisors grant waivers or modifications to the county's maximum stack-height limits for new power-production plants.
Staff and the applicant told the commission that modern gas-turbine equipment and building heights can require taller exhaust stacks to meet air-dispersion modeling used by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Laurie Schweller, the applicant's…
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