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Biomass
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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."
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with a
attention
catching ad.
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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
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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.
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