2 distillation/fractioning towers to be built on former Hammermill property on east lakefront... at 140' and 150', these will add to Erie's skyline

Kidding aside, it's very good to see this type of industry forming on the land once occupied by one of the largest paper mills in the world. The company will primarily supply the adjacent Hero BX (former Lake Erie Biofuels), which is one of the largest producers of biodiesel in the nation.

Proposed Erie chemical plants get zoning OK



http://www.goerie.com/article/201604...-get-zoning-ok

A company planning to build two chemical plants at the former Hammermill site on East Lake Road has a go-ahead to build structures taller than generally allowed in city industrial districts.

Erie Zoning Board Chairman Mike Hornyak, acting as zoning hearing officer, on Tuesday approved Interstate Chemical Co.'s request for a height variance for two distillation towers for the plants.

The 140-foot and 150-foot towers will strip water from crude methanol and sodium methylate produced at the plants.

Only two people not affiliated with Interstate Chemical spoke at Tuesday's variance hearing, both in support of the taller towers, which they said pose no environmental or other concerns.



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A nationwide chemical company plans to expand in Erie by building a $60 million complex that would add as many as 50 jobs.

Interstate Chemical Co., based in Hermitage, Mercer County, is to build two plants on the site of International Paper Co.'s former Hammermill plant on East Lake Road.

The facilities -- for which Interstate Chemical is seeking zoning approval -- would go up on land in the SB3 Industrial Park.

The plants would be just west of Hero BX, the locally owned biofuels business that opened in the former North Yard section of the Hammermill site in 2007.

The proposed chemical plants would complement Interstate Chemical's existing Erie plant, which employs about 35 people at 1432 Chestnut St. That plant will continue to produce chemicals for foundries across the country, Lou Razzano, executive vice president at Interstate Chemical, said Wednesday.