Moratorium Protecting Youngstown, Ohio, Is Renewed

Youngstown City Council voted to renew the moratorium on pyrolysis planned for downtown by SOBE Thermal on Wednesday November 20, 2024.

Several citizens spoke urging Council members to pass the renewal ordinance for a second year, including a retired OH EPA employee and an intern from Case Western Environmental Law Clinic. Transcript can be read on the Youngstown City website at : 11/20/2024 - Council Minutes (PDF) or https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YDzA8ZpNLpGAi8KuOAb52eizo1O7e9-R/view?usp=sharing. Listen to presentations from Mary Krupa here, Patricia Dunbar here and video HERE , Ellie Buerk here, George Otto here

Read WKBN article, Council votes to extend moratorium preventing SOBE’s pyrolysis process https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/sharon-news/council-votes-to-extend-moratorium-preventing-sobes-pyrolysis-process/

Ellie Buerk, Environmental Law Clinic, Case Western Reserve School of Law, speaks to Youngstown City Council urging members to renew the moratorium ordinace prohibiting pyrolysis in the city

Retired Ohio EPA Hazardous Waste Inspector Explains Testing Needed Prior to Operating A Pyrolysis Plant - Patricia Dunbar explains the need for emissions testing prior to permitting any type of industry that will release smoke into the air.

Read the renewed ordinance here https://drive.google.com/file/d/16EPrsz4gSi5OAz2ErVy5_Pk29dzIjskm/view?usp=sharing or click doc

Youngstown, Ohio, City ordinance imposing a moratorium on pyrolysis for one more year