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NEW BEDFORD The state s environmental office earlier this month issued a certificate stating the final environmental impact report submitted by Parallel Products for its proposed expansion into a solid waste processing facility did not adequately and properly comply with state policy.
Kathleen Theoharides, secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), said the report did not comply with the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) and as a result, Parallel Products must submit a supplemental final environmental impact report. I find that further analysis of the project s impacts and mitigation measures is required to satisfy the MEPA requirements that the project s environmental impacts have been clearly described and fully analyzed or that it has incorporated all feasible means to avoid Damage to the Environment, Theoharides wrote.
for the city s planning board to revisit its approval of Parallel Products site expansion.
to SMRE 100, LLC, in December 2020 for its Phase 1 plan to expand Parallel Products existing glass and plastics recycling facility.
Appellant Tracy Wallace, representing community organization South Coast Neighbors United, argued the approval came with conditions that are not stringent enough and not up to par with city ordinances.
Her plea to revisit site approval was met with vociferous support from residents, city councilors and a state representative who all shared concerns regarding noise and light pollution, traffic, land value and quality of life.
The Parallel Products plan