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Notes about Proposed
Medical Waste Processing in Payne City
Judge Verda Colvin
addresses Kenneth Taylor, who wants to put a medical waste
facility in Payne City, from the bench Thursday 9-11-14, in Bibb
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Payne City could soon get medical waste treatment facility By AMY LEIGH WOMACK awomack@macon.com September 11, 2014. |
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| http://www.macon.com/2014/09/11/3300070_devoid-of-zoning-ordinances-payne.html Devoid of zoning or land use ordinances that could block a proposed “red bag” facility, Payne City could soon be home to a new medical waste sterilizing center. City leaders denied a request for a letter in 2011 that would certify that the facility meets Payne City’s zoning ordinances and solid waste management plan. Kenneth Taylor, N. Alan McKee, Vicky Hutchinson and Medsafe LLC subsequently filed a petition in Bibb County Superior Court asking a judge to rule that the city must issue the letter, clearing the way for the facility to continue seeking state approval. Lawyer Matthew Hall, who represents Taylor and his business partners, argued during a Thursday hearing that Payne City doesn’t have any zoning ordinances, and the facility doesn’t fit into any of the exclusions in the solid waste management plan that governs Payne City and Bibb County. As a result, the city must issue the letter, he said. Robert Melton, the lawyer representing Payne City, said the former city of Macon filed an objection to the proposed facility because its placement doesn’t fit with surrounding land use in the adjacent area, Freedom Park. The facility is proposed to be placed at the site of a warehouse located at 136 Rose Ave., less than a football field length away from a Freedom Park ball field. Taylor said he has owned the property for about 12 years. Melton said Payne City should be able to object to the facility being approved based on Macon’s reservations. What’s more, he said, there is no business plan or contract for renovating the building or getting customers, he said. Nearly 70 people attended a public hearing about the proposed facility in July 2011, Melton said. Hall said the hearing was solely for informational purposes and had no bearing on the approval for the facility. While Melton alleged the attendees represented about a third of Payne City’s population, Hall said the crowd wasn’t solely made up of Payne City residents. “The whole town of Payne City didn’t show up,” Hall said. “RED BAG” WASTE Hall argued that the mayor and council members were acting out of “unsubstantiated fear” and had personal objections to the facility. City council members have admitted in depositions that they didn’t read the solid waste management plan prior to issuing their denial letter, he said. Hall alleges city officials “grossly abused their discretion” by not issuing the compliance letter. In explaining the proposed facility to the judge, Hall said it’s not the type of place where human body parts or animal carcasses are taken. “There are not bags of blood. There are not arms and human legs. We’re talking about sharps. We’re taking about cotton balls,” he said. The facility would have a machine to crush medical needles, grinding them so they can be disposed of in a landfill, Hall said. In addition to zoning and infrastructure concerns, Payne City has cited the facility using unproven technology and safety concerns as reasons for the denial. Hall said the methods used by the facility and safety are issues outside the city’s purview, but the Environmental Protection Division will address that during its approval process. “The EPD is going to protect the citizens of Georgia from environmental problems,” Hall said. “We’ve got to jump through the hoops, and this is a stumbling block.” Taylor said the EPD has visited the site and said it’s an “excellent site.” City officials also said the facility would place an undue financial burden on the city. Hall said the facility’s approval would spur the city receiving licensing fees and property taxes. If approved, the facility would be the first of its type in Georgia. It would employ 12 to 15 people, Taylor said. Judge Verda Colvin didn’t issue a ruling Thursday. Although she said Payne City has a compelling argument of “we don’t need this here,” Colvin said case law appears to side with Taylor and his business partners. “I have to follow the law,” Colvin said. |
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http://www.macon.com/classified-ads/ad/1519759 GEORGIA, BIBB COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING PROPOSED SITE: 136 ROSE AVE, PAYNE CITY, GEORGIA 31204 PROPOSED COMPANY: MEDSAFE, LLC PROPOSED FACILITY: BIOMEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY DATE OF MEETING: AUGUST 31. 2011 TIME: 6:PM PLACE: TOWN HALL OF PAYNE CITY, GEORGIA 31204 -THE TOWN OF PAYNE CITY, GEORGIA WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED BY GEORGIA LAW. THIS PUBLIC MEETING IS TO INFORM RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS IN THE AREA OF THE PROPOSED SITE. -ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING NO LATER THAN AUGUST 10, 2011 TO THE MAYOR OF PAYNE CITY AT 112 GREEN STREET, PAYNE CITY, GA 31204. #2877171: 7/27-8/25 |
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Notes about Proposed Medical Waste Processing in Payne City
