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After more than a year-long investigation, the US EPA alleged Renergy, Inc. burnt off some of the excess biogas it produced that contained levels of hydrogen sulfide–an extremely flammable and highly toxic colorless gas known for its “rotten egg” odor– that were above permitted levels (exceeding 1,000 ppmv concentration)
Protestors rally in the parking lot of the Bath Township building.
Dozens of people gathered at the Bath Township Trustee building in Fairborn Wednesday night to protest the controversial bio-waste operation on Herr Road owned by Central Ohio-based Renergy Inc. The protestors said they know their opposition will be a marathon, not a sprint.
Last week, Greene County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Buckwalter ruled that the Bath Township biodigester is a public utility, because it creates a small amount of green energy. That makes it exempt from local zoning rules, per Ohio state law. Township trustees said earlier this week in a Facebook post that they would filed a motion to appeal the decision.
A filtration pool at the Yellow Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant on Grinnell Road.
The company that runs a biodigester in Greene County has stopped accepting human waste. That means local municipalities need to find other ways to dispose of the sludge that comes out of their wastewater treatment plants.
Nearby residents have complained of the smell and potential health and environmental hazards from Renergy s Fairborn operation for some time, including at a protest last year at the Bath Township Trustee Building. Some residents even filed a lawsuit last month against the company and the property owner, Tom Pitstick, who leases his land for the operation. Furthermore, since Pitstick is a Bath Township Trustee, which is where the biodigester operation is located, residents have also raised concerns about transparency. In December, the Ohio Ethics Commission issued a subpoena for Bath Township records regarding Pitstick and Renergy.