Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Environmental Review: Kelly Garvey, 651-296-7796 Air Emissions Permit: David Beil, 651-296-7810 Information Officer: Nancy Miller, 507-280-3590 Rochester, Minn. - The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) seeks comments on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) and a draft air emissions permit prepared for Al-Corn Clean Fuel near Claremont, Minn. Al-Corn Clean Fuel proposes expanding its existing ethanol plant near Claremont, in Dodge County. The expansion would increase the amount of corn processed at the plant from 13.2 to 18.5 million bushels per year and increase the output of 200-proof ethanol from 34.9 to 50 million gallons per year. The EAW provides basic information about how a proposed project could potentially affect the environment, and helps determine whether an Environmental Impact Statement, a more comprehensive environmental review, is needed. Interested parties may comment on the EAW during the public notice period, from Nov. 6 to Dec. 6, 2006 and the draft air emissions permit during the public notice period, from Nov. 11 to Dec. 11, 2006. Written comments must be received at the MPCA St. Paul office by 4:30 p.m. on the final day of the notice period. Copies of the Al-Corn Clean Fuel facility expansion EAW and draft air emissions permit are available at the following locations:
-- MPCA, 520 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul;
-- MPCA, 18 Wood Lake Drive S.E., Rochester;
-- Rochester Public Library, 101 Second St. S.E.;
-- Dodge Center Public Library, 13 1st Ave. N.W.;
-- Kasson Public Library, 16 N.W. 1st Ave.;
-- MPCA Web site at www.pca.state.mn.us. Send questions and comments on the Al-Corn Clean Fuel facility expansion EAW to Kelly Garvey, Environmental Review and Operations, MPCA, 520 Lafayette Road N., Saint Paul, MN 55155. Garvey can also be reached by phone at 651-296-7796, fax at 651-297-2343 or by e-mail at kelly.garvey@pca.state.mn.us. Comments and questions on the draft air emissions permit should be sent to David Beil, Air Quality Permits, MPCA, 520 Lafayette Road N., Saint Paul, MN 55155. Beil can be reached by phone at 651-296-7626, fax at 651-296-8717 or e-mail at david.beil@pca.state.mn.us.