McCloud plant under review but not out

McCloud, Calif. -

There are no plans to pull out of McCloud quite yet, which was reported in Monday’s Siskiyou Daily News, according to Dave Palais, Nestlé Waters North America’s natural resources manager for Northern California.

Palais, who has been involved with the plans for a bottling plant in McCloud for several years, said in an interview Monday that Nestlé has selected a site in Sacramento for a new proposed bottling facility, but the impact that facility will have on plans for McCloud is yet to be analyzed.

According to Palais, the “multi-tentacled” analysis will look at the new facility’s forecasted impact on customer demand in the north state, transportation costs, the state of the economy and other factors.

In a recent press release, Nestlé Waters Sacramento Plant Manager Chris Kemp said, “We chose the city of Sacramento primarily because of its proximity to our customers in Northern California, affordability and business-friendly environment.”

As it stands now, Nestlé is still moving forward with the McCloud plans, Palais said, with staff formulating responses to citizens’ concerns and plans for a second meeting to address those concerns and to provide more information on the proposed McCloud plan.
Palais did say that the analysis could possibly lead to a cancellation of a bottling plant in McCloud, but it is not yet known whether or not that will be the outcome.