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Montgomery County Will Not Grant Permit

Posted: 8:36 a.m. EDT October 8, 2003Updated: 10:07 a.m. EDT October 8, 2003

Commissioners in Montgomery County said they willl not grant a permit to allow PermaFix to treat the VX nerve agent byproduct Hydrolysate. The announcement came during the county commission meeting Tuesday night.

The Dayton Daily News reports a sanitary engineer said there are a lot of unanswered questions, along with health and ecological risks. PermaFix must show that the community supports the company's plans to treat the Hydrolysate.