From NewsChannel 9: Spectators came to Polk County Saturday to watch the Copperhill Veterans Day Rally. The location of this rally, C
From NewsChannel 9: Spectators came to Polk County Saturday to watch the Copperhill Veterans Day Rally.
The location of this rally, Copperhill Industries, is the spot of some controversy for those who live nearby.
For months we’ve covered trucks delivering treated human waste to the former mine.
The Waste-to-energy systems convert the organic solids in wastewater, also known as biosolids.
Protestors used signs in front of Copperhill Industries as they hosted the rally race.
The conflict started early on when Copperhill started using Class-B biosolids to encourage vegetation growth.
But David Turner with Copperhill Industries says what they are bringing in has changed.
We don’t have Class B anymore. It’s class A EQ, which is exceptional quality. That’s what that EQ stands for.
We also spoke with Dan Howell, a Tennessee State Representative.
From the mining here. There was no vegetation, the land was dead, nothing would grow. And the EPA came in and said the only way you’re going to restore that is by using biosolids.
Polk County leaders passed a resolution to keep biosolids from being used in the area, but the state says it is not binding.
One Copperhill resident, Bill Allen, told us he wants to see some change from those in power.
We’re asking our government officials here in the Copper Hill basin in East Polk, Tennessee to get involved to help us to stop the biosolids.