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Thursday, Jul. 14, 20112nd Payne City public hearing to be held for proposed plant - mbhandari@macon.com
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http://www.macon.com/2011/07/12/1628414/proposed-payne-city-medical-waste.html Tuesday, Jul. 12, 2011Proposed Payne City medical waste plant draws
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http://www.gaepd.org Georgia Department of Natural Resouces Environmental Protection Division (EPD) Contacts: Jeff Cown - 404 362-2566 - Land Protection and Solid Waste Division. Michael A. Kemp, P.E. Manager - Industrial Solid Waste Unit Atlanta Tradeport, Suite 104 4244 International Parkway Atlanta, Georgia 30354 Ph: (404) 362-4918 Fax: (404) 362-2693 Mike_Kemp@DNR.State.Ga.us |
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Some local citizens visited the EPD on Friday 7-8-11 to look at the file for the proposed medical waste facility. Random notes follow. This is what the EPD paperwork says the plant does: it takes boxed medical waste, shreds it into 2 inch pieces, mixes it with bleach. The waste is tumbled in the bleach in a slightly pressurized container for a specified time. The waste is mechanically removed, compacted which removes 85% of the bleach. The waste water is recycled back into the system. The damp waste is air-dried and the air is passed through HEPA and carbon filters. When it is dry enough, it is taken to the landfill. Plant owner is Alan McKee. He has no other plants in GA and does not have a compliance record. He tried to open a facility for sludge and medical waste in Geneva GA in Talbot Co. but he did not get a permit. He was not denied, but he didn’t finish the process. There was public opposition about the sludge in Geneva. In 2007 he made a proposal to site an incinerator in the same building. That went nowhere. The plant does not have a permit at this point, but application has been made. The meeting should have been announced with a sign posted at the site, but there was no sign. We looked. There was confusion in the permit about the address, and there is no address on the building. We have photos to document this. The plant proposes to take 8,800 pounds of waste per day. Some of the correspondence referenced two “semi tractors” on site to move the waste around. The hours of operation were not referenced, nor were the days of operation. Mr. McKee will also own and operate the trucks that haul the waste. There was no mention of traffic, not the suitability of roads, but the application did say that most of the traffic came from the houses in Payne City. We know many children who play ball in Freedom Park, and this is absolutely the largest traffic generator. The ballpark was only mentioned in passing. The close proximity of 3 restaurants was not mentioned. Storm Drainage from the site will go into Freedom Park's Liberty Lake. A full decontamination cycle uses 220 gallons of water. They are proposing 8 cycles per day, 1100 pounds of waste per cycle. They claim there will be no free Chlorine discharged to the sewer system, but no mention of how this will be tested. Macon Water Authority has stated they would have a problem if this plant's effluent got into the sanitary sewage lines. They mentioned that employees will need little skill to operate the plant, and that hearing protection was a part of the equipment issued. However, there was no mention of noise from the plant. There will be a large storage tank for the bleach (maybe 1000 gal.?) The solution is 12.5% NaOCl. Pretty strong oxidizer. This is 2x as powerful as pure Clorox which is only 6% sodium hypochlorite. Some of the material (acceptable waste) listed in the plant design differs from a list for acceptable waste allowed under Georgia regulations. They mentioned that they would take chemotherapy waste, but GA regs. prohibit it. Radiological waste was addressed as something they would not take ( GA regs prohibit this too) and the correspondence did mention that each truck will have a Geiger counter. Human body parts, blood, liquid waste if containerized in things that can be shredded, sharps if containerized, discarded equipment that can be shredded, waste from infected animals, (but no animal carcasses or parts), infected cultures and stocks. There were questions about whether this plant was in compliance with the solid waste management plan for Payne City. There was also a document that listed Bibb Co, the City of Macon and Payne City as having one solid waste management plan. The mayor of Payne City, Mr. Mullis (is he the same person who had a waste hauling company that was used by the old incinerator?) signed a paper that said they were in compliance, but this is very hazy. Citizens left EPD with a long list of questions. It sounds like this is an acceptable treatment process, but the site is highly questionable. Why here? Payne City has 178 people according to the 2000 census (didn’t search for more recent figures). They have no zoning. Where do the regs for the city/county overtake their regs or non-regs? Who maintains their roads? City/county/Payne city? The considerable truck traffic will affect the roads, and cost someone some money. |
