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Pyrolysis / Dangerous Plastics Facilities — Early-Warning Sweep (Oct 4, 2026)

Run date: Sunday, October 4, 2026 · Nationwide · Leads and clocks only. Window: since the 2026-09-29 sweep (5 days; agency enumeration started at 09-23/09-25 to overlap the last run). Coverage log (data/coverage-log.csv, 44 rows) read before reporting; every item below was dedupe-checked against it. Canonical docs read: prompts/facility-lexicon.md (v1.0) and prompts/state-permit-channel-map.md (living file; 09-29 run additions included). Partner intake: no uploads folder, no forwarded notices in the working folder, and email cannot be reached from this run. Zero partner items processed. Each block below is self-contained and can be forwarded as-is. Sources sit inside the block they belong to. ————————

1. DEADLINE INSIDE 30 DAYS

URGENT, WATCH (scope not settled) — BurCell Technologies — 4785 Fulton Industrial Blvd SW, Suite F, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA — 12 DAYS

  • Agency / division: Georgia EPD, Air Protection Branch. Public advisory PA0926-3 (issued 2026-09-16).
  • Application: No. 30315; “Description of Operation: Chemicals and Chemical Preparations”; “Reason for Application: Installation of a separate natural gas-fired solids burner.”
  • New this run (why it moves up): BurCell’s own safety data sheet for the fuel this system makes (“RevitaFuel”; other names “BurCell Fluff, BurCell Non-Hazardous Secondary Material (NHSM)”; issued 6/11/2025) says the product “Can contain up to 40% on a weight basis of finely shredded non-chlorinated plastics.” The fuel is an NHSM under 40 CFR Part 241, which is the same route Empire Green Generation used in WV. The same address holds a GA EPD Land Protection Branch Solid Waste Handling Permit, 060-095P(MRF-AD), issued 2025-09-02, to the “South Fulton Materials Recovery and Anaerobic Digestion Facility.” That permit covers a “processed solids storage area.” The 365-day construction-start condition fell due around 2026-09-02.
  • Reading: this is a plastics-bearing engineered fuel made at an MSW materials-recovery site, using what BurCell calls “thermal decomposition.” It is next to our scope, not squarely in it. No document says what the new “solids burner” fires. If it fires the fuel or recovered plastics, it is a plastics combustion unit. Reported, not confirmed.
  • Comment deadline: 2026-10-16 (4:30 PM) — 12 days remaining (“Any comments should be received by October 16, 2026”). GA EPD’s clock runs from the advisory date to the stated deadline.
  • Hearing: none noticed.
  • Where comments go: Air-Permits.Comments@dnr.ga.gov, subject “Air permit application”, or by mail to Air Permit Manager, Georgia EPD, 4244 International Pkwy, Suite 120, Atlanta GA 30354. Ask for the application from Steve Allison, (404) 363-7000.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: not listed (OGW API read 2026-10-04). Share with EIP.
  • How it surfaced: GA EPD advisory enumeration (09-29 run). Scope evidence came from this run’s facility check.
  • Sources: https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/pa0926-3/download · https://burcellteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/revitafuel-sds-sheet.pdf · https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/060-095pmrf-ad-south-fulton-permit-and-letterpdf-0/download · https://burcellteam.com/system/
  • Next step: this week, ask EPD for application 30315 and screen what the burner fires and whether it dries or fires the fuel. Then file a short, specific comment by 10-16 asking EPD to state the burner’s fuel and to apply Part 241/Section 129 scrutiny. A comment preserves standing even if the burner is only a dryer. Same company as BurCell Martinsburg, WV (Section 3).

