Subject: 19157/File Objections/Haz.Waste Facility
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1991 15:30:00 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 19157
                   
                   
                   A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF 
                   OBJECTIONS TO A PROPOSED HAZARDOUS WASTE 
                   PROCESSING FACILITY.
                   
                   
                                                     
                   
                   
       	    	 WHEREAS, the firm of Tri-State Steel Drum ("TSSD"), a 
       Georgia corporation, has applied to the Georgia Environmental 
       Protection Department ("EPD") for a permit to process, treat and 
       store up to 580,000 gallons per day of hazardous waste at a 
       facility located in Georgia on the Tennessee border, adjacent to 
       Hamilton County and the City of Chattanooga; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the site of the proposed facility is bounded by 
       Chickamauga Creek, located within the 100-years flood plain, 
       primarily accessible by road through the densely-populated areas 
       of East Brainerd, and served by rail which crosses Hamilton 
       County; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the operation of the TSSD facility would cause 
       the importation of hazardous waste, much of which could be 
       transported through the neighborhoods of Chattanooga, and could 
       also pose a threat to the environment of the region; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the EPD will receive comments from the public 
       for the purpose of considering whether to approve the application;
       	    	 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 
       THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That there be and is hereby 
       authorized the filing of objections to a proposed hazardous waste 
       facility.
       
       ADOPTED:  September 10, 1991  
       
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