The Richland City Council in Washington State on March 5 voted 7-0 to approve a ten-year property tax exemption valued at $19.6 million for Atlas Agro North America’s planned green fertilizer plant. The Council said the project supports the City’s plans to attract clean energy and advanced manufacturing to north Richland.
Atlas Agro’s Pacific Green Fertilizer Corp. is eyeing the construction of a 625,000 mt/y green nitrogen fertilizer facility (GM Nov. 22, 2023). Products under consideration include CAN-17, CAN-27, ANSol-20, and CN-9.
The project will be located on a 150-acre site at 1500 Horn Rapids Road in the Northwest Advanced Clean Energy Park. The site will include approximately 518,864 square feet of new improvements to the property valued at $1.1 billion. The project will create some 158 new direct jobs per shift for a 24/7 business operation, and an additional 504 indirect non-construction jobs for the community. The direct jobs will meet or exceed the state’s living wage definition, according to the Council.