NET-NEW, inside 30 days — Crawford Renewables, Inc. — 5414 Powder Road, Atlantic, PA 16111, Greenwood Township, Crawford County, PA — TIRE PYROLYSIS PLAN APPROVAL — 29 DAYS

  • Agency / division: Pennsylvania DEP, Northwest Region Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville PA 16335-3481, 814-332-6945. Contact: David G. Balog, P.E., New Source Review Section Chief, 814-332-6328.
  • Permit: Plan Approval application 20-00326A. Listed under “Application(s) Received for Plan Approval(s) … That May Have Special Public Interest. These Plan Approval Applications are in Review and No Decision on Disposition Has Been Reached.”
  • Verbatim: “The Department has received a Plan Approval application from Crawford Renewables, Inc. for the installation of two Pyrolysis machines with associated control devices located in Crawford, PA. The two pyrolysis machines intend to break down tire sidewalls and tread to produce reusable products.”
  • In scope: tires as a chemical feedstock (Lexicon Rule 1). No capacity, throughput, or product slate is given. Nothing about Subpart AAAA is visible at this stage.
  • Stage: application received 2026-08-13; in DEP technical review; no draft plan approval yet.
  • Notice / first publication: Pennsylvania Bulletin, 56 Pa.B., Vol. 56 No. 40, Saturday 2026-10-03.
  • Comment deadline: 2026-11-02 — 29 days remaining. Our calculation: the DEP preamble for this section provides “a 30-day comment period from the date of this publication,” and 30 days from 10-03 is Monday 11-02. Confirm with DEP. A hearing must also be requested inside the same 30 days. A draft plan approval would trigger a separate comment period later.
  • Hearing: none scheduled; must be requested.
  • Where comments go: DEP Northwest Region Air Quality Program (address above). Per the DEP preamble, each comment needs the commenter’s name, address, and phone, the permit number (20-00326A), and a concise statement of the objection.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: not listed (74 “Chemical Recycling Plant” projects read; no Crawford entry). NOT IN OGW — share with EIP.
  • Also not in any tracker we hold, and no news coverage was found. A separate company, Crawford Advanced Materials, runs biomass/wood pyrolysis in the same township (Keystone Regional Industrial Park). Any link between the two is unconfirmed.
  • How it surfaced: full read of the PA Bulletin 10-03 DEP notices (document 1449a). It is the first in-scope Pennsylvania notice since Alterra Sugarloaf.
  • Source: https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pabull?file=/secure/pabulletin/data/vol56/56-40/1449a.html
  • Next step: request the plan approval application from DEP NW Region (file review or Right-to-Know), covering tire throughput, oil/char/gas handling, the flare or thermal oxidizer, and any Subpart AAAA exemption claim. Then file a hearing request and comments by 11-02. Check Greenwood Township supervisors’ minutes and the Meadville Tribune legal notices for zoning or land-development action. Alert NW Pennsylvania partners.

No other in-scope item has a comment, hearing, or appeal deadline inside 30 days. ————————

2. NET-NEW FACILITIES — not in the coverage log

Crawford Renewables, Inc. — Greenwood Township, Crawford County, PA — tire pyrolysis — NOT IN OGW

See Section 1 for the full block (Plan Approval 20-00326A, comments to 2026-11-02). New facility file: facilities/crawford-renewables-atlantic-pa.yaml.

WATCH — PowerLink Digital Partners I, Inc. — tire/plastics “digestor,” Phoenix/Tempe AZ, plus a planned acquisition in Cleburne, Johnson County, TX — NOT IN OGW

