What is that smell?

By Geoffrey Sakala, Ranchocordovapost.com

Neighbors in Anatolia have a burning desire to rid the air of the foul stench of rotten flesh. The smell is the rendering plant on Sunrise blvd. and Kiefer.  There has been a recent spike in the frustrations with the awful odor emanating from the plant which burns road kill for Sacramento county and surrounding areas.

Angela Davy, the Sacramento Metropoitan Air Quality inspector who regularly visits the plant, is requesting that complaints about the smell be submitted either through their website at www.airquality.org programs->complaints or by calling locally 874-4800 or toll free 1-800-880-9025. According to Angela, the plant is usually not burning on Sundays for clean up, but the plant typically gets deliveries during the day …

By Wesley DeBerry, SacBee.com

Local residents continue to have complaints about a Sacramento County rendering plant, a battle that is about a decade old.

The aroma from the plant’s daily operation of recycling animal waste materials is a nuisance to some nearby residents, who have moved into new homes.

Rendering plant officials declined to comment. When the issue was first raised by developers in the early 1990s, they argued that the plant has the right to continue to operate because it was there first.

The Sacramento Rendering Co. has occupied its 11350 Kiefer Blvd. site since 1955, long before there were any housing developments in sight.

Anatolia residents Jared and Cari Ricci said they have noticed an unpleasant odor during the evening hours on average …

If you have noticed the nasty smell that blows through Anatolia with some regularity, you are not alone! That smell belongs to our local rendering plant owned and operated by Sacramento Rendering Companies. The plant is located just off of Sunrise Blvd. at Kiefer Blvd., less than 2 miles from the Anatolia master planned community [click here for map].

One suggestion solicited by the plant’s manager Bill Eckstein is that neighbors should call him and alert him of smell, time of day etc. I was told that he wants to hear from us and do what he can to keep the smell contained. And that he leaves the plant at 3:00 pm each day.

Plant Manager Bill Eckstein: 916.363.4821