Sludge Watch ==> Liberty Energy Ontario - power plant fueled by sludge

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludge plant's status up in the air

Environment ministry still undecided whether it wants a full assessment
The Hamilton Spectator
(Jan 3, 2007)

It looks as if it will be March at the earliest before the Ontario Ministry 
of the Environment decides whether to require a full assessment of a 
proposed Strathearne Avenue power plant fuelled by sewage sludge and wood 
waste.

The City of Hamilton and 11 other organizations and individuals objected 
last year to the plant being approved on the basis of an environmental 
screening report, which is all that's required for small electrical 
generating plants.

The ministry said in May it wanted California-based Liberty to do more 
studies on air pollution and potential odour before it ruled on the request 
to bump up the review to a full assessment.

Liberty chief executive officer Wilson Nolan said recently the company would 
deal with odour by storing wood and biomass fuel in a seven-storey building 
bigger than a football field.

In addition, it had signed a fuel-sourcing agreement to ensure its demand 
for biomass won't compete with the city's compost plant.

He said the ministry had asked for more work on an air quality assessment 
and on a human health assessment that's already at 500 pages.

Liberty expected to make its final submissions on those studies this week or 
next, with the ministry slated to decide next month whether or not to accept 
them.

If they are accepted, then the documents will be made available for a 
two-week comment period before the ministry acts on the bump-up request.

Liberty says its plant would turn fuel into a gas which would be burned in a 
boiler.

Steam from the boiler would drive an electrical generator. It has said 
emissions would exceed Ontario standards.

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Correction

The Hamilton Spectator
(Jan 4, 2007)
Correction published: - 2007.01.04

Emissions from Liberty Energy's proposed east Hamilton power plant are 
expected to be well below allowable limits. A story yesterday said emissions 
would exceed Ontario standards but the company says it will perform better 
than required

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