  • Source document: SEC Regulation A offering statement, Form 1-A/A, filed 2026-09-29 (CIK 2037971). This is the company’s own statement.
  • Process, verbatim: a proprietary “tire digestion system” in which “Tires are shredded and loaded into a pressurized vessel.” It is described as “the low-temperature pyrolytic tire recycling process.” Products are “propane, diesel, rubber composites, carbon black and, in some cases, high carbon steel.” The filing contrasts it with “high temperature pyrolysis.” The commercial digestor is “designed to … break down tires and plastics into heavy crude at lower temperatures and to refine heavy crude into diesel and jet fuel at higher temperatures.” The company also intends to “target post-consumer plastics.” In scope under Rule 1, whatever the vocabulary.
  • Sites:
    • (1) R&D facility leased through Powerlink Digital Partners Arizona LLC at 2410 W. 14th St., Tempe, AZ (Maricopa County). Three-year warehouse lease effective 2026-02-01; total lease payments $597,180.
    • (2) First commercial “warehouse digestor”: “We are currently searching for commercially zoned property in Phoenix, Arizona … but have not committed to any property or location.”
    • (3) Planned acquisition of assets of Trend Chemical, LLC, Cleburne, TX, a facility that “currently processes end-of-life antifreeze to recycle ethylene glycol,” to “accelerate the research, development, and marketability of our tire-derived heavy crude oil” and add blending. The filing estimates “an asset purchase of approximately $5,000,000, with a desired closing in the first quarter of 2027.” “There is no written agreement.”
  • Stage: pre-permit; no commercial production. No facility file was created because no commercial site is committed.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: not listed.
  • How it surfaced: EDGAR full-text search (“pyrolysis,” filings 09-25 to 10-04).
  • Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2037971/000149315226044901/partiiandiii.htm
  • Next step: watch Maricopa County AQD weekly “All Apps” lists for a PowerLink or Trend application at the Tempe address or a Phoenix site, plus the City of Phoenix zoning agendas. Watch TCEQ for a Trend Chemical (Cleburne) amendment. Share with EIP.

WATCH (scope not confirmed) — Forge Industries — engineered “coal replacement” fuel from plastics and rubber, North Las Vegas, Clark County, NV

  • Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2026-09-30: Forge “plans to convert hard-to-recycle waste into an engineered fuel designed to replace coal in industries including cement, steel and power generation.” Feedstock: “plastics, rubber, textiles, food waste, waste oils, paper and cardboard.” The “$18 million project is expected to produce nearly 500,000 metric tons of fuel annually”; “105,000-square-foot facility”; operating “by the end of 2027”; “Each production line has the capacity to convert about 300,000 tons of waste into fuel annually.” GOED approved “$1.6 million in abatements” in May.
  • Scope: the plant makes a plastics-bearing fuel that is burned elsewhere. The article names no thermal-conversion step at the plant (“The company processes waste into a standardized fuel that is then combusted at industrial facilities”). This is plastics incineration by proxy; treat it as feedstock-prep-adjacent until the process is known.
  • Stage: announced; site address not given; no NDEP or Clark County DES air notice located.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: not listed.
  • Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/vegas-business/innovation/18m-north-las-vegas-project-aims-to-turn-trash-into-fuel-3893432/
  • Next step: Clark County DES air permit applications and North Las Vegas planning agendas for “Forge.” Ask whether the process includes torrefaction or another thermal step.

WATCH — undisclosed US tire-pyrolysis-oil upgrading project (Axens licensor)

No other net-new US facility surfaced from tracers, permit-type searches, newswires, or filings this window. ————————

3. CHANGES ON KNOWN FACILITIES

W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn. — plastics pyrolysis pilot, 7500 Grace Drive, Columbia, Howard County, MD — operating-permit amendment pending at MDE; coalition demands a hearing

  • New: Baltimore Sun (Karl Hille), 2026-09-29. Residents protested in Baltimore’s Carroll Park, across from MDE, against Grace’s permit extension. “The coalition has asked the state to grant a new, formal public hearing and comment period as W.R. Grace seeks to extend the permit, set to expire in 2029, indefinitely.” The MDE spokesperson called the “air quality operating permit amendment for the Columbia facility” an “administrative update” to a previously approved construction permit, and said MDE “will review it before making a determination.” Grace says the process “is not pyrolysis or incineration.” Del. Terri Hill and Councilwoman Deb Jung attended. WBAL-TV and CBS Baltimore covered it the same day.
  • Agency / division: MDE Air and Radiation Administration. Permit number for the amendment: not published.
  • Stage: amendment under MDE review. No public notice, comment period, or hearing is posted. MDE’s air-permits page lists only the Docket 16-23 permit-to-construct documents (issued 2025-06-20). Days remaining: n/a. Treating this as an “administrative update” is exactly what would remove the comment window.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: listed (W.R. Grace, Columbia MD, “Operating”). This action is not recorded — share with EIP.
  • How it surfaced: MD facility check (news search).
  • Sources: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/09/29/howard-county-protest-grace-processing-permit/ · syndicated full text: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/howard-county-residents-protest-w-213700290.html · https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/permits/AirManagementPermits/Pages/index.aspx
  • Next step: Maryland partners (Stop Grace coalition, Moms Clean Air Force) should request the amendment application and MDE’s classification memo in writing, and ask MDE to state the regulatory basis for treating it as administrative. Their written input is already in the file per MDE. Watch the MDE air-permits page weekly.

