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Pawtucket board denies Allied Recyclinglicense after hourslong public hearing and widespread opposition
Summary
After more than five hours of testimony, the Board of License Commissioners voted 9to0 to deny Allied Recycling CenterInc.'s application for a wholesale-junk (metal recycling) license at 55 Concord Street amid resident health, traffic and enforcement concerns.
The Board of License Commissioners denied Allied Recycling Center Inc.'s application for a wholesale junk license for 55 Concord Street by a 9to0 roll-call vote following an extended public hearing and technical presentations.
Allied president Ed Jamieson and counsel Tanesa Azar presented the company's plan and engineering controls, saying the facility would handle ferrous and nonferrous scrap, use rail to reduce truck trips and operate under Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) stormwater permits. Jamieson described Allied as a long-running operator in Walpole, Massachusetts, and told the board that the Pawtucket site would be a smaller, satellite operation with bunkers, landscaping screening and active stormwater treatment systems.
Opponents packed the…
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