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Pyrolysis / Dangerous Plastics Facilities — Early-Warning Sweep (Oct 8, 2026)

Run date: Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Nationwide · Leads and clocks only. Window: since the 2026-10-04 sweep (agency enumeration from 10-02 to overlap). Coverage log (data/coverage-log.csv, 55 rows through the 10-05 watchlist) read before reporting; every item below was dedupe-checked against it and against facilities/. Canonical docs read: prompts/facility-lexicon.md (v1.0) and prompts/state-permit-channel-map.md (living file, through the 10-04 run additions). 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 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 — 8 DAYS

  • Agency / division: Georgia EPD, Air Protection Branch. Public advisory PA0926-3 (the EPD list dates it 2026-09-16), listed under “SIP PUBLIC ADVISORIES”.
  • Application: No. 30315; “Description of Operation: Chemicals and Chemical Preparations”; “Reason for Application: Installation of a separate natural gas-fired solids burner.” (Re-read 10-08; unchanged.)
  • New this run: GA EPD Land Protection Branch site suitability notice for the “South Fulton Materials Recovery Facility and Anaerobic Digester / 4785 Fulton Industrial Blvd. SW,” GEOS Submittal ID No. 826355, addressed to Christopher Peters, SVP-Project Development, BurCell Technologies, Kennesaw. It covers a “41.852-acre parcel,” says “This letter does not constitute a permit,” and requires a Design and Operational (D&O) Plan and a local public hearing noticed 30 days ahead before any permit. The research pass read the letter date as 24-OCT-2024; the file name says 10242025. This run could not machine-read the PDF itself, so the date is reported, not confirmed. (The 10-04 run logged the solid-waste permit 060-095P(MRF-AD), issued 2025-09-02, for the same site.)
  • BurCell’s own site describes a “vacuum aided thermal decomposition process” in which mixed plastics are recovered “with high BTU yields for thermal conversion.” Its RevitaFuel SDS (logged 10-04) says the fuel “Can contain up to 40% on a weight basis of finely shredded non-chlorinated plastics.”
  • Reading: an MSW materials-recovery and engineered-fuel site with a plastics fraction routed to “thermal conversion.” It sits next to our scope (feedstock prep / plastics-bearing fuel). No document says what the new “solids burner” fires. Reported, not confirmed.
  • Comment deadline: 2026-10-16, 4:30 PM — 8 days remaining (“Any comments should be received by October 16, 2026”).
  • Hearing: none noticed.
  • Where comments go: Air-Permits.Comments@dnr.ga.gov, subject line “Air permit application”, or by mail to Air Permit Manager, Georgia EPD, 4244 International Pkwy, Suite 120, Atlanta GA 30354. The application can be viewed by appointment: ask.epd@dnr.ga.gov, (404) 363-7000. LPB contact for the solid-waste file: Lena Sassone, 470-251-8097.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: not listed as of 10-04. OGW could not be re-read this run. Share with EIP.
  • How it surfaced: GA EPD advisory enumeration (09-29 run). The scope evidence came from the 10-04 and 10-08 facility checks.
  • Sources: https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/pa0926-3/download · https://epd.georgia.gov/document/document/south-fulton-mrf-ad-site-suitability-notice10242025pdf/download · https://burcellteam.com/system/ · https://burcellteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/revitafuel-sds-sheet.pdf
  • Next step: by 10-12, request application 30315 from ask.epd@dnr.ga.gov and screen what the burner fires. Ask LPB whether a D&O Plan was ever filed and whether the local hearing has been held. File a short, specific comment by 10-16 (4:30 PM) asking EPD to state the burner’s fuel and to apply Part 241 and Section 129 scrutiny. The comment preserves standing even if the burner turns out to be a dryer.

