Encina Development Group in April canceled plans for a Northumberland County plastics recycling facility.
Architect’s design of the now scrapped $1.1 billion plastics recycling plant that Encina Development Group had planned to build along Route 11 between Northumberland and Danville.WILLIAMSPORT — Failures by a Lancaster engineering consulting firm significantly contributed to its decision to scuttle plans for a $1.1 billion plastic recycling facility in Northumberland County, a Texas company says.
The Point Township Circular Manufacturing Facility was expected to create 300 jobs with an average annual salary of $75,000, according to the company. It cites letters from the state Department of Environmental Protection stating Rettew’s proposals lacked required details and that design requirements remained unsatisfied.
It cites as an example the sophisticated level of civil engineering work it did on a floodplain plan until Rettew agreed to the proposal of the Point Twp. engineer that it initially rejected.* The number and nature of the permits required for the project or the timeline and costs of obtaining them.* Notice a third-party environmental consultant would be needed.
The project had met opposition from the Save Our Susquehanna citizens group that voiced concerns about potential health and environmental impacts. Northumberland Borough Council went on record opposing it.and would be pursuing other projects in the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Southeast Asia. They included reviewing applications for various permits and a post-construction storm water management plan, conducting archaeological and river surveys, doing a traffic impact study and delineating wetlands.
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