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Published on: 5/21/2009
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Town Supervisor Joanne Trinkle said residents brought it to the board's attention at the May 11 meeting.
"We are not the lead agency in this," she said Wednesday.
"The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is the lead agency."
Trinkle said the residents with concerns had recently been given a tour of the Agri-Cycle facility, and were no longer as worried.
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Trinkle said that after speaking with the DEC, she learned the shipments would be between one and four tons per week and would consist of kitchen and dinning room scraps, as well as utensils made from corn starch.
She said the facility in Cambridge normally takes 1,000 tons per week, so the increase would be minor.
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Trinkle said there have been issues with the Agri-Cycle site in the past, but none since its new owners took over between six and seven years ago.
She said the company, which used to be called Cambridge Agri-Cycle, began in 1995 and was bought by CTI, a composting company based in Springfield, Mass.