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Biomass (.ontinued from page A-1 the environment." Simpson applied on behalf of Solo- mon last year for operating permits to build a 31 megawatt biomass cogen- eration power facility within the cur- rent Simpson plant. According to the SEPA document, the facility "will be designed to only burn woody biomass fuel including (primarily) sawmill by-products such as sawdust, bark and shavings, as well as forest derived hog fuel from logging operations as periodic make-up fuel." Solomon is still waiting on Olympic Region Clean Air Agency (ORCAA) ap- proval, through a notice of construc- tion (NOC) approval. The company will also need Shoreline Substantial Development and Conditional Use permits and a Special Use Permit from the city, Dose said. The proposal includes responses to citizen concerns voiced at a September informational public meeting, Dose said, as well as possible mitigation measures required by the city to ad- dress environmental concerns. "Should Solomon or any subsequent operators of the facility request the use of any fuel other than those noted above, the city shall re-evaluate the proposal." Dose said mitigation measures five through seven in the MDNS are the most substantial. Mitigation number five says that only woody biomass and natural gas as a startup fuel can be used to run the boiler. "Should Solomon or any subsequent operators of the facility request the use of any fuel other than those noted above, the city shall re-evaluate the proposal." Mitigation number six states that if any changes to the facility require a new ORCAA NOC, the city will teas- sess the project. Another wood fired boiler already exists at the plant. The existing 140,000 pound boiler was installed in the 1980's and produces electricity for parts of the Simpson mill and the Olympic Panel Plywood Plant. This boiler is fueled by mill residu- als from Simpson, Olympic Panel and occaisionally from other local mills, ac- cording to the MDNS document. In previous discussions about the biomass boilers, Simpson representa- tives have said that occasionally both boilers will run at the same time. Mitigation number seven addresses this issue, requiring that the two boil- ers run no more than 120 days a year at the same time. "Solomon and Simpson shall submit monthly reports to the city of Shelton quantifying the number of days/hours and dates of operation of both facili- ties. The city of Shelton will soon hold a public meeting on the matter, Dose said. "The next step would be to schedule a public meeting," he said. "I don't an- ticipate doing that for at least another month." I with a attention catching ad. Shelton-Ntason County § Pioneer contiguous K-5 elementary school. The construction Continued frompageA-1 of a new middle school, meanwhile, will provide facilities at http://www, students in grades 6-8 with pioneereaglespta.com, a contemporary educational In addition, a public environment, including meeting to discuss the classroomsthatareequipped bond has been slated for with today's technology, 6 p.m. on April 12 at the specialized classrooms for intermediate school library, science, music and special Guest speakers will include education and adequate Architect Chris Lilley space and facilities for and Seattle NW Securities physical education, school Representative Trevor assemblies and food service. Carslon. The project will also Supporters say that the include increased amenities expansion of the primaryfor community use, school will allow the district including new gyms at both to move fourth- and fifth- schools, a new library and grade students out of the commons and improved middle school and create a outdoor sport fields. Courtesy photo Blowers are set up in a hallway to dry the floors after a heavy rain. Officials say that the blowers are quite loud and make it hard for the students to concentrate on their studies. Fiddle Continued from page A-1 ii .... Show times are 6:30 p.m. Fri- day and Saturday evenings, and 1:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The sport and Yenney Music and Music spaghetti feed will run from 4:30 6000 in Olympia. to 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union * They can also be purchased on- building. Tickets may be purchased line for the first time this year by in advance at Sage Bookstore invisiting the SOCK website at www. Shelton, Laurie's at Home in Hood- sock.org. Award-winnk19, Call for Parties, °=~'~ ~'~ Meetings, Receptions FRESH A v .ct ............ special SHELLFISH sc,'f = atois s Occasion Lunches DAILY C X=hT. t)w s g60) 427-8709 •for Supper Tuesday-Saturday Downtown Shdton Comer of 3rd and West Railroad Z i Settle 7 : ! :?i i -i ~i! !i Call 360-426'4412 for advertising information 3G0.807.172:= Built on ~ land starting at 587, 900" Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, March 31,2011 - Page A-7