NET-NEW (10-04), inside 30 days — Crawford Renewables, Inc. — 5414 Powder Road, Atlantic PA 16111, Greenwood Township, Crawford County, PA — TIRE PYROLYSIS PLAN APPROVAL — 25 DAYS

  • Agency / division: Pennsylvania DEP, Northwest Region Air Quality Program, 230 Chestnut Street, Meadville PA 16335-3481, 814-332-6945. David G. Balog, P.E., New Source Review Section Chief, 814-332-6328.
  • Permit: Plan Approval application 20-00326A, “installation of two Pyrolysis machines with associated control devices” to “break down tire sidewalls and tread to produce reusable products.” Application received 2026-08-13; in review; no draft.
  • Notice / first publication: PA Bulletin Vol. 56 No. 40, 2026-10-03. No later Bulletin is posted yet (No. 41 is due 10-10).
  • Comment and hearing-request deadline: 2026-11-02 — 25 days remaining (our calculation: 30 days from publication; still not independently confirmed with DEP).
  • New this run — the township had it first. The Greenwood Township Planning Committee agenda for 2026-05-21 listed “Crawford Renewables- Air Quality Plan Application- Comments for DEP?” (confirmed via the search index). That is about five months before the Bulletin notice. The township’s June 1, 2026 supervisors’ minutes, a scanned PDF posted in September, report: “the planning committee reviewed the Air Quality Plan Application for Crawford Renewable and will be sending comments to DEP about the plan.” That quote comes from a research pass; this run could not machine-read the scan, so it is reported, not confirmed. The township’s August and September documents do not mention the project. Next planning committee meeting: 2026-10-15, 6:00 PM. The supervisors hold a budget meeting on 10-12.
  • Company background (reported, not confirmed): Greg Rubino heads Crawford Renewable Energy, LLC, whose 20-305A tire-derived-fuel power plant (about 900 tons of tires a day) was dropped in 2016 in favour of announced tire-pyrolysis plans. He also heads Crawford Advanced Materials (wood-biomass pyrolysis, Keystone Regional Industrial Park). No capacity has been found for the 20-00326A machines.
  • Hearing: none; must be requested by 11-02.
  • Oil & Gas Watch: not listed as of 10-04 (not re-read this run). NOT IN OGW — share with EIP.
  • Sources: https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pabull?file=/secure/pabulletin/data/vol56/56-40/1449a.html · https://greenwoodtwpcrawfordpa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/06-2026-Meeting-Minutes.pdf · https://greenwoodtwpcrawfordpa.gov/
  • Next step: ask Greenwood Township (14743 F Road, Atlantic) for a copy of the comments its planning committee sent DEP; that is the fastest route to the application contents. Attend or obtain the 10-15 planning meeting. Request the application from DEP NW Region (file review or Right-to-Know). File a hearing request and comments by 11-02.

No other in-scope item has a comment, hearing, or appeal deadline inside 30 days. Adjacent: EPA’s proposed approval of West Virginia’s OSWI/LMWC negative declarations (comments close 11-06, 29 days; Section 6). ————————

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

Both items below date from February 2026. They surfaced this run from a Tier 3 (municipal and county) search and were not previously logged. They are backfill, not new events, but both are unknown to our file and probably to OGW.

NET-NEW (backfill) — Alabama Renewable Energy Inc. — 3042 Birmingham Hwy, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL — tire pyrolysis — OGW status unverified

  • Company statements (alabama-renewable.com, read 10-08): “Alabama Renewable Energy Inc. was established in January 2022 in Alabama”; “our facility equipped with two production lines.” Waste tires are shredded and the rubber is pyrolyzed “at 750ºF in negative-pressure vacuum reactors,” producing fuel oil, carbon black, and steel wire. Named markets are bunker fuel and industrial boilers. The company also mentions “our operational plant in China.” No capacity is given, and the site does not say whether the Montgomery plant is operating.
  • Local approval: City of Montgomery Board of Adjustment, case BD-2026-006 (number per a search snippet; the listing has a numbering error): “Request a special exception for above-ground fuel storage to be located at 3042 Birmingham Highway in an M-3 (General Industry) Zoning District.” Reported approved around 2026-02-19 with fencing and visibility-screening conditions (Citizen Portal AI meeting summary dated 2026-02-20; page returned 403; reported, not confirmed).
  • State: ADEM’s Permitted Scrap Tire Processors List (modified 2026-03-03) reportedly lists “Alabama Renewable Energy · 3036/3042 Birmingham Hwy · Montgomery” as a Class Two processor, a class that covers only shredding and size reduction (search snippet; this run could not render the PDF). No ADEM air permit found. A pyrolysis unit running under a shred-only tire registration, with no air permit, is the question to put to ADEM.
  • Stage: unknown (zoning exception granted; operating status unconfirmed).
  • Ties to the ADEM Scrap Tire Program rulemaking (hearing 2026-11-19; Section 6).
  • Sources: https://alabama-renewable.com/about/ · https://alabama-renewable.com/technology/ · https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7460104/Alabama/Montgomery-County/Montgomery-City/Board-approves-tire-pyrolysis-facility-at-Birmingham-Highway-with-screening-conditions · https://adem.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2026-04/PermittedScrapTireProcessorsList.pdf
  • Next step: search ADEM eFile (Air and Land) for “Alabama Renewable Energy” and the address, and ask ADEM Air Division (airmail@adem.alabama.gov) whether any air permit or exemption covers the pyrolysis reactors. Get the BOA minutes for BD-2026-006 from the City of Montgomery. New facility file: facilities/alabama-renewable-energy-montgomery-al.yaml. Share with EIP.

