Judge dismisses case against biomass plant

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/judge-dismisses-case-against-biomass-plant/nZFKt/

Posted: 3:23 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, 2013

By April Hunt

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

An administrative law judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of DeKalb County residents opposed to a proposed biomass plant near Lithonia.

Judge Amanda Baxter said the Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment, or CHASE, did not respond in a timely manner to various court orders in its challenge to a state air permit for the facility.

Green Energy Partners had secured the state permit for the $60 million facility on Rogers Lake Road, which calls for burning wood chips to create energy that it will sell to Georgia Power. County Commissioners approved a rezoning chance for the plant in 2011, and company officials plan to break ground on the facility later this year.

Biomass Plant & Jobs Headed to Lithonia

http://www.gpb.org/blogs/georgia-works/2013/08/02/biomass-plant-jobs-headed-to-lithonia#

By Chip Rogers 
 Posted August 2, 2013 1:50pm (EDT) 

Georgia has become a national leader in the production of Biomass material for energy production

Green Energy Partners has been given the green light by an administrative law judge to construct a biomass plant in Lithonia, GA.

The facility will be located on 21 acres and will cost $60 million to construct.

Green Energy will ultimately sell the energy it creates to Georgia Power.

The construction process is expected to create more than 100 jobs.Once complete the facility will employ 25 people or more on a full-time basis.