BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Residents in North Birmingham will soon get to have a say in what changes they want made at the BlueStone Coke industrial facility. A consent decree said that the fuel plant now has to pay nearly one million dollars to Jefferson County, after releasing excessive amounts of toxic air pollution into nearby neighborhoods. It includes specific steps Bluestone Coke must take (in addition to regulatory requirements) before receiving a new permit authorization from JCDH. JCDH will use fifty percent of the judgment in the community near Bluestone Coke through the Sustainable Residential-Industrial Buffers Fund. “The public participation is apart of this too,” Jason Howanitz with the Jefferson County Health Department said.

Source: The Star December 15, 2022 03:14 UTC