Your voice needed in Yuma bioprocessing facility new air quality permit

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality has opened a public comment period for a special proposal, and they would like to hear your input.

"It's an air quality protection permit to ensure that we protect the air quality in the Yuma area near the facility," said ADEQ's Air Quality Division Director Daniel Czecholinski. "It's for a facility that is going to be processing agriculture biomass, so waste from farms and stuff like that. And it's a pulping facility, so they are trying to make it making a pulp out of that."

The Yuma Bioprocessing Facility would be located at 2992 S. Rebecca Avenue Yuma, Arizona 85365. They need the permit prior to operation.

The comment period runs from June 4 to July 4. It gives residents a chance to share their thoughts on the permit before final approval.

There will also be a virtual public hearing on July 3 at 3:00 p.m. You can register here.