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From:Kathy Brazil
To:publiccomment@cityoforoville.org; Kayla Reaster
Cc:Clerk of the Board
Subject:Public Comment/Concerns
Date:Sunday, October 26, 2025 9:35:27 PM
I am writing to say I oppose the effort to approve any plans for development of Biomass
plant(s) by the business BREI and it's partners in the disadvantaged community of Oroville.
I do not agree that there is a reasonable negative mitigation outcome that is in anyway not
hazardous and without grave risks to the environment and the health of the good people of
Oroville and Butte County.
To put it in simple terms read this line from the report:
"8.0 CONCLUSIONS The Project Area lies within the Koppers Superfund Site"
The known Oroville Superfund site should not house any development. I do not want the air I
breathe to be at risk, and the proposed project(s) raise a red flag alone in it's proximity to
South Oroville, the Feather River and downtown Oroville. This proposed project(s) poses
serious environmental and health concerns.
Regarding the 318 page Initial-StudyMitigated-Negative-Declaration-Proposed-BREI-Solar-Farm-2025 for the proposed solar installation, If Oroville
wants to have a solar farm to produce energy, there are California based Solar companies that can put in Solar and there are less hazardous properties to
install a solar farm on. https://savingenergyforlife.com/commercial-solar-systems
I question the transparency of the representatives of the BREI company, the Oroville Planning
Commission, private business interests, the Oroville Community Development Director, the
Oroville City Council, and the Butte County Board of Supervisors and the invested local
business partners that are seeking to move forward on this proposed project without thorough
public review and input.
KBrazil
https://www.orovilleca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1903/Initial-
StudyMitigated-Negative-Declaration-Proposed-BREI-Solar-Farm-2025
Please Read these articles and educate yourselves.
https://aafa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Health-Impacts-
Biomass.pdf
https://www.lung.org/blog/dangers-wildfire-known-biomass
https://www.pfpi.net/2011/06/american-lung-association-energy-policy-
opposes-biomass-combustion-for-heat-and-power/
https://media.dogwoodalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Air-
Quality-Fact-Sheet.pdf