Seneca Sawmill Co. gets the green light to build a wood-powered electric plant in Eugene.
Amid concerns over air pollution, Seneca Sawmill Co. received a building permit to begin building a wood-powered electrical generator in north Eugene.
The company got its construction permit from the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency on Friday, and builders were on the job by Monday, said Rick Re, sawmill general manager.
“We’ve got a timeline, and we want to stick with it,” he said. “We’ve cleared the land. We dug down to a level where we need to put a grounding grid in for the system. We’re excavating for the foundations of the buildings now.”
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