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A Resolution of the Urban County Council expressing the opposition of the Urban County Council to the initial issuance of a Title V Permit (V-22-018) for the operation of an Air Curtain Incinerator by C&R Asphalt LLC at 1400 Cahill Dr. and 415 Rebmann Ln., directly adjacent to McConnell Springs Park, and requesting a public hearing, and authorizing and directing the Urban County Council Clerk to provide this Resolution to the Commonwealth of Ky., Div. for Air Quality. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, C&R Asphalt LLC has purchased an air curtain incinerator to burn wood waste, clean lumber, or yard waste that cannot be mulched at 1400 Cahill Drive and 415 Rebmann Lane, in Lexington, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, the use of the air curtain incinerator requires a Title V Permit from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Division for Air Quality; and
WHEREAS, C&R Asphalt LLC has applied for a Title V Permit from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Division for Air Quality, and a draft Title V Permit (V-22-018) has been posted for public comment; and
WHEREAS, the air curtain incinerator has the potential to emit 185.4 tons per year of particulate matter and over 50,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide into the air; and
WHEREAS, the air curtain incinerator does not contain a smoke stack and burns wood waste on the ground, effectively releasing smoke at ground level; and
WHEREAS, 415 Rebmann Lane is within five hundred (500) feet of McConnell Springs Park, a twenty-six acre nature sanctuary believed to be the founding location of Lexington in 1775 that sits at a lower elevation than C&R Asphalt's property; and
WHEREAS, McConnell Springs Park hosts more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) visitors a year for passive recreation, environmental education programming, and volunteerism efforts; and
WHEREAS, McConnell Springs Park represents a success story for Lexington-Fayette County, in that the local community mobilized to remove hundreds of tons of trash and construction ...
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