Plans for a proposed distillery in Penn Forest Township needs some more work before the business could become a reality.

On Tuesday, the Carbon County Planning Commission voted to recommend conditional plan rejection of the Holy Spirits Distillery, owned by Sky Fogal, that will be located on Meckesville Road at Skirmish USA Inc. until the problems are addressed.The plans call for constructing a 6,180-square-foot micro distillery and tasting building, as well as a 14,070-square-foot parking lot.County planner Ivan O. Meixell Jr. outlined his findings to the board before it made its recommendation, which will be sent to Penn Forest Township as it reviews the project.Meixell said that the plan “as submitted does not conform to preliminary/final plan requirements of the Penn Forest Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.”He outlined 20 issues with the plan that must be corrected and shown on the plans before approval could be granted.The plan also did not include an in-depth review to stormwater control and erosion and sedimentation control plan measures. Those reviews are done by the township engineer and Carbon County Conservation District.Other mattersThe planning commission also reviewed a number of technical documents. No action was needed on these items.• A historical properties review of the proposed Stoney Mountain telecommunications tower project at 386 E. Old Stage Coach Road in Penn Forest Township. The review states that there are “no historical sites that will be impacted with in the area proposed for construction of the new 180-foot self-supporting telecommunications tower.”• A review stating that the land use of the Vertical Bridge Communications tower access road project at Blue Mountain Ski Area in Lower Towamensing Township “is consistent with the adopted county or multicounty comprehensive plan.”• A review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission draft of PennEast pipeline’s environmental impact study, which was sent to county commissioners and responded to through a letter addressing the major concerns of the impacts the project will have on the area.