For the past several months local economic developers have been in talks with executives of “Project Innovex”, and the EDCCC has leased to the unnamed project a portion of the 1,000-acre site west of US Highway 67.
Hunt said a worker reported hearing a “loud pop” before seeing smoke and notifying authorities.
An auction of rapist Wayne Poland’s belongings netted $71,000 to go toward a $27 million debt he incurred as a result of a civil lawsuit from his victims.
The ADEQ records reveal that the Feb. 23 spill was a mixture of 6,000 gallons of hazardous waste that is greater than 90 percent water. To put 6,000 gallons into perspective, the average Arkadelphia resident uses about 4,000 gallons of water in a month. The spill happened when a storage tank valve was left open, and the mixture poured onto the clay and gravel on site.
The addition of a rail spur and facility has been part of EDCCC discussion for the past several years.
The Arkadelphian learned in February’s EDCCC meeting that “Innovex” is a company that has developed a new technology used in fracking. “They build a charge that goes underground that is used in the oil and gas industry,” said Kevin Jester, chair of the EDCCC.
The snack company said in a press release that the plant would create 150 local jobs over the next three years.
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