Minnesota mayor says state environmental assessment process biased towards ethanol

In Minnesota, the proposed 55 Mgy MinnErgy plant in Eyota has run into more trouble as Eyota Mayor Wes Bussell said that the environmental assessment worksheet used by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency was biased towards ethanol. Agency officials have said that an environmental impact statement is not necessary for the plant because it “does not have potential for significant environmental effects.”

The Olmsted County Concerned Citizens organization has joined the opposition effort, as well as local trout fishing groups. The plant will use 297 million gallons of water per year.

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