BurCell Martinsburg LLC — former Entsorga site, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV — no notice yet; same company as the GA item above

  • WVDEP NSR sheet (CSV, 85 rows, last row 10/2/26): “R13-3795 | 003-00292 | BurCell Martinsburg LLC” still has a blank public-notice date and comment deadline. WV DAQ public-notice page: “There are no active public notices at this time.” Listserv 09-24 to 10-04: 0 BurCell hits.
  • Berkeley County SWA: minutes for the 09-23 meeting (agenda items “7B) CONSIDERATION OF THE LEASE WITH BURCELL” and “7C) … COMPREHENSIVE SITING PLAN REVISION”) are not posted. The 09-09 hearing minutes are posted; four public speakers raised toxins and metals in the fuel, the Entsorga history, water, noise, and fire suppression. No October agenda yet.
  • New context from the GA file: BurCell’s fuel SDS says up to 40% plastics (Section 1). The same scope question applies here.
  • OGW: not listed. Sources: https://www.berkeleywv.org/AgendaCenter · https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTtj2tn7oplRSeLVeOxbJz9Vg6RX6eOLxPPKdiEJ7EUCOcSwoXR-9tMXEjxnm2fo5-t69FNfCrYxHik/pubhtml/sheet?headers=false&gid=0
  • Next step: the Martinsburg Journal legal ad is still uncaptured. A local partner should pull it.

Empire Green Generation LLC — Follansbee, Brooke County, WV — R13-3555B unchanged

WVDEP sheet: “03/27/2026, Andrews, R13 Mod” with public-notice date and comment deadline still blank. OGW still shows “On Hold” (last edited 2026-06-27). No change; listed here only because the draft can drop at any time.

Clean-Seas West Virginia — Belle, Kanawha County, WV — R13-3728 off the NSR sheet; no appeal visible

R13-3728 no longer appears on the WVDEP NSR sheet, which fits an issued permit dropping off. The AQB docket still lists only 25-04-AQB, and the AQB does not post documents filed after 2026-04-24, so a late listing is possible. No news after 09-24 (Salango). OGW still “Proposed” (bulk-touched 10-03; final permit still not recorded). Next step unchanged: Clerk Kenna DeRaimo, (304) 414-1128, and Fair Shake directly.

Renewal calendar — permits expiring within 12 months: NONE confirmed.

  • W.R. Grace: the Sun reports the current permit is “set to expire in 2029,” and the pending amendment would extend it “indefinitely.” Outside 12 months, but this is the live renewal-type action.
  • Unchanged from 09-29: Alterra P0133062 renewal still not final (Ohio DB shows only the 2025-04-18 draft); Brightmark Ashley INP000663 new term uncaptured; Green Mountain ~2030-10 (unconfirmed); Waste Energy Midland Ch. 328 to 2031-07.

