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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EUB APPROVES LETHBRIDGE BIOGAS-FUELLED POWER PLANT
Calgary, Alberta (August 28, 2007) The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) has issued Decision 2007-067, which approves ECB Enviro North America Inc.'s (ECBNA) application to construct and operate a 3.2 megawatt biogas-fuelled power plant. The plant is to be located immediately east of the City of Lethbridge's east boundary in an area zoned 'Rural Grouped Industrial.'
The EUB has found that there are advantages to biogas plants as an alternative to conventional power plants. It believes that such plants benefit the environment by obtaining energy value from food processing wastes, manure, and animal by-products that could otherwise be simply deposited into waste facilities or returned to the land.
The decision follows a one-day hearing held in Lethbridge, Alberta on May 31, 2007. Five interveners raised concerns about the suitability of the plant's proposed location, specifically with regard to traffic, odours, and water and air pollution.
The EUB is satisfied that the location of the project is suitable, traffic along 43rd Street will not materially increase, and that the proposed design and mitigation measures will protect air and water quality. ECBNA will be held to all requirements relating to odours from its operations.
The approval includes a condition that ECBNA develop a protocol to be used for complaints both during the construction and operational phases of the plant. The EUB expects ECBNA to follow-up on its statement that it desires to be a good neighbour and that it will work to address any problems or issues that might arise once the plant is in operation.
The EUB ensures that the discovery, development, and delivery of Alberta's resources and utility services take place in a manner that is fair, responsible, and in the public interest.
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For more information, please contact:
Brenda Poole Bellows, EUB Communications
Tel. 403-297-7012
E-mail: Brenda.PooleBellows@eub.ca
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