Posted at 11:53 a.m., Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Public hearing set on planned Kalaeloa biodiesel plant
Advertiser Staff
The city will hold a public hearing later this month on a Seattle-based company's plan to build a biodiesel refinery at Kalaeloa Harbor.Imperium Renewables Hawai'i LLC plans to produce diesel from vegetable oil primarily for use in commercial applications as well as consumer vehicles and possibly a proposed new Hawaiian Electric Co. power plant at Campbell Industrial Park. The company wants to build the plant on 11 acres leased from the state Department of Transportation.
Imperium Renewables Hawai'i has filed an application with the city for a major special management area use permit to allow the project to proceed. The Department of Planning and Permitting has set a public hearing on the application for 10 a.m., July 31, at Kapolei Hale, Conference Room C.
For information on the application or the hearing, call Adrian Siu-Li at 768-8018 and refer to file number 2007/SMA-35.