No change found

  • Ohio: Alterra Akron (no notice after 224179; no final SIP submittal; no hearing coverage found), Freepoint Hebron (A0079807/A0080692 still at application), SOBE Youngstown, PureCycle Ironton, PolyKinetix Massillon.
  • Synthesia Stillwater 2026-0031-C: same ODEQ row, “Comment Review (06/26/2026 - 09/24/2026) … Under DEQ Review”; not issued.
  • Southeast: Brightmark Thomaston, Nexus Atlanta/McDonough, PureCycle Augusta, Revalyu Statesboro, Eco-Infinic Phenix City, Waste Energy Fayetteville, Syre/Selenis Cedar Creek.
  • Midwest and KY: Brightmark Ashley, Priority Plastics, Green Mountain F-25-019.
  • Texas: Waste Energy Midland (latest release still 09-25; no commercial-operation date), Cyclyx, LyondellBasell MoReTec, New Hope, Eastman Longview.
  • West: Freepoint Eloy C31386.R01 (no final action found), Freepoint Yermo, Resynergi, Klean Boardman, Regenyx.
  • Other: Eastman Kingsport (TND003376928 still under “Comments Invited”; no final), Reju Rochester (no filing), Prima Groveton. ————————

4. JURISDICTIONS ENUMERATED THIS RUN

Tool conditions: headless Chromium and agency JSON APIs were used. The shared MCP browser was not used. All reads were dated 2026-10-04.

