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From:Clerk of the Board
To:Clerk of the Board; Connelly, Bill; Cook, Holly; Cook, Robin; Durfee, Peter; Jessee, Meegan; Kimmelshue, Tod;
Kitts, Melissa; Krater, Sharleen; Little, Melissa; Pickett, Andy; Ritter, Tami; Stephens, Brad J.; Sweeney,
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Cc:Simmons, Katie
Subject:Public Comment: FW: Agenda 4.2 Public Comment-Non agenda item -July 29 2025 from a concerned constituent
Date:Friday, July 25, 2025 8:42:54 AM
Please see Public Comment
From: K Brazil <fewzil@att.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2025 8:16 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Agenda 4.2 Public Comment-Non agenda item -July 29 2025 from a concerned constituent
To Clerk of the Board: Please print and provide my letter as public comment to each of
the Supervisors for the record.
I am writing to ask how a BioMass plant can be considered to operate in Butte County ? A
presentation was made to the Oroville City Council on July 1 2025 and a few days later it
was front page news in the newspaper that Oroville is welcoming an overseas company
to open a Biomass plant. Oroville is in part a disadvantaged community. A decision to
allow a Biomass plant to operate does not address the issues of fair environmental
justice for the people of Oroville in Butte County . I want answers how this decision is
being made? the Board of Supervisors must have some information on this ? The
members of the city council of Oroville are not looking at the whole health picture. There
have been increased health issues for the people of Butte County from compromised air
quality from the many wildfires. Adding a Biomass plant that produces tiny particles that
will lodge in the lungs of all the people of Butte County, is not responsible. Air does not
stay within a city limit, this plant will create sicker communities in Butte County . I have
seen the Board of Supervisors vote to invest in promoting tourism yet this Biomass plant
will pollute our natural environments. It is not an acceptable choice to allow a Biomass
facility in Butte County, CA. What are you going to do to protect the air for the people
that are your constituents?
I first wrote my area Supervisor and his office replied it is not a County issue. I
responded, saying ;
Since this is an issue of Air Quality it qualifies as a County issue. Since this decision
affects Public Health it qualifies as a County issue. Since air especially polluted air does
not stay within a city limit and moves into County jurisdiction, building a Biomass plant
within Butte County makes it a whole County issue.
I am gravely concerned the County and our representatives are not making decisions in
the best interests of the of the constituents they serve. Good Air quality is essential,
Health is wealth and must not be sacrificed.
KBrazil