In North Carolina, the 60 Mgy Clean Burn Fuels corn ethanol plant in Hoke County is on track for a June 2009 opening, with a project cost of $100 million for the facility, which will also produce carbon dioxide. The project received $35 million in loan guarantees from the USDA last year, and will be built on land donated to the project by the county.
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