The deadline for opponents of the Pilgrim s Pride rendering plant to submit comments to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management about the proposed plant is 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The Gadsden City Council is slated to meet hours earlier, and some of those leading the opposition to the plant hope the council may take action regarding the plant then.
Here are five things you should know about the controversy.
No one was supposed to know about proposed plant at this point
Word that Pilgrim s Pride had applied for air permits to build a rendering plant on Steele Station Road hit social media around mid-November, after a local property owner discovered information about the permit and sounded the alarm. Choice Fabricator Inc. owner David Chadwick engaged attorney Christie Knowles and the battle began, with public meetings, the formation of a Facebook group and crowds gathering at some Gadsden City Council meetings.