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DRT America still sniffing out odor problem
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SPRINGFIELD -- During its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday night, the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority received an upate on DRT America's effort to curb smelly emissions from its turpentine-processing facility. DRT America President Corey Schneider said the $43 million plant at the Governor Treutlen Industrial Site operated at 50 percent capacity on several occasions recently as engineers worked to curb a chemical odor that has drawn complaints. The plant because operable in August 2017.