Leery residents attend open house on proposed sulphur fertilizer plant at Ryley

FertilizerPlant-proposal Leery residents attended a public open house June 16 in Ryley to hear about a proposal to build a sulphur-based fertilizer plant in Equity Industrial Park.

Village and county residents had fought off a proposal to have a biomedical waste facility in Equity Industrial Park last year. However, they appear to be adopting a wait and see attitude with this new proposal.

Representatives of Secure Resource Inc. held the open house to gauge public opinion before proceeding with a development permit application to the county, which owns Equity.

The fertilizer is made from de-gassed molten sulphur which occurs as a result of oil and gas processing. Company spokesmen Richard Arndt said they wanted the operation to have a positive impact on the local community.

The molten sulphur would not be transported down Highway 14 to the site in Equity but …

for more see the June 21/16 Mercury