Complaint ID 85127 — Public Copy
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Status: Approved/Closed
- Complaint Received
- January 22, 2018 11:30 AM
- Assigned Office
- Mountain District
- Complaint Closed
- January 26, 2018 8:39 AM
- Review Comments
- [Not entered]
Nature of Complaint
permitted facility has an anaerobic process where they burn their excess methane gas, but the flare is not operational. Therefore, they are discharging this gas directly into atmosphere.
- Primary Concern
- Air Quality Control
- Secondary Concern
- [Not entered]
Complaint Location
- Location of Complaint
- 155 King Mill Rd
- City of Complaint
- McDonough
- County of Complaint
- Henry County
Source
- Source Name
- Ken's Foods Inc.
- Facility ID Number
- 151-00052
Source Contact
- Contact Name
- Barry Masters
- Source Address
- 155 King Mill Rd.
McDonough, Georgia 30253
Actions
Initial Investigation
25‑Jan‑2018 by Benjamin Martin
I met with Pete , Operations Manager, and Barry Master, Engineering/Maintenance Manager, and confirmed that Ken's Food is not a Air Permitted Facility. In the last year Ken's Food has been in the process of switching from aerobic to anaerobic wastewater system and have installed a digester and methane capture system that requires a flare. I got a tour of the new system and they are actively working to get the system online. The flare is currently not operating due to a faulty part which will be replaced next week. Only a small amount of methane is releasing as the anaerobic system is not fully operational. In the future the flare will be run 24 hr a day and eventually Ken's Food will be installing a cogeneration operation to capture the methane and burn it in a generator to offset electricity coasts for the plant. NFA
Attachments
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