PA. Providing $9 Million Grant to Plant that will release 245 tons of emissions/yr.(mostly Hexane)

[JPZenger]

Last edited Mon Mar 18, 2013, 08:32 AM - Edit history (2)

OK, some things even amaze me.

A $8.75 million State grant was approved from PA. to help build a new soybean processing plant in Lancaster County near the Susquehanna River.

OK.... how does that affect me?

"That facility could discharge 245 tons in emissions each year, most of it hexane, Kasianowitz said.

However, only half of the hexane emitted would be in the compound's form of a hazardous pollutant, said Julie DeYoung, a spokeswoman for Perdue Agribusiness."

OK, so its only 122 tons per year of a hazardous air pollutant. That makes me feel so much better.

http://www.ydr.com/business/ci_22189769



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Here's an excerpt from a post from the owner of a Lebanon County chicken processing company:

http://www.bellandevans.com/content/even-friends-can-sometimes-disagree-perduethe-commonwealth

"Letter from Scott Sechler

In my opinion, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is about to support their second biggest mistake in just a few years -- the Perdue Hexane Extraction Soybean Processing Plant in Lancaster County. The first was the Ethanol plant in Clearfield County that went bankrupt.

Hexane extraction soybean processing was studied and turned down in Pennsylvania several times over the last 40 years. This old short cut is dangerous technology for producing soybean meal and consumer groups agree this meal should not be consumed by humans or animals, any more than the “junk” called DDGS which is the by-product of the Ethanol industry. Hexane is a chemical by-product of the oil industry that is explosive, smells like model airplane glue and is very dangerous, in fact it is considered a Hazardous Air Pollutant by the EPA. In my opinion, products derived from Hexane extraction or Ethanol by-product should be considered inhumane for humans or animals to consume."

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http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/758510_Proposed-Perdue-soybean-crushing-plant-would-pollute.html

Excerpt of article from the Lancaster paper:

"In another development in the $59 million project, Perdue AgriBusiness has rejected a report warning that side-by-side tank storage of the flammable hexane posed an explosion risk to plant workers and surrounding residents....

Because hexane also is highly flammable and its vapors capable of exploding, the Local Emergency Planning Committee of Lancaster County met recently to discuss evacuation and emergency alert plans."

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Much more info at

https://www.facebook.com/notes/southcentralpa-smartgrowth/proposed-purdue-plantlancaster-county/396927777065426

By the way, this Purdue Agri-Business company is separate from the Purdue Chicken company, although it has some of the same family-member owners.

[Curmudgeoness]

1. What the hell are we eating anymore?

I hear about something like this, and I am appalled that they would use it to produce something edible.

At the proposed Conoy Township plant, adjacent to the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority's trash-to-energy incinerator, hexane is a solvent that would be used to separate oil from soybean meal.

Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/758510_Proposed-Perdue-soybean-crushing-plant-would-pollute.html#ixzz2MKsY0I7o

Do I even want to know what they are doing to produce some of the things that I consume? I guess not.

And I guess we will not be cleaning up air in the state any time soon with this.