Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen celebrates clean up efforts at AltEn facility site in Mead

In Nebraska, Governor Jim Pillen celebrated the tremendous progress made during his administration to clean up the solid and liquid waste left in the aftermath of the shutdown of the AltEn facility site in Mead. Through the Voluntary Cleanup Program, the AltEn Facility Response Group has carried out remedial action plans (RAPs) for the site’s wetcake byproducts and the wastewater stored in the site’s industrial lagoons. The RAP cleanup efforts completed to date include:

·      Combining 84,000 tons of wetcake with solidifying material for transport and disposal at a permitted landfill

·      Nearly 7,300 trucks moving over 165,000 tons of mixed material to Pheasant Point Landfill

·      Treating millions of gallons of wastewater from the industrial lagoons for beneficial application to nearby agricultural fields

 The AFRG has also improved stormwater controls on site.