  • OHIO (Ohio EPA notices DB) — COMPLETE.
    • Read through the DB’s backend API. Action dates 09-22 to 10-04: 288 notices (106 Air). Weekly Review dates 09-28 and 10-05: 356 notices. All 153 unique Air notices were opened, and both Weekly Review documents were read in full.
    • Zero in scope. Screened out:
      • Ohio Valley Biochar P0140042 (final; “biochar pyrolysis rotary drum and lump charcoal kiln,” biomass).
      • Liberty Tire Services of Ohio P0141334, Grove City (final renewal; mechanical “8 tph passenger tire shredder and a 10 tph truck tire shredder”). This is the upstream tire supply to watch if a Columbus-area tire pyrolysis unit appears.
      • Mullins Rubber Products A0082671 and Rubber Seal A0082616 (renewals; flagged last run, now resolved).
      • Bates Recycling A0082786 (blank description; scrap metal yard).
      • Akron RACT SIP drafts for Huntsman, PPG, and LG Chem (non-plastics).
    • Water: 148 NPDES rows plus 4 indirect-discharge items, none in scope.
    • Not readable: the DB has no SIC or applicant-state fields. Akron Regional AQMD has no notice page of its own.
  • WEST VIRGINIA — COMPLETE. NSR sheet as CSV (85 rows, last row 10/2). Received 9/25 to 10/2: Chemours R13-1823R, Diversified Pond Creek G35-E020C, EQT Nextwave G70-E616, Clearco G10-D204, Coal-Mac G10-D087D, Diversified Eckman R13-3444C, NNE Green Lakes G70-E590A, Ames “Monarch Compute Campus” G40-C171. Only notice in the window: Monarch Cloud Campus R14-0042 (data center). DAQ notice page, listserv (17 messages 9/24 to 10/4), and AQB docket also read. Zero in scope. Application Enhancer PDFs not read (login).
  • PENNSYLVANIA — COMPLETE for PA Bulletin Vol. 56 No. 40 (10-03), every DEP section read to “END.” Hit: Crawford Renewables 20-00326A. Out of scope: H&F Tire Service tank cleanup, Particle Size Technologies revocation, Shell Monaca plan approval issued 9/22, Desotec renewal. eNotice not read.
  • INDIANA (IDEM) — COMPLETE. All-regions page “Updated: 10/02/2026”: 144 rows, of which 34 start between 09-26 and 10-02, all screened and air PDFs opened. The Northeast and Eastern region pages were cross-checked against the documented Brightmark failure; no rows were missing. Closest item: Tradebe Treatment and Recycling, East Chicago, T089-49673-00345 / 089-50022-00345 (hazardous-waste fuel blending; unpermitted “RCRA Empty Drum (RED) Shredder”; comments to 11/01). Out of scope. Zero in scope.
  • KENTUCKY (DAQ) — COMPLETE. The same 7 rows as 09-29; nothing new.
  • GEORGIA (EPD) — COMPLETE (advisories and Knack drafts).
    • PA0926-5 (09-30; deadline 10-30) read in full: Steel Pines Cargo 30338, Printpack 30337, KSB GIW 840156, Thomas A. Smith 938555. All out of scope. Nothing newer has been posted.
    • Knack draft-permit app read through its public API: 19 of 19 records, every narrative PDF keyword-screened. Zero in scope.
    • permitsearch.gaepd.org unreachable (timed out).
  • ALABAMA (ADEM) — COMPLETE (notices page; URL moved to adem.alabama.gov/public-notices). Air rows since 09-25 (Wayne-Sanderson, Warrior Met, SNG Gallion, Hyundai Transys, FMC) are out of scope. Adjacent: Scrap Tire Program rulemaking, Div. 335-4, Public Notice 423 (Section 6). eFile not searched.
  • NORTH CAROLINA — PARTIAL. DEQ notices, 28 of 28 upcoming items. DAQ: MasterBrand Kinston and Carolina Lithium, both out of scope. Fayetteville City Council via the Legistar API: rezonings P26-40 (Carvana) and P26-43 (Samet), not in scope. Cumberland County: ZON-26-0041 was “removed” from the 9/23 BOCC agenda with no use disclosed; ZON-26-0046 unresolved (the planning page did not render). DAQ draft list is not public.
  • SOUTH CAROLINA (DES) — COMPLETE. ePermitting JSON, 111 of 111 active notices. Air: JW Aluminum, Duke Anderson, and Canadys PSD. Zero in scope.
  • TENNESSEE (TDEC) — COMPLETE for air and waste notice pages, 9/25 to 10/2. Air: ETNG Ridgetop, Welch Packaging, Wabtec, HydraSports, Cambrian Ironworks; none in scope. Eastman TND003376928: no final posted.
  • NEW YORK (NYSDEC ENB 09-30) — COMPLETE. 47 items. Only Region 8 item: Avon BESS (Livingston). No Reju item.
  • MARYLAND (MDE air permits page) — read. No Grace amendment notice posted (Section 3).
  • OKLAHOMA (ODEQ) — COMPLETE.
    • Full grid: 320 rows (176 AQD, 133 WQD, 11 LPD); all 11 LPD rows read. The grid shrank from 459 rows; completed rows have been pruned.
    • Open windows since 09-20 (Magellan, PSO Northeastern PSD, Tenmark, Mid-Way UIC, CTR Chickasha, Mustang Gas, Haskell Lemon, Oil and Gas GP, Blake, ET Foster) are all out of scope. Synthesia unchanged.
  • TEXAS — COMPLETE (Texas Register 10-02 “In Addition,” 26 pp.; TCEQ pending NSR list, 430 rows); PARTIAL (portal). No pyrolysis, Ch. 328, or “advanced recycling” notices. The pending list has no date column, so “new since” cannot be computed. TCEQ Permit Search by facility not run.
  • LOUISIANA (LDEQ) — COMPLETE. 15 notices dated 09-25 to 10-02, none in scope. FusionOne and Tencate: no notices from 7/23 to 10/02.
  • ARIZONA — COMPLETE (Pinal /401 and /418, ADEQ, Maricopa reports). Pinal is unchanged (one period, 09/01 to 10/01, 16 permits, none in scope). ADEQ: one new notice, Minerals Research copper slag 100924 (out of scope). Maricopa: no “All Apps” file after the week of 09-20 has been posted. F058175 Southern Tire Mart leans toward a retread plant, unresolved.
  • CALIFORNIA — COMPLETE (CalRecycle JSON, newest 500 records; BAAQMD notices CSV and Recent Applications CSV). Zero in scope. SCAQMD not read.
  • OREGON — COMPLETE (Your DEQ Online API, 13 active notices; name searches). Zero in scope. Ambiguous and before the window: Green Century Electronics Recycling, 13170 SW Wall St, Tigard (next door to the former Regenyx site), ACDP Basic application filed 2026-09-09, likely e-waste.
  • NEVADA (NDEP posts) — COMPLETE, nothing in scope. WASHINGTON (Ecology; NWCAA) — read, nothing in scope.
  • MICHIGAN (EGLE AQD; URL moved) and ILLINOIS (EPA BOA, 18 of 18 records) — COMPLETE, nothing in scope. NEW HAMPSHIRE (NHDES) — PARTIAL: only the first page rendered (items 09/18 to 11/04).
  • Oil & Gas Watch — READ through the site JSON API (requires Origin/Referer headers). 2,139 projects; 74 “Chemical Recycling Plant” (same as 09-29). No chemical-recycling project created since 09-01. No substantive edits since 09-14. A bulk automated touch on 10-03 left statuses and notes unchanged. Alerts: two Alterra RACT SIP alerts (09-21/22).
  • Tracers. “Subpart AAAA,” “60.1465,” “60.1020(h),” “plastics or rubber recycling unit”: no newly posted permits. Federal Register: nothing since 09-15. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0068 and -1212: no new documents. OIRA: nothing relevant under review.
  • Filings.
    • EDGAR full-text search for 09-25 to 10-04 (“pyrolysis,” “advanced recycling,” “chemical recycling,” “depolymerization,” “tire pyrolysis”): hit PowerLink 1-A/A (Section 2).
    • WAST: 8-K 09-23 (shareholder vote only); no 8-K on the tire LOI.
    • LOOP 8-K 10-01: investor presentation is image-only, not read.
  • Newswires / trade press. Read: PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire (Chromium), Resource Recycling, Recycling Today, Waste Dive. Not readable: Plastics News and Sustainable Plastics (bot wall), Business Wire search, ACCESS Newswire and WV Watch (403), Stocktitan (blocked).
  • Community. Change.org pyrolysis topic: no new petitions. Beyond Plastics, GAIA, MCAF, BEN Ohio: nothing in the window on US pyrolysis. ————————