| On the 2004 MedSafe LLC, New Filing, http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/imaging/11808888.pdf Under Article 4, which also states the corporate objectives, Allen McKee and Vicky Hutchinson are listed as the Managing Members. SOS Office has current, corporate registrations for MedSafe LLC. Vicky Hutchinson of Box Springs, Ga (Tablot County) is listed as the current, corporate agent: http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?248709 |
Med-Safe LLC incineration Medical Sterilization What type of Processing Plant in Payne City ? http://www.medsafedisposal.com/frequently-asked-questions-about-pill-returns.html How does MedSafe Disposal protect our waterways and drinking water? MedSafe Disposal incinerates ALL received drugs whether they are prescriptions, over-the-counter medications or holistic medicines and vitamins. Incineration is the only alternative that does not leave risk for water contamination. Almost all available resources will advise you to not put your expired, old and unwanted drugs down the drain but many will tell you to mix them with kitty-litter or coffee grounds and dispose of in your regular garbage. MedSafe Disposal does not recommend this since they are still accessible to children and because landfilling is no a guarantee that contamination will not reach the groundwater since leaching may still occur at various sites. http://www.medsafedisposal.com/ According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, "Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) are being discovered in our Nation's waterways at very low concentrations. Pharmaceuticals refer to prescription and over-the-counter therapeutic drugs and veterinary drugs." In 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey collected water samples from 139 streams in 30 states and determined that 80% of these streams had measurable concentrations of prescription and nonprescription drugs, steroids, and reproductive hormones. According to various governmental and scientific agencies exposure to even low levels of drugs has negative effects on fish and other aquatic species, and may also negatively affect human health. The World Health Organization has recently established a task force to study and provide guidance on the management of this threat. As our population grows larger and older the use of pharmaceuticals continues to increase exponentially. MedSafe Disposal is filling a void by offering a cost effective mail-back treatment program needed to get the drugs out of our waterways and our drinking water. http://www.georgiapublicnotice.com/pages/full_story/push?article-GEORGIA-+BIBB+COUNTY &id=13958116 GEORGIA, BIBB COUNTY -Payne City will hold a public meeting on July 11, 2011 at 6:30 pm at City Hall in Payne City, to discuss the biomedical sterilization processing plant, MedSafe, LLC, 136 Rose Avenue, Payne City, GA 31204. All interested citizens are invited to attend the hearing. Anyone wishing to speak must file a request letter to the Town of Payne City, 112 Green Street, Payne City, GA 31204. #2872619: 6/8-7/7 Web: http://www.linkedin.com/company/medsafe-disposal-llc (?) |
| Pill power plants popping up Old medication being used as an alternative energy source By EMILY FREDRIX Associated Press July 28, 2007, 12:11AM MICHAEL CONROY ASSOCIATED PRESS Pallets of pharmaceutical products are moved to the loading bin at the Covanta Energy Corp. incineration plant in Indianapolis last week. Covanta began converting pharmaceutical waste to energy in the 1990s. Share Del.icio.usDiggTwitterFacebookStumbleUponEmail MILWAUKEE — Don't be so quick to throw out that expired blood pressure medication. Drug disposal companies are taking outdated or recalled prescription drugs from pharmacies and manufacturers and incinerating them, generating energy. Milwaukee-based Capital Returns last year created enough energy to power more than 220 homes for a year. To do that, it incinerated 6.5 million pounds of pills and other pharmaceuticals, which are sent from pharmacies and drug manufacturers around the country. The company predicts individuals and not just corporate clients soon will be able to have their unwanted drugs incinerated, too, creating an even larger source of energy. Such a move — which the federal government must OK — would give people an alternative to flushing the often toxic substances down their toilets, which can pollute the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency encourages local drug-collection programs to limit the amount of medication that makes it into the water supply, said Ben Grumbles, the EPA's assistant administrator for water. Using resources Incineration, when done properly, has minimal effect on the environment. But federal approval could take years. In the meantime, pilot disposal programs are sprouting around the country. The push for these programs will grow as the population ages and people rely on more pharmaceuticals, said Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, which just received an EPA grant to start a pilot program where people return drugs by mail. "That would make it a win-win situation for everybody involved and certainly add to the payoff," said Kaye, who also spearheads a conference of academics and others on ways to expand drug disposal. "We want simply at this point to destroy them properly. That's an accomplishment in and of itself." The pharmaceutical disposal industry — now only used by manufacturers and pharmacies — started in the early 1990s. Before that, pharmacies had to do