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Red Bluff Daily News December 23, 2005
See Also: Document: Appeal of Inentec permit Red Bluff Daily News, 10/12/05: Citizens send loud message to county Red Bluff Daily News, 10/11/05: EDITORIAL: County should require EIR on InEnTec project Red Bluff Daily News, 9/9/05: InEnTec opponents air their concerns Red Bluff Daily News, 9/10/05: InEnTec appeal date set 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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Appeal wins on InEnTec By CHERYL BRINKLEY-DN Staff Writer County hearing board splits 3-1 RED BLUFF Citizens cheered after the hearing board upheld the Citizens for Review and Greenaction appeal in a 3-1 vote late Wednesday night. The Tehama County Hearing Board members who voted against the proposed medical waste facility were Fred Richelieu, Linda Henderson and, hesitantly, Tyler Christensen. Chair Mel Oldham was the one dissenting vote. Oldham declined to comment on Thursday. " I think they are concerned about the lack of data and whether or not the data they have is reliable," said Tehama County Counsel William Murphy after Greenaction's Bradley Angel said the board was going on the fact that there were some significant changes to the project. " In fairness to my client, the board should say exactly what rule was broken and which rule was violated by my client," said Arthur Wylene, legal adviser for the Air Pollution Control District that had issued the authority to construct permit. Christensen suggested
modifications on some of the APCD conditions placed on the medical
waste facility.
He moved that changes to the conditions be added in the permit. Murphy said Tuesday that should the appeal be upheld, the board has the right to request further action by InEnTec, but it does not mean it cannot build. The citizens
group will now "wait and see" what
InEnTec does "as
it relates to the legal process," said Dan Irving, representative
for the Citizens for Review on Thursday. " Truth and justice has prevailed. The citizens should be proud," said Angel. " I have to give Bradley all the credit. It was mostly his hard work," Irving said. The appeal was filed by Citizen's for Review of Medical and Infectious Waste Imports into Tehama County and Greenaction, a San Francisco-based environmental group, in August. The two groups appealed the APCD decision to issue a permit to construct on grounds that it failed to act "in compliance with (CEQA) statutory requirements." Although the hearing board was to decide whether or not the APCD did all it should according to the law, board members expressed concerns that there was no data on the proposed Plasma Enhanced Melter 500 unit. There is data
on smaller units that was used by InEnTec and the APCD. The available
data was used for the PEM 500 through calculations using
increased figures, according to Jeffrey Surma, president and CEO
of InEnTec Medical Services LLC. |
