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Springfield Zoning Board deals another blow to biomass project; rules building permit has expired
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Springfield Councilor Jesse Lederman speaks at a demonstration in September of 2020, in opposition to plans for a biomass energy plant in East Springfield. The Zoning Board of Appeals has ruled that its building permit has lapsed. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD A proposed biomass wood-burning plant in East Springfield was dealt another blow Wednesday night when the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals ruled that a building permit for the project has expired.
The board voted, 4-1, that Palmer Renewable Energy’s building permits for the project, issued in 2011, and extended by the building commissioner, lapsed due to inaction on the permit for more than 180 days.