returns themselves or wait for pharmaceutical companies to pick up unwanted drugs and handle destruction. Since the beginning, Capital Returns decided to use incineration plants that convert to energy to limit environmental impact, said president Larry Hruska. Last year it created nearly 2 million kilowatt hours of electricity, enough to light up 220 homes for a year. The electrical industry figures the average home uses 9,000 kilowatt hours a year. "Instead of just having this product go some place and be destroyed, and have no benefit whatsoever because it's dumped in the ground, it's great it's able to create some energy and a resource that people are able to use," he said. A growing trend Capital Returns has 28 percent of the returns market and expects a 20 percent increase this year in revenue, Hruska said. He would not give dollar figures for the company, a unit of privately owned GENCO, based in Pittsburgh. There are about 40 medical returns companies — called "reverse distributors" — registered with the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to its Web site. Even though Capital Returns figures only about 1 percent of all drugs are returned, either because of recall or expiration, there's plenty to be had. The company estimates the value of pharmaceuticals returned to third-party disposal companies each year is $4 billion to $5 billion, though that's not what disposal companies are paid. It declined to release such numbers. Pharma Logistics, which takes drugs back from pharmacies, sends about 24,000 pounds of pharmaceuticals — a semi-truck full — for disposal each week to the same incineration plant Capital Returns uses. President Mike Zaccaro said they chose the plant because it generates energy. He figures the entire industry disposes of about 16 million pounds of pharmaceuticals a year. Covanta Energy Corp. has converted waste to energy for 20 years, using everything from municipal sludge to everyday trash. It has incinerated pharmaceuticals since the mid-1990s, and now does such disposals at 21 of its 32 facilities, said spokesman Derek Porter. Porter said pharmaceutical disposal is a small, but growing, part of the business. The Ind-ianapolis plant sells steam directly to the local utility, though the majority of Covanta's other plants harvest the steam created from incineration and use that to create electricity, which is then sold to utilities. Capital Returns is devising its own pilot program for consumers to mail back medications in a three-county area around Milwaukee. A tiny amount of energy States are starting to craft their own pilot programs as well, and some of them create energy. The state of Washington has tested return programs at pharmacies in a five-county area since last October. People return their unused drugs anonymously at pharmacies, and they are eventually incinerated and turned into energy, said Emma Johnson, resource efficiency coordinator for solid waste programs in the state's Department of Ecology. The incineration is done, for now, at the Spokane Waste-To-Energy facility, though Johnson said the program hopes to switch to a hazardous waste facility if it can get waivers to handle such materials from the government. So far, they've collected about 2,000 pounds of medicine. That translates into a tiny amount of energy — she couldn't even estimate it — but any amount helps, she said. Most program participants don't know their drugs are being turned into power, she said. They like knowing their drugs aren't getting into the hands of children, pets or people abusing medication, or that they won't pollute nearby water. "There are a lot of people out there who really want to do the right thing," Johnson said. "They just don't have either the resources or some place convenient to go." Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/5007805.html |
| Read more: Georgia Press Association Public Notice Website - GEORGIA BIBB COUNTY Notice: http://www.georgiapublicnotice.com/pages/full_story/push?article-GEORGIA-+BIBB+COUNTY%20&id=13958116 Web: http://www.linkedin.com/company/medsafe-disposal-llc (?) http://www.safemeddisposal.com/documents/pharmaceuticaldisposaljuly07.pdf This link has industry blah blah http://www.inciner8.com/?gclid=CJu4tdD0xKkCFYrr7QodEhM5Ww Incineration is easy! Buy one off the shelf http://www.energyjustice.net/incineration/ All incinerators are incinerators. http://www.epa.gov/ttn/nsr/gen/rm_2.html epa doc that defines all incinerators as municipal incinerators. Here's an excerpt from the National Park Service comments on the Greene Energy Resource Recovery Project: "Compliance Monitoring We recommend that a filterable PM10 limit and Continuous Emissions Monitor (CEM) requirements be added. For example, the West Virginia Division of Air Quality (WVDAQ) has included both filterable and condensable PM10 in its permit limit for Longview Power, and proposed that PM emissions be monitored by a CEM within 18 months of boiler start-up or when performance specifications for such monitors are promulgated, whichever comes later.