Sludge Watch ==> Taft California - Synagro 'bait and switch' gambit fails

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Synagro has dismayed the residents of Kern County by forging ahead with 
their plans
to build a huge sludge compost facility despite the 'Keep Kern Clean' 
campaign.  They got
a permit that said maximum storage time would be 7 days and then asked for 
60 days storage.

Lets say the mood of the people and the regulators was not receptive......
According to today's story, Synagro has backed off their request.  So where 
will sludge be stored?
What unlucky community will get the stockpiled sludge ?
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Synagro drops permit application for extended composting
The Bakersfield Californian | Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 6:01 PM
Last Updated: Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 6:01 PM

Syngro, the company opening a large sludge composting plant in Taft, has 
dropped an effort to extend the compost stockpiling period from a week to 90 
days.

The company drew fire recently when it asking to change rules so that it 
could store composted sludge for 90 days rather than seven, as the existing 
permit allowed.




http://www.bakersfield.com/619/story/92531.html