NET-NEW WATCH (backfill) — “Project Emerald” (PXA Properties, LLC, reported) — Gulf Inland Logistics Park, Dayton, Liberty County, TX — tire pyrolysis — not in OGW (presumed)

  • Liberty County Commissioners Court 01-29-2026 workshop agenda: a tax abatement agreement with “PXA Properties, LLC” for “Project Emerald”, “located within the Gul[f] Inland Logistics Park in Dayton, Texas” (clerk stamp 26-0292). The agenda is a scan; this text comes from the search index.
  • 02-19-2026 special meeting (Citizen Portal AI summary; page 403; reported, not confirmed): “a tire‑processing and pyrolysis facility.” The plan is to shred tires and run the rubber through a pyrolysis reactor to recover carbon black, fuel oil, and gas; Phase 1 would employ about 75 people. “Commissioners agreed to table action and requested the full application and a detailed abatement breakdown.” The proposed abatement mirrors Dayton’s: 100% in years 1–2, 75% in year 3, 50% in years 4–5.
  • No later county action located (the 02-24 through 10-13 agendas are scans and were not OCR’d). The City of Dayton created Reinvestment Zones No. 2 and No. 3 in Gulf Inland Logistics Park on 2026-07-21, one “tied to another proposed industrial project”; there is no tire link (Bluebonnet News).
  • TCEQ: no air application in the pending NSR list (read A–Z on 10-08) and no scrap-tire registration on TCEQ’s pending list (last modified 2026-08-26).
  • Sources: https://www.co.liberty.tx.us/upload/page/4847/docs/2026%20Agenda/2026.0129%20Workshop.pdf · https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7470727/Texas/Liberty-County/Liberty-County-commissioners-table-incentive-decision-for-Project-Emerald-tirerecycling-plant · https://bluebonnetnews.com/2026/07/21/dayton-council-tables-ethics-policy-advances-infrastructure-projects/
  • Next step: public-records request to Liberty County and the Dayton Community Development Corporation for the Project Emerald / PXA abatement application, which will name the operator and the site. Watch TCEQ for a standard permit or NSR application in Liberty County. No facility file was created because the operator is unconfirmed.

No net-new facility surfaced inside the window from tracers, permit-type searches, newswires, or EDGAR. Innventure’s 424B5 (10-06) restates that Refinity (mixed-plastic “advanced recycling,” VTT license) will “identify prospective sites,” but names no site. ————————

3. CHANGES ON KNOWN FACILITIES

Clean-Seas West Virginia — Belle, Kanawha County, WV — R13-3728 (final) — county engagement; still no appeal visible