[1] We continue to believe that CEMs are an important tool for monitoring compliance. For that reason, we recommend that a PM CEM be installed upon startup. [1] Those CEM Performance Specifications were later promulgated by EPA on 1/12/04." EPA's comments submitted on 3/11/2005, were as follows: "The proposed plan approval requires annual stack testing to assure compliance with the particulate matter emission limits from the CFB and its associated fabric-filter baghouse. In light of the evolution of CEMS systems for particulate matter, EPA is strongly urging the requirement to install and operate a particulate matter CEMS at the proposed facility. Currently, there are several facilities that operate PM CEMS and have demonstrated that the systems are reliable and accurate. These are Tampa Electric power plant (Florida), Eli Lilly Corporation (Indiana), and the U.S. Department of Energy (Tennessee). EPA has also secured commitments from up to 30 existing coal-fired utility installations to install PM CEMS over the next couple of years. It is fair to assume that the state of technology for PM CEMS will be even further evolved by the time the proposed Robinson Power facility begins operation. Further, the facility will be required to establish a compliance assurance monitoring plan (CAM) as part of its title V operating permit and the federal CAM regulations strongly encourage reliance on continuous monitoring systems as a means for assuring compliance. Also, the upcoming re-designation of the area to nonattainment for PM2.5 suggests that more timely and accurate data regarding PM emissions from the proposed facility would be important information." |
Payne
City votes down biomedical waste facility
Published: September 8, 2011 http://www.macon.com/2011/09/08/1694289/payne-city-votes-down-waste-facility.html By LINDA S. MORRIS lmorris@macon.com PAYNE CITY -- The City Council decided Wednesday that a proposed biomedical waste treatment plant does not conform to the city’s solid waste handling plan. Geneva-based MedSafe had planned to put a chlorine-based medical waste treatment plant at 136 Rose Ave. in the hamlet of Payne City. The company proposed to treat certain biomedical waste including syringes, waste from infected animals other than carcasses and body parts, and infected cultures and stocks, according to the company’s operational plan. After Mayor Grace McCrimmons handed out a statement Wednesday evening to council members setting out why the company’s proposed plant did not conform to the city’s solid waste handling plan, there was very little discussion by council members before the 3-1 vote. Councilman Phil Martin was the only member to vote in support of the company. The statement handed out by McCrimmons included several reasons why the company would not be suitable in Payne City: -- Payne City’s land use is residential and commercial, and the facility would be incompatible with the existing land use. -- The proposed facility would use unproven technology. The applicant was not able to produce any information about the noise level or odors from the plant or how the waste would be handled before and after treatment. -- The proposed facility would have placed an undue financial burden on Payne City, especially road damage from tractor-trailers to the plant. -- The proposed facility would have damaged existing infrastructure in Payne City -- The plant would have discouraged new small businesses, and some existing business owners had indicated they would move if the facility came to Payne City. Martin questioned how the city could restrict trucks coming to one business but not to others. “I counted six or seven tractor-trailers going to restaurants when I was out there for a couple of hours,” Martin said. “Are we going to restrict other trucks, too?” Allen McKee, who owns MedSafe, and Ken Taylor, who owns the property where the plant would be located, left the meeting as soon as it ended and didn’t make any public comments. Payne City has held two other public meetings about MedSafe during which several people complained about the plant, mostly about the location. Since trucks to the plant would have to maneuver around a sharp turn located in Macon’s Freedom Park, Macon City Council passed a resolution during its meeting Tuesday night expressing “concern” about the plant. The Macon City Council suggested it would be better in another location. Taylor has said eight to 10 trucks a day would come and go from the plant once it was in full operation. The technology that the plant would use to treat medical waste has been accepted by the state Environmental Protection Division, said Michael Kemp, manager of the EPD’s Industrial Solid Waste Unit under the Solid Waste Management Program. Kemp is not aware of any company in the United States currently using the medical waste treatment process known as Med WasteTec LFB 12-5. However, the EPD reviewed a report from 2002 on the same process used at a hospital in England. MedSafe’s permit application by the EPD “is under review,” Kemp said. “It is referred to as alternate biomedical waste treatment technology, and that technology was accepted as a viable technology,” he said. “The Design and Operation Plan at this point are approvable.” The EPD was waiting on last week’s public hearing, which must be held at least two weeks before an EPD permit could be issued. Kemp said in an e-mail earlier in the day Wednesday that he wasn’t sure if the city’s decision would affect the EPD permitting process. “Once the meeting is complete and any minutes or record (or related correspondence from Payne City) is submitted to EPD, we’ll know more,” Kemp said. Information from Telegraph archives was used in this report. Ava 1 comment Way to go