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2~ TUESDAY JANUARY 10, 1984 ~ ..... recently) as a result of the plant's inability (having been designed to treat essentially domestic waste) to process the unanticipated heavy industrial waste created by increased local industrial plant expansions and productions. Concerns also expressed by these two citizens dealt with such aspects as the impact of Wiley & Wilson's proposal(s) upon area environment, cost effectiveness, increased operating costs, air quality, noise control, justification for plant expansion in light of stagnant population growth and alternatives available to relieve the City's plant (now operating at 91% capacity and beyond acceptable limitations) of treatment load, and cooperative efforts (with Henry County) toward regional solutions. On the concern over cooperative efforts, City Manager Edmonds informed the citizens that the City and the Henry County PSA have been working and negotiating in con- cert toward solving the regional treatment needs for the past several years and, further- more, reducing (by diversion) the load volume upon the City's plant will not solve the City's treatment-capacity problem because industrial volume from other sources is on the increase. Meanwhile, the concerned citizens asked for assurance that the proposed odor- abatement controls (for the City's plant) will solve the odor problems and, too, that the proposed plant expansion will not create new odor problems. In general, these citizens urged that the City proceed with procedures to divert flow from the City's Jones Creek Interceptor to the PSA's Koehler plant before proceeding with--and determining the effect of diversion on--the proposed improvements to and expansion of the City's treatment plant. In agreement with this approach concept was Mr. Madison V. Hubbard, Chairman of the Henry County Public Service Authority, who also proposed a special study committee (composed of Mayor Cole, Supervisors Chairman Redd, PSA Chairman Hubbard, City Manager Edmonds, Henry County Administrator Lintecum, PSA Executive Director Grant, and representatives of the two consultant firms presently involved) for the purpose of providing one regional treat- ment facility to meet the area needs. Mayor Cole, while in support of Mr. Hubbard's pro- posal, asked that interested parties (of the jurisdiction) meet with their consulting