  • WCHS, 2026-10-04 (Joseph DiCristofaro): Commission President Ben Salango sent the company a letter, and the CEO responded. Salango: “I have a Zoom with the CEO next week.” He says he is confident air monitors will be installed: “we at least need some air monitoring just to make sure that there’s no pollution.” The petition now has “more than 1,100 signatures.” “The commission has been in communication with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.” The article says nothing about an appeal.
  • EIP’s own Oil & Gas Watch news post (2026-10-01, Ari Phillips; not logged before) cites permit-document estimates of “3,500 tons per year of greenhouse gases, 12 tons per year of ‘criteria’ air pollutants, and 1,680 pounds per year of hazardous air pollutants,” and says the first truckload of plastic arrived in early August.
  • WV Air Quality Board docket (read 10-08): still only 25-04-AQB (WV-CAG v. MGS CNP1). No Clean-Seas appeal is listed.
  • OGW: listed; EIP has covered the permit issuance itself. The facility status was not re-read this run.
  • Sources: https://wchstv.com/news/local/air-quality-and-finance-concerns-remain-over-plastic-conversion-facility-in-belle · https://news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/controversial-west-virginia-chemical-plastics-recycling-plant-gets-permit-over-local-objections · https://aqb.wv.gov/docket
  • Next step: ask Salango’s office for the CEO’s response letter and the outcome of the Zoom, and push for fenceline monitoring to be made a written commitment. Confirm with Fair Shake whether an appeal was filed (AQB Clerk Kenna DeRaimo, 304-414-1128).

BurCell Martinsburg LLC — former Entsorga site, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV — R13-3795 still no notice

WVDEP NSR sheet (read 10-08): “09/01/2026, Pursley, R13 Const, No, R13-3795, 003-00292, BurCell Martinsburg LLC, Martinsburg, 1/1/2027” with public-notice date and comment deadline blank. The DAQ notice page says “There are no active public notices at this time.” Berkeley County SWA Agenda Center: the 09-23 minutes (BurCell lease, siting plan revision) are still not posted, and there is no October agenda. The new GA EPD site-suitability letter (Section 1) describes the same company’s MRF-plus-anaerobic-digestion model. Next step: the Martinsburg Journal legal ad remains 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, No, R13-3555B, 009-00141” with public-notice date and comment deadline still blank. Listed only because the draft can drop at any time.

W.R. Grace — Columbia, Howard County, MD — operating-permit amendment: still no MDE notice

MDE Air Management Permits page (read 10-08): Grace appears only under Final Determinations (Docket 16-23, issued 6/20/2025). No notice, comment period, or hearing has been posted for the amendment, and no news after 09-30 was found. Backfill, not previously logged: The Daily Record (Washington Post syndicate, 2026-09-24) reports the pilot is “permitted to run up to 16 hours a day, five days a week.” It also reports that MDE “received four odor complaints from May to July,” that Grace used “pyrolysis” in a 2024 letter to state officials but now calls the term “no longer an accurate description,” and that Grace cites trade secrets to withhold some emissions details. https://thedailyrecord.com/2026/09/24/wr-grace-tests-new-plastic-recycling-technology-maryland/ Next step unchanged: a written request to MDE for the amendment application and the basis for calling it “administrative.”

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

Unchanged from 10-04. Grace’s permit is “set to expire in 2029” (the pending amendment would extend it indefinitely). Alterra P0133062 renewal: still not final (no notice in Ohio IDs 225015 to 225156). Brightmark Ashley INP000663 new term still uncaptured. Green Mountain F-25-019 about 2030-10 (unconfirmed).

No change found

  • Ohio (within the IDs read): Alterra Akron (no RACT SIP final submittal or response to comments found), Freepoint Hebron (A0079807/A0080692 still at application), SOBE Youngstown, PureCycle Ironton, PolyKinetix Massillon.
  • Synthesia Stillwater 2026-0031-C: same ODEQ row, verbatim “Tier I | Minor Source Construction Permit | Comment Review (06/26/2026 - 09/24/2026) | Taylor Maxwell | Under DEQ Review”; not issued.
  • Southeast: Nexus McDonough (permit 2869-151-0065-S-01-0, synthetic minor; no modification for the 12-line build-out found), Nexus Atlanta, Brightmark Thomaston (synthetic-minor 2869-293-0040-S-01-0; no final found), PureCycle Augusta, Revalyu Statesboro, Eco-Infinic Phenix City, Eastman Kingsport (TND003376928 still no final decision), Waste Energy Fayetteville, Syre Cedar Creek, Braven Zebulon (closed).
  • Midwest and KY: Brightmark Ashley INP000663 and Priority Plastics M075-50299-00039 (no IDEM rows), Green Mountain F-25-019.
  • Texas: ExxonMobil Baytown (no fourth-unit filing on the pending NSR list; the company page still cites the third unit), Waste Energy Midland, Cyclyx, LyondellBasell, New Hope, Eastman Longview, Braven Texarkana, Innovent: none on the TCEQ pending list A–Z.
  • West: Freepoint Eloy C31386.R01 (no final found; Pinal pages 403), Freepoint Yermo, Resynergi, Klean Boardman, Regenyx.
  • Other: Reju Rochester (ENB 10-07: no item), Prima Groveton, FusionOne, Tencate. ————————