Payne City. Jobs at any cost is not the best way to go. Kudos to you for giving this proposed business thoughtful consideration and I hope you stick to your decision and don't get bullied into letting this Trojan Horse into your little town. Tyronewashington 2 comments how stupid is this? they had a chance to create jobs and with any luck knowing bibb county public school drop outs would have made a major mistake and spilled something and killed the whole area off..... to bad indeed smarterthanthem 1 comment Interesting that they decided to go to a residential area. Why not that old industrial area behind Armstrong? I wouldn't want that stuff near me. beenthere 1 comment think of all the health and medical problems that the neighborhood and the recreation people will avert. but most of all all the construction road problems averted. they made a wise decision. the future is more important that the present in this case. carpepm 1 comment No 18-wheelers come to the businesses in Payne City. Beer distributors might use a long trailer truck that delivers beer to the Shamrock, but it's not an 18-wheeler. Most, if not all, of the produce that's delivered to the rear of Harpin's Restaurant (he's only open for lunch!) or the Shamrock is delivered by box truck, not 18-wheelers! It's a moot point anyway because those businesses are located on a super wide four lane road which narrows to a one-lane (yes, one-lane, one-way) road at the proposed site of the Med-Waste Plant. The only other way in to the site is one-way Gardner Street which is city owned and goes right smack dab through the parking lot of Vine-Ingle Little League Park and Freedom Park. Continuing to offer misleading, if not downright inaccurate information, does not help the Med-Safe cause one iota. evneeser 1 comment They said this would create like 8 jobs. If it was bad enough to run off say The Shamrock, then they City would lose like 25 jobs and gain 8. "Jobs at any cost" is a fun thing to say at political rallies, but when the cost is potentially more jobs lost than gained you shouldn't even start the conversation. The environmental situation that they would put that entire area in and surrounding Payne City would be detrimental for decades. To say any job is a good job is ridiculous. There are plenty of areas that are removed from restaurants, schools, public parks, and houses that they can locate a business like this, but instead they choose to try to do it in a tiny town where they thought they could bully their way in and pay less taxes while still receiving all the infrastructure of Macon. Go out to an established industrial park where the infrastructure is established for this type of facility. shutterB 2 comments It's amazing how tea partiers will support abolishing the EPA and support Drill Baby Drill, as long as it isn't in their back yard. What happened to "jobs at any cost"? I do agree with Martin about the semis. Seems every little restaurant has delivery by 18 wheeler, blocking the parking lot and road, when a smaller truck would make more sense. Sounds like someone in Payne City would have benefited from this. There are many other places around Macon that could support this place. Allied Industrial park is one, anywhere down near Dry Branch would work.. the local population wouldn't though Doc 6 comments Payne City Council just saved the viability of their neighborhood and local restaurants. Nobody would come to eat if they had to smell the chlorinated body parts next door! Plus the softball fans won't have to smell stink either. There is a time and a place for all things. Med-waste folks need to locate in an industrial area further from population centers, bedrooms and eateries. I wish them luck and a better sense of direction,location and purpose. politically_n_correct 4 comments Doc I agree with you. However, just WHERE is there a place that that urban sprawl cannot find it's way to encompass such a facility regardless of where it's placed initially? Every one of us has heard the statements of "When I was a kid there was nothing in this area except the rabbits I hunted" Take Riverside Drive for example, 40 years ago there was practically nothing beyond the old American Legion and Arkwright road was barely a path through the woods. Now look at it. Or Hartley Bridge Raod... 40 years ago I, myself, used to hunt in that area and there was little more than cow pastures in the vicinity of it and 475. I totally agree that and industry dealing with contaminated waste doesn't need to be in the middle of a city, but nowhere you go will you find an area (around here) that will not "become" the "middle of the city". I just hate it that ANY industry is turned away when our economy is in the hole it is. If nothing else maybe they need to look at (I think it's called) the Tobesofkee Industrial Park out in south Macon. That land is prepared, ready for big truck traffic and sitting with nothing happening. Just another wasted "industrial park". GeorgiaNana 1 comment ...seems pretty obvious that the owner of the proposed building site (Ken Taylor) would be the one to benefit ($$$). I believe there would have only been 3 or 4 jobs available. Like many others here have pointed out...there are dozens of other properties in Macon more suited for this. Kudos to the residents of Payne City for coming together & fighting this. |
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