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Red Bluff Daily News September 10, 2005
See Also: Document: Appeal of Inentec permit Red Bluff Daily News, 9/9/05: InEnTec opponents air their concerns Red Bluff Daily News, 7/12/05: S.F. group calls for more thorough review of InEnTec For more information, contact:
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InEnTec appeal date set By CHERYL BRINKLEY-DN Staff Writer RED BLUFF The appeal filed by a citizens group against the proposed InEnTec Medical Waste Facility will be heard on Tuesday, Oct. 11. The hearing will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Red Bluff Community Center. Citizens for Review of Medical and Infectious Waste Imports into Tehama County filed the appeal on Aug. 12 in objection to the Tehama County Planning Department and Air Pollution Control District issuing use permits to the facility without an environmental impact report. InEnTec then filed a motion questioning the validity of the appeal, and the group who filed it. The motion stated that the Air Pollution Control District complied with California Environmental Quality Act when the permit for the project was issued. The appeal stated that the Air Pollution Control District erred in issuing the permits with proper public or environmental review. At Thursday's meeting it was decided that the citizens group and Greenaction, a San Francisco-based environmental organization, have until Sept. 30 to respond to the motions filed by InEnTec attorneys. Then the Air Pollution Control District and InEnTec's attorneys have until Oct. 6 to respond. " The meeting Thursday was principally to get the board together for the first time," said InEnTec president David Farmer on Friday. "Citizens raised a lot of questions, comments and concerns, most of which dealt with the use permit process and CEQA, which we went through. Why didn't people come forward last year?" Farmer said the company will be very happy to answer all those concerns. " We're confident in our process. It is very safe and clean," Farmer said. "Everyone believes this is a good thing for the citizens and the county. We understand the concerns and are prepared to address them." " The hearing board will hear the motions on Oct. 11, then begin the appeal hearing," said Gary Bovee of Tehama County Air Pollution Control District. The city is getting in on the act with claims that the county did not provide them with the negative declaration environmental document. " CEQA requires that all affected agencies should be contacted for comments on proposed projects if there are any anticipated impacts," said Red Bluff City Manager Susan Price Friday. "We requested the documents on Nov. 18, 2004, from county planning director George Robson. We did not get the document until March 30, 2005, and then it was a revised negative declaration." Price added that the city council represents some 13,000 citizens and the city has an obligation to examine potential impacts on city residents. The InEnTec Medical Waste facility will hire 12 to 15 employees locally, according to Farmer. For a short term, an engineering manager will be at the facility, otherwise all employees will be hired locally. Farmer said managers and operator technicians will be trained and are good paying positions. |