4. JURISDICTIONS ENUMERATED THIS RUN

Tool conditions: no shell this run, so web fetch and search were used, plus the shared browser for Ohio and Oklahoma only. Several JSON-API reads that worked on 10-04 could not be reproduced. All reads were dated 2026-10-08.

  • OHIO (Ohio EPA notices DB) — PARTIAL. New failure: the search grid and API return only notices that already have a Weekly Review date. “PENDING” notices are left out (10/02 to 10/09 search: 41 notices, only one post-10/01 Air item). Workaround: open notices one by one at notices-view/. IDs 225015 to 225085 were read individually: 34 Air notices with action dates 10/02 to 10/06, zero in scope. The plastics names screened out are ProVia Walnut Creek P0141347 (woodworking and fiberglass), Universal Plastics Middlefield P0140811 (plastic coating), and Washington Penn Plastics Wapakoneta P0140846 (compounding: “mixing, extruding, and pelletizing”; recycled feedstock unverified). Also screened: three pending 10-01 notices the 10-04 run could not have seen (MCC Verstraete A0082570, Rudolph Foods P0141445, Zehrco Plastics Draft Title V P0140358, a molder), none in scope. Water and solid-waste titles in the same range were screened (Vanguard Renewables PTI is anaerobic digestion), none in scope. Follow-up pass: IDs 225086 to 225156 also read individually (225156 is the last ID that exists; 225100 and 225157+ return null). That covers 28 more Air notices with action dates 10/06 to 10/07, zero in scope. They include the Gavin power plant, Trammo Nitrogen Draft Title V P0140436 (comments to 11/08), ReMuriate Delta P0141483 (steel-pickle acid regeneration), NSG Glass P0141303, CertainTeed, Westrafo, three revocations, and Gerken portable relocations. Tire-related: 225133 is a scrap-tire transporter registration only (Hervert Express, North Lawrence, Stark Co.). Water and solid-waste titles were screened, none in scope. Ohio is now COMPLETE for notice IDs 225015 to 225156. Weekly Review documents were not read. No Alterra, Freepoint Hebron, Plastic Back, PureCycle, PolyKinetix, or SOBE notice appeared.
  • OKLAHOMA (ODEQ) — LPD COMPLETE; AQD/WQD by filter. The grid has 323 records (AQD 179, WQD 133, LPD 11; it was 320 on 10-04). All 11 LPD rows read visibly, none in scope (Sooner Solid Solutions Tier III solid waste, Kingfisher Co., is in technical review with no feedstock stated). Rows with periods starting from 10/01 (9) read, none in scope (Tenmark Mustang 2025-0808-TV comments to 11/02, Scissortail RNG, Georg Fischer Central Plastics 2024-1096-O, a pipe-fittings maker). Not done: a row-by-row read of all 323 rows; the 3 net-new rows were not identified, and periods starting 10/1x were not searched. Synthesia 2026-0031-C unchanged. Interplastic Pryor 98-215-O M-7 still in technical review; its WQD discharge renewal OK0044466 has a draft published (resin plant; feedstock still unverified).
  • WEST VIRGINIA — COMPLETE. NSR data tab read as CSV (the 10-04 URL now returns only the notes tab; the data tab is gid=0). 73 rows, down from 85. Received after 10/2: one row, G50-C143 R.G. Johnson Company (general permit), out of scope. Newly noticed: Perennial CMM R13-3787 (coal-mine methane; notice 10/08, comments to 11/09), out of scope. A keyword screen of all rows found no pyrolysis, tire, plastic, recycling, or fuel. The DAQ notice page and AQB docket were also read. Zero in scope. Application Enhancer PDFs not read (login).
  • PENNSYLVANIA — no new Bulletin. Vol. 56 No. 40 (10-03) is still the latest issue; it was read in full on 10-04. eNotice not read. Greenwood Township (Tier 3) read (Section 1).
  • INDIANA (IDEM) — COMPLETE. All-regions page “Updated: 10/07/2026”: 32 rows starting 10/02 to 10/07, all screened, with ambiguous air PDFs opened. Prairie View High BTU (landfill-gas RNG flare-limit deletion), Tradebe East Chicago T089-49673-00345 (hazardous-waste fuel blending, drum shredder; not plastics feedstock), and Acme Farms dba Roy’s Recycling F095-50096-00164 (drywall grinding) are all out of scope. Zero in scope.
  • KENTUCKY (DAQ) — COMPLETE. 8 rows, 2 new: Astemo Berea V-26-047 and UK Main Campus V-25-005 R1, both out of scope.
  • NEW YORK (ENB 2026-10-07) — titles COMPLETE. 46 notices; 8 in Region 8, none in scope. No Reju item. Descriptions of the statewide air items were not opened.
  • MARYLAND (MDE air permits page) — read. No Grace notice. Other items (Kingspan foam board, Wheelabrator Baltimore Title V, Center Point Terminal, Wylie crematory) are out of scope.
