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Align RNG settlement spotlights biogas plant regulation
Story Date: 10/25/2021
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Source: Nadia Ramlagan, NC PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE, 10/25/21
After the first settlement of its kind in North Carolina capping limits on emissions from a biogas plant in Sampson County, environmental advocates hope the agreement sets the stage for stricter statewide regulation of the processing of animal waste from concentrated feeding operations into fuel or biogas. Joel Porter, policy manager for CleanAIRE NC, said no federal, state or local laws currently require biogas facilities to monitor or report emissions. "We hope that the state takes a page out of the work that we've done here, to really protect the communities where these projects will be sited," Porter urged.
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