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US Nitrogen permit is oppossed
A group of Cocke County residents say they are concerned about a permit request by US Nitrogen to remove water from the Nolichucky River near Conway Bridge in Greene County, and dump it's discharges back into the waterway. Now a rally oppossing the permit application is planned for the Nolichucky Vineyard on Fish Hatchery Road at 7 p.m.on Thursday. The requested permit would authorize withdrawal of an industrial water supply from the river. Although the permit request was filed on March 10, local residents were not immediately notified of the permit request. The filing says US Nitrogen will use the water withdrawn for the process and for cooling water for production of nitric acid, ammonia, and ammonium nitrate solution. It calls for the construction of an intake structure and pipeline from the Nolichucky River to the plant location approximately 8.5 miles to the northeast. The pipeline would require about 20 different crossings of streams along the way. Associated with the intake and pipeline, and the outfall structure would serve as a discharge point for wastes. The discharge permit is currently under consideration by the department. US Nitrogen, a subsidiary of Austin Powder Company, is currently in the process of constructing a production facility for nitric acid, ammonia, and ammonium nitrate solution. The facility is located on approximately 500 acres in Midway. The application also proposes installation of an access road to the site and a river access ramp upstream to facilitate maintenance of the structures in the future. Storm water drainage from the ditch along the west side of Briar Thicket Road would be carried through a 30-inch pipe. The projected maximum water withdrawal rate is anticipated to be 1,350 gallons per minute which the application says would be less than 1% of the river flow. A public hearing was held April 17, at the West Greene High School.
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