  • GEORGIA (EPD) — PARTIAL. Advisory list read; the list has moved to epd.georgia.gov/permitting-public-advisories-and-public-notices. PA1026-1 (dated 10-07) could not be read: its download link returns HTTP 404, and a retry by this run also returned 404. PA0926-3 re-read. Knack draft-Title-V app not read (JS shell; the 10-04 public-API route was not reproduced). permitsearch.gaepd.org was reachable but is a POST form, so BurCell could not be searched there.
  • ALABAMA (ADEM) — COMPLETE. 21 items dated 9/30 to 10/08 (air: Mineral Manufacturing Eufaula Title V, Wayne-Sanderson, Warrior Met, SNG Gallion, Hyundai Transys); none in scope. The Div. 335-4 rule text has been posted and screened (Section 6). eFile not searched.
  • SOUTH CAROLINA (DES) — PARTIAL. des.sc.gov notice pages returned 404; the legacy apps.des.sc.gov/PublicNotices list gave about 50 items with start dates 10/01 to 10/07, none in scope. Pagination is JS-driven, so completeness is not guaranteed.
  • TENNESSEE (TDEC) — COMPLETE (air and waste pages). 10 air notices dated 9/29 to 10/07, all out of scope. Waste: Safety-Kleen and Olin final decisions, TVA Watts Bar hearing. Eastman TND003376928 has no final.
  • NORTH CAROLINA — PARTIAL. DEQ notices, about 31 events (Binderholz Enfield air, NPDES items), none in scope. DAQ permit-notice URL 404. Cumberland County: ZON-26-0041 (8.33 acres, Wilkes Road, R6A to M(P), “removed by unanimous vote”); ZON-26-0046 (8.44 acres, Marracco Drive, applicant William Jacobs, RR to M1(P)). Neither has a known pyrolysis link.
  • LOUISIANA (LDEQ) — COMPLETE. 12 notices dated 9/30 to 10/07, none in scope (Louisiana Integrated Polyethylene JV is a virgin-PE producer).
  • TEXAS — COMPLETE for the TCEQ pending NSR list, A–Z (about 300 rows; a plain fetch caps at A–H, so rows I–Z were read through a third-party reader proxy). No pyrolysis, recycling, tire, or “advanced” rows and no watchlist names. E Z Waste 182699 is a concrete crusher (out of scope). Texas Register: no issue after 10-02.
  • ARIZONA — NOT READ. Pinal /401 and /418 and ADEQ notices returned HTTP 403. Maricopa “All Apps Week of 09-27-26” is posted, but the .xlsx could not be parsed: not screened (PowerLink and Southern Tire Mart F058175 remain unchecked).
  • CALIFORNIA — PARTIAL. BAAQMD notices page read (Cepheid only). CalRecycle showed “No items to display,” unverified. SCAQMD not read (search tool).
  • OREGON — NOT READ (Your DEQ Online showed only “Loading…”). WASHINGTON (Ecology) — COMPLETE, 32 items, none in scope. NEVADA (NDEP posts) — COMPLETE, 5 posts; Comstock Metals solar-panel recycling Class II revision is adjacent and out of scope. Clark County DES — COMPLETE, nothing in scope. Forge Industries’ GOED packet gives an applicant address of 1817 Greenwood Ter, Belmar, NJ (out-of-state applicant); no site application found.
  • MICHIGAN — PARTIAL (EGLE notice page 403; the NSR open-for-comment PDF shows only the Campbell coal-ash facility). ILLINOIS — PARTIAL (one record rendered).
  • Oil & Gas Watch — NOT READ. Without a shell, the fetch tool cannot send the Origin/Referer headers the API needs, and the SPA returns only its title. OGW-listed status for Crawford, BurCell, Alabama Renewable Energy, and Project Emerald could not be checked; no search hits link them to OGW. The OGW news index was read (newest post 10-01, Clean-Seas). GPPC “Tracking Our Progress” has no US facility data. Beyond Plastics has no new facility.
  • Tracers. “Subpart AAAA,” “60.1465,” “60.1020(h),” “plastics or rubber recycling unit”: no newly posted facility permits. Federal Register API: no pyrolysis items since 09-15. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0068 and -1212 have no new documents. New: WV OSWI negative declaration (Section 6).
  • Filings. EDGAR full-text search for 10-02 to 10-08: “pyrolysis” 0 hits; “advanced recycling” 3 (Innventure 424B5; Evolution Metals, out of scope). WAST 8-K (10-05) is a share-authorization charter amendment only. Clean Vision has filed nothing since deregistering.
  • Newswires and trade press. PR Newswire, GlobeNewswire, Resource Recycling, Waste Dive, Packaging Dive, Recycling Today, and Google News read; nothing in scope. Not readable: Plastics News (sustainableplastics.com now redirects to it), Business Wire, ACCESS Newswire (403).
  • Community. Change.org: no new petitions. ————————

