CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A planned plant across the road from a West Virginia elementary school is irking some residents.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports developers want to build the coal- and gas-fired manufacturing plant across the road from North Jefferson Elementary School. It would create stone wool insulation, and emit potentially hazardous materials like formaldehyde and particulate matter through smokestacks.
Lori Maloney sits on the board of Jefferson County Vision, which is a nonprofit organization. Maloney says don’t locate heavy industry next to schools and that it’s a basic principle of planning, but it was perverted there.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a statement saying there’s no scientific evidence the facility could hurt human health or the environment. Rockwool says the plant remains on schedule for completion in 2020.
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