Scrap Shredder’s Move To Southeast Side Delayed Over EPA Concerns
The EPA raised “significant civil rights concerns” about moving the facility from wealthy Lincoln Park to a working class area on the Southeast Side.
By Meha Ahmad, Nereida Moreno
Scrap Shredder’s Move To Southeast Side Delayed Over EPA Concerns
The EPA raised “significant civil rights concerns” about moving the facility from wealthy Lincoln Park to a working class area on the Southeast Side.
By Meha Ahmad, Nereida MorenoMayor Lori Lightfoot is delaying plans for a controversial car-shredding plant on the Southeast Side after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency flagged “significant civil rights concerns.”
Reset checks in with a reporter, an environmental activist and a spokesperson with the company seeking a final permit to build its plant.
GUESTS: Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times reporter
Randall Samborn, Reserve Management Group spokesperson
Oscar Sanchez, Southeast Youth Alliance