5. CHANNEL STATUS CHANGES

  • Review dates due this run: none (earliest 2026-11-06 for the v1.0 Provisional entries).
  • New PROVISIONAL (review 2027-01-08): Greenwood Township, Crawford County, PA — supervisors’ and planning committee agendas and minutes (Tier 3). Basis: carried the Crawford Renewables air application in May 2026, about five months before the PA Bulletin. Minutes are scans; agendas are search-indexed.
  • Readability notes written to the Channel Map: the WV NSR CSV needs gid=0; the GA advisory list URL has moved and PA1026-1 returned 404; the GA Knack API was not reproduced; the TCEQ pending list caps at A–H on a plain fetch; Pinal, ADEQ, and EGLE return 403; the Maricopa 09-27 xlsx is posted but unscreened; SC DES pages moved (legacy app works); Oregon and CalRecycle were unread or unverified; OGW was unreadable without headers; the Federal Register works through its API and .txt URLs.
  • Promotions and retirements: none. Standing recommendations unchanged: WVDEP NSR statewide to CONFIRMED; MDE to CONFIRMED (active campaign). ————————

6. MOVEMENT ON KNOWN FIGHTS (context only)

  • West Virginia OSWI: EPA proposes approving WV’s negative declarations “certifying that there are no existing large municipal waste combustors or other solid waste incinerators” (Subpart Cb; Subpart FFFF, as defined at 40 CFR 60.2992). 91 FR 64133, 2026-10-07, Docket EPA-R03-OAR-2026-6205; comments close 2026-11-06 (29 days). Pyrolysis and Clean-Seas are not mentioned; a comment could flag the Belle unit. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/10/07/2026-20611.txt
  • Alabama scrap-tire rule (Div. 335-4, PN 423): the rule text is now posted. It has no pyrolysis or carbon-black language; the amendments are administrative (5-year registrations from 2027-05-01, municipal delegation). The unchanged definition 335-4-1-.02(ff), “Processed Tire Material - a material produced from scrap tires through any chemical, physical, or thermal process,” already reaches pyrolysis outputs. Hearing 2026-11-19 10:00 am, 1400 Coliseum Blvd, Montgomery; comments by 5 pm to hearing.officer@adem.alabama.gov; 42 days. A comment could press ADEM on Alabama Renewable Energy (Section 2). https://adem.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/2026-09/09-26div4-rules.pdf
  • Waste Energy Corp: 8-K (10-05) approves a higher share limit; corporate only. The Fayetteville pyrolysis plan was reportedly abandoned in 2025; Midland TX is the live site.
  • LyondellBasell: interview (ChemAnalyst, 10-05) on MoReTec-1 in Germany, startup “targeted” 2027; nothing on the Houston plant. ———————— Yield: 10 leads logged · 2 net-new facilities, both backfilled from February (Alabama Renewable Energy, Montgomery AL, tire pyrolysis; Project Emerald, Dayton TX, tire pyrolysis watch), plus 1 corporate no-site item (Innventure/Refinity) · 4 changes on known facilities (BurCell Atlanta scope evidence, URGENT at 8 days; Crawford