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County to hear QC plant air quality concerns BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer
NEWS..................... 3 Queen Creek’s housing market enters new stage.
COMMUNITY...... 17 Area author pens book on parental death.
BUSINESS............ 19 QC couple keeping town cool.
COMMUNITY.........................17 BUSINESS...............................19 OPINION..................................21 SPORTS....................................23 GET OUT..................................24 CLASSIFIEDS.........................26
Sunday, July 10, 2022
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he future of the LG Energy Solution Ltd. lithium battery plant will be up in the air, so to speak, with a public meeting thsi Tuesday. The Pinal County Air Quality Department will hold a public meeting on July 12 for the plant because any facility that has the potential to emit 5.5 pounds per
Queen Creek family finds relief with new law
day – or a ton per year – of regulated pollutants requires a permit. But people who attend the hearing shouldn’t expect many answers from county air quality staff. Staff will be there only to record concerns and comments from the public, but will not answers questions or comment in any other way. In LG’s case, particulate matter covered by the permit includes nitrogen
oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, “volatile organic compounds” (V.O.C.) and haps (nickel). The hearing on the permit application by ES America, LG’s American subsidiary, will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the Combs Performing Arts Center 2505 E. Germann Road, San Tan Valley. The plant will be located on 650.5
Won’t be long now
see AIR QUALITY page 8
BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer
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or families of medically fragile children, help has arrived. Gov. Doug Ducey signed the Family Licensed Health Aide Program into law in March 2021. More than a year later, the Arizona Board of Nursing and Arizona Medicaid has certified approximately 50 parents now trained under this program, including one in Queen Creek. Colby Kostur, regional vice president of operations for Team Select Home Care, said this program will help these families cope
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HEALTH page 4
Only a little more than two weeks remain before NFL training camps begin and among those looking forward to them is Queen Creek native Brock Purdy, seen here surrounded by his family. The Perry High alum and Iowa Hawkeyes star quarterback was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. For the story, see page 6. (Special to the Tribune)
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