No wonder Walker and his allies want eased air pollution rules in SE Wisconsin: Foxconn is going make the air a lot dirtier there.
On the level of what a big paper plant spews.
With the comment period on Foxconn's controversial ask for a Lake Michigan diversion closing Wednesday, the DNR has announced the schedule for a hearing on four emission permits sought by the company for its several facilities:
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. at:
On the level of what a big paper plant spews.
With the comment period on Foxconn's controversial ask for a Lake Michigan diversion closing Wednesday, the DNR has announced the schedule for a hearing on four emission permits sought by the company for its several facilities:
A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. at:
SC Johnson iMET Center
2320 Renaissance Boulevard
Sturtevant, WI
2320 Renaissance Boulevard
Sturtevant, WI
DNR staff will be available starting at 6:00 p.m. for an open house and informal question and answer session.
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So heads up, Racine County, and people living downwind, and anything in and on Lake Michigan, or the land nearby, as BizTimes reports:
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So heads up, Racine County, and people living downwind, and anything in and on Lake Michigan, or the land nearby, as BizTimes reports:
The four facilities, to be built in phases over the next several years, could combine to emit 229 tons per year of nitrogen oxides, 240 tons of carbon monoxide, 52 tons of particulate matter, 4 tons of sulfur dioxide and 275 tons of volatile organic compounds...
There’s only one facility in the state – the Verso Corp. Wisconsin Rapids paper mill – that emits at or above the levels Foxconn is proposing across all five pollutants.A full archive about the project is here.