Two recent letters have prompted me to finally write concerning the proposed biodiesel plant in Iredell County. I am a member of the group Iredell Neighbors for Rural Life (INFRL) which recently dropped the word “North” from its name.
The group believes that this issue is a county issue, not a Snow Creek Road issue or a North Iredell issue. This is a belief I have had from the beginning. I do not live in the Snow Creek Road area.
I spoke at the county commission meeting in August, expressing my objections to placing the plant in a residential area. It concerns me greatly that the county commissioners, with little thought and deliberation, rezoned a R20 residential area to heavy manufacturing. This is the area where the local residents had fought hard to get zoned R20 in 1998. The commissioners also ignored the County Land Use Plan, which states that this area is to remain residential.
I am not opposed to a biodiesel plant in Iredell County. I oppose a plant in a residential area on a narrow two-lane road where school buses, high school drivers and bicycles travel, and where the infrastructure is not in place for a chemical plant.
I have researched biodiesel plants and am in favor of them. I want such a plant located in an appropriate location, where danger can be minimized and where zoning can be respected. After all, don’t let anybody be fooled: a biodiesel plant is a chemical plant with inherent dangers.
I agree that the FCX Plant might be an appropriate location, but there are several other appropriate sites in Iredell County. This plant does not need to be located in a residential area.
I have not only expressed my objections to the location of the proposed biodiesel plant but have also committed financial resources to fight this battle.
Loraine Watt
Statesville
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I agree, the old FCX plant should be looked into further. This is something that it could be utilized for.
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