5. CHANNEL STATUS CHANGES

  • Review dates due this run: none. v1.0 Provisional reviews fall on 2026-11-06; Texas Register on 2026-12-10; the 09-29 additions on 2026-12-29.
  • New PROVISIONAL (review 2027-01-04): Maryland MDE Air and Radiation Administration — Air Management Permits page. Basis: the W.R. Grace Columbia operating-permit amendment is pending without notice. An active campaign there (Stop Grace coalition, zoning appeal) would qualify it for CONFIRMED under the promotion rule. Recommended for CONFIRMED; the owner applies it.
  • Second in-scope sighting, Pennsylvania (already CONFIRMED): the PA Bulletin section “Application(s) Received for Plan Approval(s) … That May Have Special Public Interest” carried Crawford Renewables 20-00326A at the application stage, before any draft. Recommended procedure: read that section of every Saturday Bulletin.
  • Readability notes written to the Channel Map:
    • Ohio notices DB has a usable backend API.
    • GA Knack draft-Title-V app is now READABLE via the Knack public API (fixes the v1.0 “empty shell” failure). GA permitsearch is unreachable.
    • ODEQ grid prunes completed rows (459 to 320).
    • TCEQ pending NSR list has no date column.
    • Oregon “Your DEQ Online” is readable via its API.
    • SC DES ePermitting JSON is readable.
    • Michigan, Alabama, and NHDES URLs have moved.
    • OGW API needs Origin/Referer headers.
    • Clean-Seas R13-3728 has dropped off the WV NSR sheet.
    • Maricopa “All Apps” lists post late.
  • Promotions and retirements: none formal. Standing recommendation, unchanged: WVDEP NSR statewide to CONFIRMED. ————————

