The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) held a public meeting Sept. 27 to receive feedback from interested parties over an air permit that 360 Degree Metal Recycling is seeking to operate an auto shredder in New Carlisle, Ind. The company, a part of the Indiana Metal Processing Group, applied for the air permit June 24, 2011.
Randy Schlipp, president of 360 Degree Metal Recycling, says the company already has other permits needed to operate the shredder and is waiting to receive the air permit before it can begin construction on the building. “Everything is done except the air permit,” Schlipp says.
Schlipp says that the company has placed the order for an American Pulverizer 81 by 104 shredder that will be used at the facility. He adds the company will have a partial downstream system included at the site.
A spokesman for the IDEM says after receiving any comments or questions the state agency there may be some clarification to the permit before it is approved.
Schlipp says that the company already has a number of scrap yards in Indiana that will be used as feeder yards for the new facility. He expects the shredder to be complete and operational by early 2012.
According to the IDEM, the shredder will have a maximum throughput of 90 tons per hour. The facility will use an integral smart water injection system as a fire/explosion suppression and particulate control.
The company also plans on including a conveyor system, identified as EU-002, which will consist of six wet conveyors and one dry conveyor.
Indiana Agency Holds Public Meeting on Auto Shredder
360 Degree Metal Recycling plans to operate an auto shredder in New Carlisle, Ind.