Renewables township record, 25 days; Clean-Seas county engagement; W.R. Grace backfill) · 2 adjacent regulatory items (WV OSWI negative declaration, 29 days; ADEM tire rule text, 42 days) · 24 jurisdictions touched: complete in WV, IN, KY, AL, TN, LA, TX, WA, NV, and NY ENB titles; OH complete by notice ID; partial in OK (LPD complete), GA, SC, NC, CA, MI, IL, and MD/PA (no new notices or Bulletin); not read in AZ, OR, and OGW. ————————

PROCESS NOTE

  1. No shell this run, and it cost coverage. The JSON-API reads used on 10-04 (OGW with Origin/Referer headers, the GA Knack API, Oregon, CalRecycle) and the xlsx/PDF parsing (Maricopa, ADEM tire list, the GA LPB letter, Greenwood minutes) were not available. Arizona, Oregon, and OGW went unread. The Channel Map should note which channels need a browser or shell, and the runner should say whether a shell is expected.
  2. Tier 3 beat the state agency by five months on Crawford. A township planning-committee agenda carried the PA air application in May. Lexicon Rule 2 / Tier 3: when a state publishes an application-stage notice, check the host township’s agendas back to the application date. Townships get courtesy copies of PA plan approval applications.
  3. Tire pyrolysis under shred-only tire registrations. Alabama Renewable Energy appears on ADEM’s list as a Class Two (shred/size-reduce) processor, with no air permit found. The Lexicon could add “scrap tire processor registration” to Rule 2 document types and treat state tire-processor lists as an enumerable channel.
  4. AI-generated meeting summaries (Citizen Portal) surfaced both net-new items but return 403 and are not primary sources. Both blocks are marked reported, not confirmed. Official minutes are needed before anything is forwarded as fact.
  5. Unread this run: GA PA1026-1 (404), the GA Knack app, Pinal, ADEQ, the Maricopa 09-27 xlsx, Oregon DEQ, SCAQMD, CalRecycle (unverified), EGLE main page, NC DAQ, PA eNotice, the Meadville Tribune and Martinsburg Journal legals, Plastics News, Business Wire, ACCESS Newswire, OGW. The ODEQ full row-by-row read. (Ohio IDs 225086 to 225156 were read in a follow-up pass.)
  6. Ohio search silently omits pending notices. The notices DB search returns only notices with a Weekly Review date, so a keyword or date search run before Monday’s Weekly Review misses that week’s new notices. The 10-04 run’s “COMPLETE” Ohio read therefore did not include pending notices (three pending 10-01 Air notices were found this run, none in scope). The Channel Map Ohio procedure should say: walk notices-view IDs upward from the last ID read. The last ID that existed this run was 225156; next run starts at 225157.
  7. Stale deadline (repeat of 10-04): facilities/alterra-akron-oh.yaml still carries the past 2026-09-30 deadline. The merge never removes deadlines, and a past deadline is not “superseded,” so this needs a human decision or a site-side filter on past dates.