Plant plans draw public ire

WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Selectboard voted on Monday night to seek a public hearing by state regulators on a proposal to expand capacity and increase emissions at the biodiesel plant in the business park in North Haverhill.
The board’s vote comes as the biodiesel’s plant’s owner, Renewable Fuels by Peterson, have filed a request with the state to modify its permit with the state. According to its application, the company wants to install new equipment that would increase generating capacity from 6.8 million gallons per year to 7.8 million gallons per year.
The equipment would also increase methanol emissions, which is a regulated air pollutant, according to a summary of the request by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.