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Residents urge Rohnert Park to revoke administrative permit for proposed plastic pyrolysis operation in Somo Village
Summary
Dozens of residents, parents and public-health professionals told the Rohnert Park City Council that a proposed Reynergy plastic pyrolysis facility in Somo Village should not operate under an administrative permit and urged revocation and a full public hearing, citing alleged permit irregularities, Air District notices and health risks to nearby Credo High School.
Dozens of residents and parents packed the Rohnert Park City Council chamber and urged the council to revoke an administrative permit for Reynergy’s proposed plastic pyrolysis operation in Somo Village, saying the project poses health, safety and process concerns for neighborhood residents and nearby Credo High School.
Speakers from the community cited notices and enforcement actions from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Sonoma County Department of Health and argued that Reynergy’s process—described in public comment as thermal or microwave-assisted pyrolysis—amounts to incineration rather than ordinary recycling. “Plastic pyrolysis in the past 50 years has not been successful,” said public commenter Stephanie Lennox, “and it is not a healthy land use for people to coexist with.”
The complaint at the council meeting centered on two sets of concerns. First, neighborhood…
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