Planning and Zoning Commission, health department ponder disposal of wood waste

Monday, December 5, 2011 | 12:01 a.m. CST; updated 10:09 p.m. CST, Monday, December 5, 2011

COLUMBIA — For five days in February, Sixth Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe watched smoke linger over parts of the Sixth Ward as piles of wood burned along Rock Quarry Road.  Contractors working on The Grove Apartment complex were burning mounds of trees and other vegetation to make room for construction.

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