rPlanet Earth - Recycling Facility
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2015091072
Lead Agency
City of Vernon
Document Title
rPlanet Earth - Recycling Facility
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
11/10/2015
Present Land Use
I-Zone, Industrial
Document Description
rPlant Earth, LLC has submitted an application for a conditional use permit to construct and operate a recycling facility. The process will consist of incoming baled postconsumer PET being delivered to the facility via truck. The bales will then be broken into single bottles that will undergo a series of scans by high tech optical sorters supplemented by human sortation. The resulting clear plastic PET bottles will be grinded into a flake and undergo a series of dry and then wet wash steps prior to being heated to about 200 degrees Celsius and residing in the vacuum decontamination reactors where it is purified to the FDA's requirements for direct food contact (the plant will have the ability to purify the rPET flake to the Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co specs, that are considered to be the most stringent in the industry and exceed those of the FDA). The resulting "bottle grade" flake will then be used to manufacture extruded sheet, thermoformed containers (drinking cups, deli round containers, salad containers, etc) and preforms (the first part produced in the 2 step process to manufacture PET beverage containers). The finished product will then be moved to the warehouse area within the facility prior to being shipped to their customers located in the LA area. The facility will run 24/7 with two 12 shifts per day.
Contact Information
Name
Samuel Kevin Wilson
Agency Name
City of Vernon
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Maywood, Vernon
Counties
Los Angeles
Cross Streets
Fruitland Avenue & Boyle Avenue
Zip
90058
Parcel #
6310-008-013
Railways
UPRR
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Vernon
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
N/A
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
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