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Published - Monday, March 24, 2008
Dairyland air permit hearing Tuesday
New air pollution control equipment for Dairyland Power Cooperative’s coal-burning plant in Genoa, will get a public hearing Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will hold the hearing at 1 p.m. at Stoddard Village Hall, 180 N. Main St.
Dairyland needs a construction permit to install new sulfur dioxide control equipment, as well as a modified operating permit for the plant which reflects the new equipment, said Charles V. Sans Crainte, Dairyland’s vice president of generation.
The hearing does not formally deal with Dairyland’s need to dispose of additional coal ash created by the new pollution control equipment. Dairyland is evaluating sites in the town of Harmony and near Vernon County’s existing landfill as potential ash landfills. Property owners and neighbors in the town of Harmony have organized in opposition to a landfill.
Sans Crainte said the site adjacent to the Vernon County Landfill is Dairyland’s “preferred alternative.” He said Dairyland expects to hold a public meeting sometime this summer to share the data it collects about the potential landfill sites.
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