Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Piedmont Lithium’s Tennessee Project Receives Final Permit Required to Advance to Construction

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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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Piedmont Lithium (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PLL; ASX: PLL), announced today that the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued a Conditional Major Non-Title V Construction and Air Permit (“Air Permit”) for the Company’s proposed Tennessee Lithium project in McMinn County, Tennessee.

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  • Piedmont Lithium (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PLL; ASX: PLL), announced today that the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued a Conditional Major Non-Title V Construction and Air Permit (“Air Permit”) for the Company’s proposed Tennessee Lithium project in McMinn County, Tennessee.
  • With receipt of the Air Permit for the planned 30,000 metric ton per year (“tpy”) lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant, Piedmont Lithium now holds all the material permits required to begin construction at Tennessee Lithium.
  • “Tennessee Lithium is uniquely positioned in America’s emerging Battery Belt to supply the domestic market with crucial, made-in-America lithium resources,” said Phillips.
  • In October 2022, Tennessee Lithium was selected by the United States Department of Energy to receive a $141.7 million grant to support the construction of the project.

Employers help share cost of gas to commute with mobile app

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Friday, April 22, 2022
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A skilled labor shortage is hitting the construction industry particularly hard, while the war in Ukraine has pushed the price of fuel to all new highs. Employers facing this perfect storm are scrambling to adopt new technology like Hytch Rewards to instantly implement a new type of employee benefit: delivering fair and fast fuel reimbursement for the commute to work.

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  • Employers facing this perfect storm are scrambling to adopt new technology like Hytch Rewards to instantly implement a new type of employee benefit: delivering fair and fast fuel reimbursement for the commute to work.
  • The Hytch app gives employers an easy way to reimburse employees for the cost of gas in their daily commute and offset carbon impacts of each mile driven.
  • "Employers can provide fully automated cash payments to employees who use the Hytch app to verify their daily commute," says Mark Cleveland, "It's a great way to care for employees and the planet."
  • Skilled Workforce is currently pursuing NCCER full accreditation to focus on building its talent pipelines and combat the skilled labor shortage experienced nationwide.

Opus Inspection and Envirotest Help Tennessee Achieve Federal Air Quality Standards

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Thursday, January 13, 2022
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EAST GRANBY, Conn., Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 1985, Opus Inspection with our subsidiary Envirotest has operated the vehicle emission testing programs in the Tennessee counties of Davidson, Hamilton, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson.With the programs coming to an end on February 4 in Davidson County and January 14 elsewhere, we want to celebrate the success of these programs with the citizens of Tennessee and our partners at Metro Public Health Department and Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation.Together, we have reached attainment of the federal air quality standards for the Middle Tennessee region, which was no easy feat.Most other states with large metropolitan areas have a long way to go before they can match Tennessee's achievement.

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  • EAST GRANBY, Conn., Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 1985, Opus Inspection with our subsidiary Envirotest has operated the vehicle emission testing programs in the Tennessee counties of Davidson, Hamilton, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, and Wilson.With the programs coming to an end on February 4 in Davidson County and January 14 elsewhere, we want to celebrate the success of these programs with the citizens of Tennessee and our partners at Metro Public Health Department and Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation.Together, we have reached attainment of the federal air quality standards for the Middle Tennessee region, which was no easy feat.Most other states with large metropolitan areas have a long way to go before they can match Tennessee's achievement.
  • This accomplishment means that tens of thousands of Tennesseans have benefitted from a better quality of life, especially those with asthma and other vulnerable groups including children and the elderly.The inspection program in middle Tennessee has been reducing emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) by more than 10,000 tons per year, oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by more than 500 tons per year and volatile organic compounds (VOC) by more than 600 tons per year.And, by attaining the federal clean air standards, the State fostered a more sustainable business environment for Tennessee employers.
  • We encourage Tennessee motorists to keep up the good work.Continue to maintain your cars and trucks, and please don't ignore the check-engine light.
  • Mr. Andy McIntosh, CEO of Envirotest said, "Our vision and mission is to make the world a cleaner and safer place.As vehicle emission testing in Tennessee is ending, we want to thank Tennessee motorists in Middle-Tennessee and Chattanooga, and the hard-working Tennessee employees of Opus/Envirotest who strived to provide an efficient and quality service to the public.We'd also like to thank our partners in state and local government and the auto technicians who have repaired emission systems so that air pollution has been reduced and Tennesseans can breathe easier."