CLARK REALTY RECOGNIZED FOR DEMO RECYCLING
ACHIEVEMENTS
Clark Realty Builders, a real estate company based in Bethesda, Md., with a West Coast regional office in San Diego, has been honored by the San Diego Environmental Services Department as 2006 Waste Reduction & Diversion Recycler of the Year.
The award, which recognizes local businesses and organizations for their environmental achievements, was presented to Clark Realty in May during the Annual San Diego Earth Works VIP Reception.
The company was selected for its overall environmental commitment, particularly for its reuse of demolition materials at two San Diego Navy family housing community projects—Gateway Village and the Village at Serra Mesa, according to a press release from the company.
Clark Realty has joined with the U.S. Navy to build and manage more than 1,900 new homes and to manage more than 9,000 existing homes in Naval Complex San Diego.
"In our partnership with the U.S. Navy in building high quality homes for sailors and Marines, we take great care to reduce waste and reuse demolition material where possible," says Jim Forburger, senior vice president of Clark Realty Builders.
Forburger says Clark also recycles concrete, asphalt and gravel from whole house demolition to use in the construction of new streets and as base for utility trenches at several of its projects.
Clark estimates that it reused more than 200,000 tons of material on site at two of its Navy housing projects.
More information is available at www.clarkrealty.com.
HEARINGS RESUME ON SEROTA PROPOSAL
Hearings on Serota Properties’ proposed construction and demolition debris recycling facility in Oceanside, N.Y., have resumed after being postponed in February, according to a report in the Oceanside/Island Park Herald (Oceanside, N.Y.).
Serota Properties, Valley Stream, N.Y., has proposed to reopen a former C&D recycling facility at Brown Court in Oceanside’s industrial zone.
Since February, the Hempstead Town Board has passed a new code that requires recyclers within 500 feet of a residential area to obtain a special-use permit that details specific standards on a host of issues from dust, traffic and light to noise, vibration and drainage, according to the report.
Representatives from Serota maintain that because the company is seeking to reopen a pre-existing facility, the application does not fall under the standards of the new ordinance.
Company representatives say that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has approved the proposed enclosed facility.
Representatives for Oceanside residents also testified at the hearing, raising concerns about increased dust and heavy traffic, according to the report.
MAINE BEP APPROVES TIGHTER BIOMASS CONTROLS
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) has approved tighter restrictions on the use of wood construction and demolition debris in biomass energy plants, according to the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine).
The board has enacted stricter monitoring, reporting and quality control standards for biomass boilers that burn C&D debris. The new regulations, which were also approved by the state legislature and Gov. John Baldacci, also limit a facility’s use of wood debris to 50 percent of its annual fuel consumption, according to the report.
Maine’s biomass facilities burned nearly 600 million pounds of C&D debris in 2004. About 80 percent of the material came from outside the state.
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