The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced the start of the 30-day public comment period for four of the critical projects submitted through the Critical Projects Process (CPP) and under the consideration of the federally appointed entity’s Revitalization Coordinator.
Puerto Rican stateside lawmakers Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez and Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez met with U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday to brief him — and express their opposition — on the waste-to-energy incinerator project proposed by Energy Answers in Arecibo.
More than three years after first proposing the construction of a $750 million Resource Recovery Facility — or waste-to-energy — plant in Arecibo, Albany, NY-based Energy Answers confirmed Thursday that the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board of Puerto Rico granted the Air Quality Location and Construction Final Permit needed to move forward with the project.
Eight years into a drive to build a $650 million waste-to-energy plant in Arecibo, the first of its kind in Puerto Rico, Energy Answers is moving closer to its goal. But roadblocks remain, including one serious enough to challenge the project's financial viability.
Less than a week after the Puerto Rico government cancelled its contract with Energy Answers for the construction and operation of a new 77-megawatt solid waste facility in Arecibo, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday its final approval of an air permit for the proposed waste-to-energy plant.
Energy Answers, the company looking to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Arecibo, recently partnered with the town’s National University College campus and Better World Books to establish a pilot project focused on reusing books and reducing the high volume of waste cluttering island landfills.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a new round of public hearing sessions to accept public comments on its proposed action to approve an air permit to Energy Answers International Inc., which has announced plans to build a $500 million, 77-megawatt waste-to-energy plant at the former site of the Global Fibers Paper Mill in Arecibo.
Arecibo-area residents got their chance to express their concerns about the waste-to-energy incinerator project that New York-based Energy Answers is proposing to build in their neighborhood during an informative meeting that drew heavy participation this week.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday it will hold a public hearing June 25 to give the public a chance to express their concerns about the proposed waste-to-energy plant project slated for Arecibo.
The proposed $500 million waste-to-energy plant that Albany, NY-based Energy Answers is seeking to build in Arecibo got an important endorsement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency earlier this week, when it approved a key permit needed to move the project forward.
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