By Walter F. Roche Jr.
Acting on a request from Tennessee regulators, a Greene County chemical firm has clarified its request to use two temporary boilers at its plant in Midway.
In a letter sent this week to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, an official of US Nitrogen LLC wrote that the company plans to use the temporary boilers for 14 consecutive days.
During that two week period repairs will be made on the permanent boiler which has sprung a leak. The leak has apparently caused a sudden jump in the volume of water being pumped from the Nolichucky River.
"The intention is to use the temporary boilers on consecutive days while the permanent boiler is repaired," John Shipp of US Nitrogen wrote in the letter to TDEC.
Records filed with the state show the company used 26 million gallons of water in the month of August, an increase of 27 per cent over the prior month.
Shipp wrote in the letter that the TDEC's other request, for data on the specifications on the temporary pumps, already was included in data previously submitted.
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