6. MOVEMENT ON KNOWN FIGHTS (context only)

  • Alterra Akron: the RACT SIP comment period and hearing closed 09-30; no hearing coverage found; no final SIP submittal posted yet.
  • Alabama: ADEM proposed Scrap Tire Program revisions (Div. 335-4, Public Notice 423, dated 2026-09-30). Hearing 2026-11-19 10:00 am, ADEM Main Hearing Room, 1400 Coliseum Blvd, Montgomery. Written comments by 5:00 pm 11-19 to the ADEM Hearing Officer (hearing.officer@adem.alabama.gov); 46 days remaining. Revisions “clarify language related to receivers and processers.” Rule text is not yet posted; check it for tire-derived-product and pyrolysis language that would touch Eco-Infinic Phenix City. https://adem.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2026-09/09-26div4.html
  • Reju Rochester: Resource Recycling interview with CEO Patrik Frisk (2026-10-01) restates the “18.9-acre site,” “expected to open in 2029,” about 70 jobs, and feedstock via Goodwill and WM. No FID and no filing. https://resource-recycling.com/recycling/2026/10/01/rejus-patrik-frisk-on-the-promise-of-textile-to-textile-recycling/
  • Nexus McDonough: a C&EN September feature reportedly says 12 lines (192,000 t/y) are being installed, with the “first two lines starting up by year-end.” Reported, not confirmed; the page could not be retrieved this run.
  • SOBE Youngstown: receiver disconnections expected around the week of 10-05 (Vindicator, 09-22); permit already revoked. ———————— Yield: 8 leads · 1 net-new in-scope facility with an open window (Crawford Renewables PA, tire pyrolysis, 29 days) plus 3 net-new watch items (PowerLink AZ/TX, Forge Industries NV, Axens undisclosed TPO project) · 2 changes on known facilities (W.R. Grace MD permit amendment; BurCell Atlanta scope evidence, URGENT at 12 days) · 1 adjacent rulemaking (ADEM scrap tire) · 22 jurisdictions enumerated (OH, WV, PA Bulletin, IN, KY, GA, AL, SC, TN, NY, MD, OK, TX, LA, AZ, CA, OR, NV, WA, MI, IL complete or read; NC and NH partial) · OGW read, no changes. ————————

PROCESS NOTE

  1. The PA find came from reading the Bulletin in full, not from a keyword search. The Crawford notice contains “Pyrolysis” and “tire,” but it sits in a plan-approval application list that eNotice and keyword runs do not surface reliably. Lexicon Rule 2 should name “Plan Approval application (PA, ‘Special Public Interest’ list)” as a document type. Channel Map PA entry: read that section every Saturday (dated note added).
  2. “Administrative update” amendments remove the window. MDE is treating Grace’s extension as administrative, so no notice. This is a variant of the Rule 6 “equipment update” pattern. Add “administrative amendment / administrative update to construction permit” to Rule 6’s framings, and treat any such amendment at a known site as a records-request trigger.
  3. Plastics-bearing engineered fuels (BurCell NHSM fluff, up to 40% plastics; Forge Industries) are a recurring boundary case. The Lexicon does not say whether plastics-to-solid-fuel for kilns is in scope. The owner should decide. Until then this run logs them as WATCH and creates no facility file.
  4. SEC Regulation A (Form 1-A) filings carried a tire-pyrolysis site disclosure that no newswire did. Add Form 1-A/1-K to the Lexicon’s corporate-filings list, next to 8-K/10-K/S-1, and run EDGAR full-text search for “pyrolysis” every run.
  5. Snapshot-diff need. ODEQ prunes rows and the TCEQ pending list has no dates, so “new since last run” cannot be computed from either. A stored snapshot per run would fix this, but runs may not create files. The owner needs to decide where snapshots live.
  6. Partner intake channel is still undefined (no uploads folder; email unreachable). This repeats the 09-29 note.
  7. Unread this run: GA permitsearch (unreachable), WV Application Enhancer (login), TCEQ Permit Search, PA eNotice, SCAQMD, NC DAQ drafts, the Cumberland County planning page, Plastics News / Sustainable Plastics / Business Wire / ACCESS Newswire, the LOOP investor deck (image-only), the C&EN Nexus feature, and the Martinsburg Journal legals.
  8. Stale deadline: facilities/alterra-akron-oh.yaml still carries the past 2026-09-30 deadline. This run had no new Alterra finding, so the file was not touched; the next run that touches it should clear the deadline.