The Senate Act of Florida raises questions about the future of the Bioethanol plant in Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach, Fla. – A new legislation in Florida's legislation has expressed concerns for Fernandina Beach residents who are against a bioethanolic facility in the city.

Previous reporting: “I just don't think this is the right place”: debate goes in Fernandina Beach about the proposed Bioethanol plant | Residents who deal with the possible health effects of the planned bioethanol plant in Fernandina Beach

Rayonier Advanced Materials (Ryam) had previously submitted plans to expand his facility to a bioethanole work that the city rejected in February.

In a new invoice, however, residents deals that the door can be opened again.

The Senate Bill 1118 had added a change on Friday, in which a part was:

Production of ethanol. 581.011 through fermentation, distillation and drying is not chemical production or chemical refinement. This sub -section is a remedial measure and clarification in nature and retrospectively applies to laws, regulation or regulation or an interpretation.

Senate Bill 1118

The city's comprehensive plan currently says that “chemical or petroleum production or refinement, rubber or plastic production or other uses that have potentially harmful environmental or harassment effects must be banned.”

If the legislation is adopted in this way, the bioethanolic work is defined by state law as “fermentation, distillation and drying not chemical production or chemical refinement”.

For this reason, no ethanol Fernandina comments against the draft law.

“The proposed amendment to Friday of Senate 1118 is an unsurpassed attempt to manipulate the legislative process and to provide Ryam an” end “through local control over zoning decisions,” said Fernandina President Tom Budd in a statement.

The law is on the agenda on Monday for the meeting of the Senate Community.