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Center notified of layoffs at RES The plant was cited by the state for odor emissions six times in 2005 and was temporarily shut down by then-Gov. Matt Blunt in December 2005. Federal officials had lobbied for funds that helped bring the plant to Carthage, and U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, the former governor’s father, also met with Carthage residents on odor issues.
A public-nuisance lawsuit was filed against the plant in 2005 by the state and the city of Carthage. The action later was settled, after RES installed a thermal oxidizer and other additional odor-control equipment. Those installations have been cited recently by attorneys and company officials in arguments that the company is not responsible for recent odors from the city’s industrial bottoms. The company has not been cited since 2006 for a violation of state odor standards, which are triggered when odors are detected at a dilution of 7-to-1. Carthage officials lobbied the state, unsuccessfully, for a more stringent dilution standard. New odor rules The Carthage City Council earlier this year adopted revised odor rules, imposing a 5-to-1 dilution standard. Officials said enforcement of the measure would not start until workers completed training on odor-measuring equipment. 
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