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From South Bend Tribune:

The St. Joseph County Council on Tuesday voted to approve a petition to operate a metal recycling center on Smilax Road in Olive Township.

The 7-2 vote — Dan Herbster, R-District F, and Rafael Morton, D-District D were opposed — took place after two hours of discussion on the matter, including a 90-minute public hearing in which more than two dozen residents spoke in opposition to the project.

Only two people spoke in favor of the petition, including a representative of the Chicago South & South Bend Railroad, which currently owns the property for which the project is slated.

Introduced by the Indiana Illinois Development Co., a subsidiary of the railroad, in December, the petition requested a zoning change to allow for the operation of a metal shredder in the 54400 block of Smilax Road, near IN/TEK and IN/KOTE and about two miles east of New Carlisle.

In response to a question by council member Mike Hamann, D-District A, Studer said that he did not believe operation of the shredder required an air permit from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, “but we're going to meet with them this week ... and if they saw we need a permit, we will certainly get one.”

Herbster then asked about vibration from the shredder, to which Studer replied, “You will feel those freight trains a lot more than you will feel this operation,” referring to the 130 to 140 trains per day that travel the railroad corridor adjacent to the site.

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Herbster then asked about vibration from the shredder, to which Studer replied, “You will feel those freight trains a lot more than you will feel this operation,” referring to the 130 to 140 trains per day that travel the railroad corridor adjacent to the site.

130-140 trains poer day must include commuter trains