In a letter to the Baker County Commission on April 9, Integrated Waste Management Systems asked the board to defer further public hearings on the company's plans to build a medical waste incinerator facility on 24 acres north of the Walmart Distribution Center by the end of 2013.

Click the Read More button to view the letter from the company.

See this week's print edition on newsstands tomorrow for full coverage, including comments about the letter from the company's Jacksonville lobbyist, Alberta Hipps, and County Manager C.J. Thompson; plus a recap of the development incentives contained within the development agreement between the company and the county.

Both the April 12 meeting of the Baker County Development Commission and the public hearing by the Baker County Commission on the project previously scheduled for April 16 have been canceled.