COMMERCIAL TWP. - Mayor George Garrison has announced that U.S. Silica, a sand mining operation, will create a 15-acre solar panel farm with panels that will rotate to follow the sun at its Mauricetown facility.
It will generate enough energy for 90 percent of the needs of the plant, he said.
The township committee has introduced a 2009 budget, but it is far from ready to adopt.
Garrison said it was being introduced early with the hope that an appeal to the state for a special appropriation will be successful.
"This is a very proactive move for green energy," Garrison said.
The budget, as introduced, includes $3.3 million in total appropriations and calls for $280,000 to be raised for municipal purposes, or the local purpose tax.
The 2009 budget notes no outstanding debt.
No surplus is listed as being used as a revenue source and no tentative tax rate has been estimated.
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